Yesterday was hot but today even hotter. We had a high of 94 degrees with a heat index of 103. Much to hot for black horses. We will have a high water bill this month. The horses were brought into the indoor arena and hosed off a couple times each. Tatiana and her colt were left outside all night last night as I knew they would be inside all day today. This morning before the walk I took a few pictures of Tatiana and her 3 day old colt before bringing them inside.
Tatiana has the mega hair and if kept braided it just continues to grow. I don't have time to keep it braided so her mane has been thinned out and trimmed by tangles and branches but her tail is still thick and drags the ground. 
Jury's official due date is today and she is still not bagged up. She spent some time rolling though so I think she is getting the foal in position.
Jury was given a good hosing today to get all that ground in dirt off. We shall see what she looks like tomorrow morning. Below both are grazing in the field and even her colt was tasting the grass.
He also has a very long tail for a 3 day old colt so he probably inherited that mega hair gene.
On the walk Joey and Ellie passed us on the 4 wheeler on their way to Mike's. 
Diane is now on her way to Gulf Shores so Mike hired these two to help with putting up a new fence in the cabin field so we can move the riding horses over. By 9:30 am the mares were brought inside. I went to work cleaning the 5th wheel trailer. I also ordered the white tape both the 4 inch wide and the 6 inch wide for repairing the side. I will also need to do a little repair on the roof. Where the antenna cranks up I now have a leak. Ralph and Jamie dropped off Dakota around noon. Dr. Hoerr was coming today to geld Rocky and do coggins so we added her to the ultrasound list. They would like to breed her to Valiant but we wanted to find out where she is in her cycle. Dr. Hoerr wasn't able to arrive until around 4:00 pm. I had Dakota, Sally and Irish in the stalls but he wanted to start with Rocky since the gelding takes the longest. Rocky was very good about leading into the stall and stood well for the sedation shot. Below Dr. Hoerr is laying him down.
Once he was out cold he was flipped up on his back and after washing the area well the procedure started.
That went well. Dr. Hoerr went in the apartment to cool off a bit while I went to get Sangria for her Coggins test. Sangria, Irish's colt and Sally all got their blood drawn for a new Coggins. Irish's colt was so good for that. He let me halter him with no problem and stood well. Below is after I took the halter off.
Then came the ultrasounds. Sally was done first and I was really surprised to find her open. I have not seen her come back in season so expected her to be pregnant. She was taken off our list. Dakota came next. She had a big follicle of 38 mm but did not act like she is in season. Dr. Hoerr gave her a shot of prostaglandin and she should be ready to cover in 2 to 3 days. Irish had an older CL but only had some small follicles. He left me a shot of prostaglandin to give her in a week. By the time he left we were both exhausted and overheated. Walking back down to the house I noticed the second pair of geese had hatched out goslings. We had 6 goslings with the first pair and 4 with the second.
Mark had just gotten home and he also was exhausted by the time I walked into the house. Working outside in this heat just wore us both out. As it was after 6:00 pm we just watched church online. Craig Stickling had the message. It is still 88 degrees outside and already after 8:30 pm. Thankfully tomorrow is not supposed to be quite so hot.
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