Jayne and Dally were quite happy to get back into their bigger pen; Dally did laps to stretch her legs. Beamer is not quite so happy, he did a lot of calling today but Jayne ignored him.
Sorry Beamer, fun's over!
We got the news yesterday the Belle is indeed in foal to Root Beers Boots, and I think it's pretty sure Jayne caught so there will be 2 foals due around the third week in May. There will be a switcheroo happening at weaning time in September: so far, the plan is that Shayla will bring Belle here for the winter, and take Jayne to her place for a long term breeding lease. Since I will get the next Jayne/Beamer foal, and I'm trying to keep my limit to 3 horses, I won't need to have another broodmare, so Jayne will join her former herdmates in Alberta. I will foal Belle out and breed her back to Beamer next spring, and then she can go back to Alberta sometime next summer, or possibly at weaning time when I pick up Jayne's next foal and there is another twist- I will be leasing Shayla's buckskin mare Concho next spring and breeding her to a stallion who is homozygous for both black and dun. Take a look at his website: Gonedun Quarter Horses
There is actually one more colour possibility: Smokey Grullo, which is Grullo with one cream gene, as a buckskin mare carries one copy of cream. I have met this beautiful boy and he is as sweet as they say he is. I am pretty excited about the opportunity to get a foal from him, especially out of a Driftwood mare.
This opportunity is solely due to selling Derby. Yes there was a little horse trading going on there too! So there is a lot of switching and planning going on at Diamond Lazy H Quarter Horses!
There will be a Gussie update coming soon, we may have switched who she is being bred to.
Are you dizzy yet? 😆
It pays to be flexible in your plans; and take advantage of opportunities as they arise.
