Paris surprised us this morning with a beautiful baby boy. By the time Mike discovered him he was up and nursing. It is very cold this morning, when I drove to the farm the car thermometer was reading 9 degrees at 9:00am. He was probably born early morning, maybe around 4:00am but Paris is such a good mom, she had him completely dried off. Ralph and Jamie helped me move him to a stall. Paris would not let him go in the barn, she felt it was too close to the other horses, and with the wind the poor boy was shivering. I'll get better pictures later when it has warmed up. Paris is now very content to be in a stall with her new boy. The ironic part was that the mare predictor kits were here when I got home from the farm. Three new kits all just waiting for a mare close enough to test. If they would have come yesterday we would more than likely spent the night at the farm, cold, hungry (ok probably not hungry but it just seemed to fit) and tired. This way we wake up and theres the baby already born, dry, standing and nursing!
This boy has some chrome. He has a beautiful round star along with one white sock. He is going to be very flashy, the very black surrounding the very white. The pictures really don't do him justice. He actually has a very nice long neck, pretty face, long legs and compact body. He is for sale and someone is going to get a very flashy, friendly colt!
Our farrier, Tyler Joos is coming tomorrow morning to trim Ribbon and the foals that are going. I may have him look at Jenis and Ylse again as they are also going to the fair. I'll take my camera out tomorrow to try for some better pictures.
Today I am heading to a fabric store for material for the stalls, then to a hardware store for a big heavy duty stapler.
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