Eliza's Colt SOLD, Ayanna, Lola, Star, Zalena Pregnant

The phone call came during our walk this morning. Paula is buying Eliza's colt. As Paula is in Lithuania right now, her husband will send the check. He is still in the states. It actually was good that she decided this morning, I had 4 texts and emails of people wanting to buy him. Karin arrived in time to help bring the mares in before Dr. Hoerr arrived. We had him check Honey first and it was a good thing he did. Honey was in the process of ovulating but her uterus had free floating fluid. This is NOT a good thing. Her owner was called and Dr. Hoerr told her step by step what needed to be done then did it. It seems each time Dr. Hoerr comes he has his arm stuck where the sun don't shine.

The next mare sonagrammed was Jenis. She had just ovulated so we will wait a couple weeks to short cycle then breed her.  Lily was next and she had a 52 mm folicle and was ready to be covered. Ayanna, Star, Lola and Zalena were all confirmed in foal. All 4 are due in April next year. Ayanna the 16th, Star the 17th, Lola the 19th and Zalena the 23rd. They were loaded up and taken to Middle Grove. Karin took the video below on her phone of the herd coming at a gallop to meet us.

That looks like quite a herd but what is shocking is there are 19 here at the Hanna City farm. When they all get together and run can you imagine the thunder of the pounding hoof beats as they gallop through up and down the hills of Middle Grove. We brought Missy, Cookie and Bunni home for the weekend and will pick up Mika and Sally tomorrow morning. A bale was put in Raven's old paddock and the riding horses put there. Sangria will need to come home when we take the riding horses back. She is due June 12th and looks just huge. You can see her at the very end of the video.
Lily was covered by Valiant. Eliza is now in her foal heat and will be covered tomorrow morning by Valiant. We decided to breed her back the same way, her colt really is 'that nice!'
As soon as I was done with chores here a trip to Sams and Aldi's was next on the list. We needed lots of groceries for this coming weekend. We are planning on lots of family, camp fires, horse back rides, volley ball games, swimming, fishing, canoeing and fun. Lots of fun.