I was checking the paddocks this morning assessing the hay in each and deciding what needed to be done before we leave for Africa when I realized I hadn't seen Madiera. The mares were across the pond and I needed to check her udder before the walk but only had 5 minutes. I hiked across the dam as quickly as I could walk without running, checked her udder snapped the two pictures below and made it to mom's house one minute late.
Above is Jewel and Missy and below is Madiera and Sally.
Madiera's udder is full but no waxing. She isn't due for a couple weeks yet but tomorrow I will move the mares over to the mare paddock with the attached pasture. Spark heard us coming up the hill so we stopped and talked to him for a while. Mom had us laughing this morning.
He left pretty quickly when he remembered Rhonda had breakfast ready.
Diane and Mike stayed at Middle Grove last night as they were expecting company out there today. Right after the walk I got Izzy out to kind of start over. Today she stood well for fly spraying. The saddle pad was put on her and each time it fell off and she would spook I would put it back on. It took about 40 minutes before she decided it was no big deal going on her back and falling back off.
After breakfast Harli was teased.
She is finally in season but I didn't try to get her covered then. She has such a thick tail that it needed to be wrapped first and I didn't have any vet wrap on the golf cart and I needed to be at mom's by 10:30 am. Diane called to let me know Mike wouldn't be back until around 5:00 pm so I decided to just go up, wrap her tail and try to get the job done without help.
She didn't stand very well but Even got the job done. I wanted Even to have another better bale before leaving as he would need to be locked off the pasture while I'm gone. He was put in the empty mare paddock, the hog panel around his bale was removed by using the golf cart and a lead rope to pull it off. The new bale was used to push the other out of the way. He was moved back in his paddock and the mare paddock left open so I could remove the old bale in the feeder there. Then a new bale put in there as tomorrow it won't be empty. The motorhome went out on a rental a few days ago and today the people renting it told us the two front tires needed to be replaced. Thankfully they didn't have a blowout. It is coming back after we leave for Tanzania so Mark will need to give them a check to cover the cost of the tires when they get back with it. That motorhome is really getting the use this summer.
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