These two are Rosalie and Ayanna, full sisters.
The 3 mares with their fillies were turned out into the pond pasture and took off across the dam to graze.
After the girls left I saw a nice big snapping turtle crossing out driveway.
The turtle was moved to the creek across the drive and I hope she finds somewhere far away to lay her eggs. Tori and her 4 day old colt were turned out in the big field with Jenis.
The colt had fun running around the mares while Tori and Jenis grazed together.
Lily and her 15 day old colt by Valiant were turned out next.
They all ended up grazing together.
If you would like to see the rest of the pictures from the mares grazing click HERE.
When Mark got home he got on the small Kubota and started mowing the yards.
With all this rain the grass needs mowing every few days. Dr. Hoerr was suppose to come this morning but ended up with a lot of emergencies. He made it here about 5:15 pm. Rosalie was sonagrammed first and we are pleased to announce she is pregnant. Rosalie is due April 15th, 2020.
The sire is Evan. Next was Indy, last Wednesday Dr. Hoerr thought she had a 14 day embryo but not only is she not pregnant she had ovulated about 4-5 days ago. I didn't tease her and she showed no signs of being in. Bummer, she was given a shot to short cycle her. She should start showing in 4-5 days. The last mare sonagrammed was Ayanna. I wanted to see where she was in her cycle as it has been 8 days since her last sonagram and I was VERY disappointed to find out she had a nice bright CL meaning she had just ovulated. I had her in the paddock next to Valiant who will ALWAYS tell me when there is a mare in season but he didn't. I teased her and teased her and she never showed. Dr. Hoerr gave me a couple shots, one will be given in about a week to see if that will bring her in. If she doesn't show I may have to run her to the vet clinic to ultrasound again and then again. These Friesian mares are just so easy going it is hard to catch them in season. Now Andalusian mares on the other hand it is VERY obvious when they are in season. They can't even walk past a stallion without showing.
As soon as Dr. Hoerr left Jenis and Rosalie were loaded into the trailer for Middle Grove. Mark was going to come with me and was walking up to the truck when he saw the passenger side front tire of the trailer was coming apart. Both mares were unloaded and put back in paddocks. It was already after 6:00 pm so we decided to change the tire in the morning. Instead we came inside, had supper and both of us fell asleep. Crazy how tired working outside makes one. At least we didn't sleep long, the phone rang about 10 minutes later.
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