Still no baby but I only got up once to check as I was pretty sure she would not deliver. I feel the same way tonight as the colostrum is still yellow. No sign of white. Some mares deliver before the milk turns white, some don't even bag up so that is why she is staying in the stall each night. Both Tatiana and Jewel have the routine each morning and each evening. I walk into the barn, say hello grab a scoop of grain, Jewel gets half and Tatiana gets the other half of the scoop. While Tatiana is busy eating Jewel is taken out to the paddock. Tatiana just eats a few bites more then waits for me to come take her out too. In the evening I just put the lead rope on Jewel then let them both out of the paddock. I usually check Tatiana's udder before heading into the stall barn. Jewel is led while Tatiana follows right into the barn. Today after breakfast I went to the gym to put things away and sweep up any Asian beetles that round their way in. Sarah was the first to arrive just as I was finishing up. She, Zion and River brought a puppy for great grandma to play with so we went over to mom's first. Mom has always been a dog lover.
Below is a short video of her holding the puppy.
Sarah stayed to visit while I took the girls over to the gym as by this time Kari had arrived with her 3 boys and Rebekah with her 3 boys and 2 girls. A bit later Tara and I think her 3 boys also came. I went back to the house to work and found that Taunya had dropped off Hope, her puppy for a little training. Hope remembered everything from last week and is doing very well with her recall. Dr. Hoerr was supposed to come at 12:30 but Emma from the vet clinic called to report he had to go to Bloomington for a fractured leg. I'm not sure if that was for a horse or a cow. He rescheduled for Tuesday afternoon. I happened to be getting ready to take the golf cart up to the barn when I saw the kids on their way over and knew exactly where they were heading so I had to head them off at the pass. They wanted to play in the indoor arena climbing on the hay bales but Mark had all that lumber from the triple bunk beds he is building in special piles along with a lot of hardware. There was no way I could let them play in there. They were happy to pet Evan first.
Next I took them over on the golf cart to see Tatiana and Jewel.
After that I took them to the playground.
On the way back I saw a bald eagle flying over our house. By the time I got my phone out and turned it on it was hard to find it with the phone but somehow I did.
It is probably the one we see every few days.
After supper I brought the mares back in the stalls. They are both content grazing on the hay.
Mark went up this evening to sand more boards. It is nice that the indoor has such good lighting. Even though we don't use it for riding it is a good place to work on projects.
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