How Quickly Things Change

Yesterday 4 mares were in season and today only Paris. Thank goodness for Paris, Dr. Hoerr needed a jump mare for the collection and she stands great for Raven. Dr. Hoerr made it to the farm around 11:00am and just as we were getting ready to collect Raven a couple showed up to see their new puppy. They were quickly shown which pup was theirs then it was Raven's turn but by that time, the AV was a little too cool and was rejected. Dr. Hoerr needed to empty the AV and refill it with hot water until it was just right, the second try was success. Over 90 ccs of fantastic viable mobile and motile semen was collected. Dr. Hoerr was testing it below, checking it first with his microscope, then measuring the density.

The 2 syringes below are what is being shipped out to Iowa and each are filled with over 5 billion of the potent little buggers, that's billion, not million and to think it only takes ONE!

Kay's Arabian mare would not show this morning, Dr. Hoerr did a sonagram on her to find out where she was, she also had already ovulated. Kay was called to see if she wants to pick her up today, she is being kept in a stall instead of a hot paddock but if Kay can't come today she will need to be moved out.
The pictures below are of Jenis' colt right after birth. Much better pictures will be taken once we are home from our weekend trip. He shouldn't be taken out in the heat, these black babies get overheated very quickly. Dr. Hoerr told us one of his customers lost a baby yesterday by overheating. SO very thankful for the barn.


I'm heading in to Meisters to make copies of Raven's DNA test and FPS registration for Don Kummer of Canton, He has a purebred filly by Raven he wants to FPS B book register and needs this information to do so.