Finally Jewel's Turn

Last night Mark went to bed by 8:00 and was up by 3:00 am. He started the coffee and checked the monitor and of course there was no foal. At 6:00 am I went out to move Madiera and her colt out of the stall and into the indoor arena then brought Jewel out, checked her udder and she was for sure waxing so I was pretty sure she would deliver tonight. She was put in a paddock then I left for the walk. Molly got lost today on the walk so Diane and Ruth went towards Joan's house while I went to the barn looking for her. She was at the barn looking for mom. I took her back on the golf cart then got ready to leave for Berean. Mom and I left a little early to stop at Dollar General for a jar of grape jelly for the birds then Casey's for fresh baked donuts for the Berean workers. IF you would like to read about our morning there click HERE. As soon as the Berean work was finished mom and I drove to Red Lobster where we met Amy for her birthday dinner. We haven't been out to eat there for a long time. The cheddar biscuits are just as good as we remembered. I ordered a cup of clam chowder and that was really delicious. From there we went to mom's doctor appointment to have the wound on her leg checked. That is healing well and mom was in and out of there within 15 minutes. From there we went to B & L trailer supplies to try to buy a kitchen faucet but they didn't have what we needed in stock with no hope of getting it in. They recommended a hardware store so after dropping the Bibles off at the Bartonville post office we drove up the hill to Bartonville hardware. An older man working there named Greg was very helpful and recommended what he thought would work. Mom and I made it home by 2:45 pm and I had 15 minutes to check the horses before heading back over to mom's to meet Karin and Jackie for games. We got done around 4:45 and I quickly ran straight to the barn to let Jewel out in the big field with Lily and her filly before heading inside to make supper. Since Jewel was going to be locked up again for the night in a stall I wanted her to have some grazing time. Mark took all 3 sets of trailer keys to Nena True Value to have copies made of each key. Those were organized and  put in the key box. I went out around 8:30 to bring Jewel in and found her way down at the bottom of the hill cleaning up a black stud colt. Mike was called to help bring them in. We used the golf cart as this is a very large colt. Once they were in the stall Iodine was placed on the cord. He is a strong fellow with big bones and a long thick curly tail. 

He found the milk bar pretty quickly.

After nursing and walking around he laid back down for a nap. 

I headed back to the house to work on the blogs but have been watching him on the monitor. He jumps up about every 15 minutes to nurse. He is a hungry boy!

I'm VERY thankful for another safe delivery and a healthy colt. Ten down and two to go. Just Rosaleigh and Indy are left. Both are bred to Evan and both are due in July so we should have a little break.