Our morning was really easy, no stalls to clean, no stalled horses to feed and water. The 2 mares and foals did great outside all night. It was a very mild evening, night and morning, already 64 degrees when we left for the walk. We stopped to admire Mike and Spark's excavator that is still sitting next to the dam.
The Horsemeister Blog
Day to day operation of a Friesian breeding farm standing 2 Friesian stallions. We have 6-10 foals each year out of Purebred Friesian mares, Andalusian mares, Thoroughbred mares and Friesian sport mares by Judy Sceggel 309-208-3840 www.horsemeister.com
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Farrier
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Busy Tuesday
I needed to go up to the stall barn early in order to get everything done that needed to be done. Rosaleigh and Star were both grained. While they were eating their water buckets were filled and the stalls cleaned. Rosaleigh and her colt were moved outside into the paddock right next to the stall barn. Filling the wheel barrow with hay was next. It took about 40 minutes to get everything done. After cleaning up I took the golf cart over to mom's. We left for the Berean office a little late but still made it before 9:0 am. Kathy couldn't come today so Skip was our only reader. Marvin was back and discovered another new rule on why we can't send a Bible to Michigan. Mom has been working on stamping the return address on the envelopes and we now have a whole box of them.
Monday, April 20, 2026
Feeling Thankful
After the late night last night I didn't wake up until 6:00 am. I looked back on the foaling cam to see how many and how long the new filly nursed. She is a hungry little girl and is nursing sometimes for 8 or 9 minutes at a time then taking a small break and going right back at it. She is napping. By the time I got out to the barn Star had two empty water buckets. Those were filled first then her udder checked. She is producing and the more the filly nurses the more she will produce. She was given a good scoop of grain this morning and then again later this afternoon. She is really going to need the calories. Her stall was cleaned then her hay feeder was filled. I took a few more pictures before leaving for the walk.
New Filly
I was so thankful that Star was put in the stall and on the monitor last night. I could tell she wasn't comfortable. She would take a few bites of hay then pace then settle down and take a few more bites. As this is her first foal I wasn't sure if it was because she was in a stall or that she was having contractions. At 10:45 I saw her lay down and start to push. Once the foal was almost out I expected her to reach back to check out this thing that just came out of her body but instead she just laid there and the foal was struggling to breath. I got the sack off in just a few seconds. Below is the video of the evening.




















































