The Farm Thursday Morning

We took the truck this morning to Foster's in Bartonville, they called around noon to tell me they were not able to fix it. The truck is now at Mangold Ford in Eureka, IL. Sure hope it gets fixed reasonable. At the farm this morning as I drove up I thought there might have been a disaster OR the horses were all enjoying the sunshine and warmth of the day. After checking, yes it was the latter. They were all lying down except a few still standing here and there. They didn't even hear the car pull up. Even Ribbon was stretched flat out. Of course I had to walk in the paddocks to check everybody and disrupted all of their naps. Clara was checked to see if she is coming into her foal heat. The colt is now 9 days old and usually the mare comes back in season 5-10days after birthing but no sign yet. We did not check her until today so there is a small chance we missed her. She will need to be checked everyday from now on. Her colt is doing so well. He is exquisite! He has a beautiful face and we can't rave enough about his coal black, shiny, thick coat.
Ribbon's udder was checked and it is as flat as a maiden mare, that should start filling up soon, she is due Jan 30th, only 16 days away, unless she really is just fat. Mike wanted me to check on Ciera's hip, he felt a lump of something crusty when he was checking them over yesterday. She has a 2 inch in diameter place on her right hip that needs to be scrubbed with iodine, it is still to cold today so I groomed as much as possible out. We call it the creepy crud, I think it is where bacteria got under the coat, it causes it to weep and clump up. Wanda and Chloe look good. Paris is in the field with them and she looks miserable, her foal is due in March and she is sticking out both sides, just looks huge.
The plumber's have not been to the office yet, there is still no water hooked up, they are suppose to come out today, hope it happens, we need to water the arena before vaulting tomorrow.