Busy Farm Call

We pulled up right at 5:00 am, just in time to get up and start working except instead we rolled into bed and slept until 6:30 am. That bed felt so good. We are getting too old for these all nighters. Rhoda left early to pick up Addyson and Jack who will be spending the day and night with us.
After the walk we sent Emily to the Glasford grain elevator where she picked up a skid of Purina Strategy. While she was there Dr. Hoerr called to say he was already in Kickapoo and would be here in a few minutes. The grain elevator was called to tell them to send Emily home. Dr. Hoerr went first to Rachel's to pull coggins on her 3 giving us a few more minutes to bring in mares for the ultrasounds. First up was Anna.

We were thrilled to discover not only is she pregnant but she is 70 days along. We were able to see the foal pretty well. Sneaky Valiant, we never even saw him cover her. Anna was Valiant's companion for the winter. We were sure wondering why she wasn't coming into season. She is due Jan 23rd, 2015 and that foal is going to be gorgeous!
Next up was Indy and to our disappointment she had not settled and had already ovulated. I don't know why she wouldn't show to Evan this last week but we missed her and will have to wait 3 weeks for her to come in again. Sissy was sonagrammed to see where she was in her cycle. She had just ovulated but was still showing so was covered by Valiant. Emma came in and was covered by Evan. Next up was Star.

Thankfully she settled and is due Feb 24th, 2015. Lily was the last mare sonagramed and she was also open. We really didn't expect her to settle as she was only bred on her foal heat then sent out to Middle Grove. She is just now coming in season and will be watched for the next few days.
Next was Oksana's turn. She will be 2 years old this July so it was time to have her wolf teeth extracted.

 Addyson and Jack were kind of grossed out and when Oksana bit Dr. Hoerr's thumb they decided they would rather go help Emily clean stalls than stand next to that 'bad biting' horse.

Next Dr. Hoerr checked Lola and Jewel and both mares are pregnant. We didn't sonagram them last fall, just sent them out so that was a nice surprise. Lola is due July 19th, and Jewel is due Aug 7th,. After Dr. Hoerr left Rhoda and Emily took Jack and Addyson out on the trails with the horses.
In the picture below Emily is getting Indy out while telling Killian he has to stay in.

Rhoda and Jack rode Anna while Emily and Addyson rode Indy.

The ride was pretty long, too long for Jack he fell sound asleep on the trails. Killian and Lily's colt were busy playing with each other over the fence. Boys will be boys but what this showed us is that Killian even though today is his 3rd birthday he is NOT mature.

I had to drive to Farmington to pick up the coolers for the benefit dinner from the Old School Center and on the way back stopped at County Market to pick up the strawberries and cherry pie filling for the dessert and ran into Spark shopping there. He mentioned Rhonda was home making the same dessert.
After supper Mark graded all the driveways again.