Magic Marker 2017

Finally measured the babies cannons. The colt had 6 1/2" cannons so should get no taller than 28". The filly had 7 1/2" cannons, so should get no taller than 32".

Get get more pictures of babies and up coming mammas. I had our little bay mare set to foal end of April or first of May, but looked back through the calendar (she has more bag development than palomino who is 330 days at end of March). The bay was bred once in April. She came back in heat so didnt think she took. Might be wrong and she was a little hussy.

Feather is at 300 days. She's foaled previously at 355 and 319 days.

Gidget is at 305 days. She is a maiden. She is developing a nice bag and getting soft in the rump area.

Nikki is our surprise... We had her calculating to foal end of April, beginning of May. But, she has developed a nice bag. Looked back on calendar and found we had bred her once in April, making her at 327 days... She is a maiden.

Really lovely mares! I look forward to seeing each foal.

Lovely Girls MMM

Hope they are preparing something really special for you

It's a Boy!!!! Gidget foaled this cute, cute, CUTE! palomino tobiano colt this morning, about 5:30! He is very colorful! Out of Avalon Farms Glitter Girl and by Creta Hills Spirits Wildfire (a Ten Ls Spirits Afterglow son). This was Gidget's first baby and she was a trooper! Had a bit of a struggle getting the head out, but everything turned out great... She was a bit unsteady on her feet for a few minutes afterwards, but both mom and baby and doing great!!!

He is tentatively named Gold N Boy...

Feather is next. Bred back to same stallion (same as Gidget) as last year... which produced our cute little bay tobiano filly, Dancer... Feather is at 316 days and is about halfway bagged up in two days...

btw, we did the milk test strip on Gidget last night... Got an orangish, rusty brown color... and, sure enough, she foaled this a.m.

Congratulations , Gidget has done wonderfully he is lovely !!

LOVE him! Congratulations

Comgratulations! Very CUTE colt! Can't wait to see him "unfoalded"...

Heres unfolded pictures of "Golden Boy" at a week old. He is 12 days old today. He is turning out to be a gorgeous boy who will mature under 30".

Heres pictures of Feather. She is 326 days today. Still very wide and needs a little more filling in the milk bar.

Heres pictures of Nicki. She is a maiden and is 305 days along. She is very wide and needs more filling also.

Heres Rain at 305 days. She has had one other foal. She is not as wide as the other two but is a bigger mare. She still needs some filling in the milk bar but I wouldn't be surprised if she foals before Feather. Sorry her pic from behind is off. She was dancing around because she was the last one out of the barn to be turned out.

We have one more mare that is due around the same time. She is impossible to catch unless in a small area. We have kept her in a bigger area and keeping an eye on her. She gets very skittish if you come up to her pen so do not have her in a small area.

She is a 34" buckskin mare bred to a bay pinto that has turned grey. Cherryvilles Kalua and Cream aka Kacey will be going to Arizona after her foal is born. Traded her (bred to Little Kings Buckeroo Zippitt) for a HZ tobiano APHA mare(bred to a cremello tobiano APHA stallion). Her foal will be for sale if a colt or if a filly that turns grey. Will get pictures of baby when here.

After that, have two more mares for sure. One is due beginning of next month and other one is unsure. She was bred to same stallion as buckskin and was pasture bred. Out with stallion until July 2016, so not sure when due. She has no development in the milk bar area. She stays with Kacey to keep Kacey calm.

May have one other after these two.We are trading the 34" cremello Buckeroo daughterfor a bay yearling filly and a possibly bred bay mare from Ltd Miniatures. Will get pictures of new horses next week if weather holds. We have had a lot of rain.

Gold N Boy is WOWSA!!

It's great to hear how you've been doing. Since we are still working on our place, I'd love to know what you are doing - how you are separating your pasture(s), groupings you have your horses in etc. I know, PITA, so when you can. How many horses do you actually have now - between the move, buying new ones and doing some trading/selling, you've gathered quite the impressive little herd!

I also love to see barn set ups - looks like, in 1 pic, you are using pallets for stall walls? Am I right? How does that work for you?

We have three pastures - including the house and yard we have 18.5 acres... One large pasture is about 12 acres. Another one is about 1-1/2 acres, and another is probably 3 acres. The house sits on about a 1/4 acre... Between the house and the 1-1/2 acre pasture is a open area that contains the driveway, a small metal barn where we have the pg mares, a shed with a closed in lean to on one side and an open lean to on the other. There is another metal shed that is along the fenceline that separates the biggest pasture from the other pastures. A very long driveway runs the length of the property and separates the biggest pasture from all the rest. The open mares, the yearlings, the 2 year olds, and the two mares with one month old foals and the geldings get the run of the large pasture at all times - and the cow and her calf. During the day the pg mares are turned out as well. They come into the barn at night. Teq and a pony gelding are in the 3 acres. The 1-1/2 acres contains 6 of our 8 stallions and the goats. The other two stallions are in dry lots... The goats only go out during the day. They are in a dry lot at night to protect them.

The 3 Katahdin/Dorper cross sheep are in the yard until we secure the goat pen so they can't get out. We have 3 pregnant mares, Gidget and Gold N Boy, and 2 of the yearling fillies in the open area. We put cattle panels across the entrance to our property so they can graze the sides of the driveway...

Eventually we'll sub divide the big pasture so we can rotate pastures.

Our herd breakdown is as follows:

8 stallions, including 5 senior stallions, two 2 year olds and a yearling colt

3 geldings, including the AMHR/ASPC pony - trained to cart

14 breedable mares, however, two of them are going bye-bye... They are both 34" and we're just not happy with them. They are going to good homes in trades... One is being traded for a registered Paint mare; the other one is being traded for a smaller Mini mare (that may be pregnant by a NFC Fire and Ice son) and a 2 year old filly

We have two 2 year old fillies and 2 yearling fillies

...plus the three new babies this year, with six more babies to go...

We also have an unregistered pony mare

... and last, but not least, Teq, the perlino Paint stallion

I've attached pics of the inside of the barn with stalls. Yes, they are made out of pallets, screwed together... LOVE pallets! So easy to put together... No framing!

Golden Boy is so cute! I love him. Love these pallet stalls too!

You have been very busy since Moving in MMM.

The stalls look great and Gold N Boy he is amazing , many congratulations

Well we had a loss.

Niki (maiden and 318 days) unexpectedly went into labor around 2 am.

Went for my check and she was down and thrashing around. Went and got Kari. After several minutes we knew we had a problem.

After getting my hands in found the foal was not in position and most likely dead.

Took several attempts but finally got the foal out.

Foals intestines were outside its body which is probably the reason for her going into labor.

Foal was a tiny buckskin of unknown sex. Size was not a issue for mare.

Mare is very sore and tired. She is on pain meds and antibiotics.

It is still touch and go but she has a very strong will to live.

If she recovers, we will not breed her again. We will try to find her a home as a therapy horse or a home we can guarantee she will never be bred again.

Will get pics of the next three in line. We have been able to get the buckskin mare up into a stall in the barn without her freaking out, so she is under close watch. As is Rain. Was able to get clear fluid from her bag this am.