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June 4 Alaska foaled
a VERY tall and yet already-muscular grullo or grullo roan colt during
the night. He is very light, so should be a lighter (silvery) grullo,
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June 2 Alaska is
changing rapidly, and has had a little wax since last night. Last
year, she was 3 weeks past the 340-average. She may go earlier this
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May 29 Alaska is our last mare to foal, and she's keeping me guessing. She
has half a bag, but her teats have begun to fill and she has a couple
little beads of liquid tonight. Last year, she foaled at about 360
days, but that won't be until mid June if she follows suit this year.
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May 26
Sad news today...Peppy had a stillborn foal this morning. We we with
her through the delivery, but she apparently had a detached placenta,
and a "red bag delivery." We tried to get the foal out quickly, but he
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May 24
Our orphan foal, Andy,
is getting along and still with us. We have more obstacles to
overcome, but are thankful that he made it through his first rough few
days. We are watching Peppy and Alaska now, as their foals are
hopefully soon to arrive! Also, "Pepperjac Scooty" has arrived in
Germany after her month in quarantine. She has shed off a beautiful
silver color. And, "Chunk" leaves tomorrow for his new home in
Montana. |
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May 18 Three
foals
in 24 hours...one mother rejecting. Say prayers that another mother
will pick him up! Bailey and Magic had grullos (colt, filly) and Scoot
had a darker foal with leg bars and a lot of dorsal/neck striping, but
he's darker so will probably be black. |
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May 9
Foal watch
again...five of our eight foals are due in the next 3 weeks, so we're
beginning watch the the big finale of the season! Magic's foal is due
5/20. She's had 2 colts in a row, and both were right on time. We'll
expect a close-to-due-date foal again, but if it's a filly, they say
it could come a couple days earlier. Bailey is coming along now, too.
See the Foal page for final due
dates. |
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April 28 Lena's filly is finally here, and she surprised me! At 8:30 am, she
didn't look ready to foal so I turned her out to graze for a while. At
10 am, she had a dun filly on the ground in the pasture. |
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April 23
Cody's colt is here! He was 40" tall with perfect legs when he
unfolded and stood up. We didn't get the color we wanted, but man, is he
sweet and pretty! |
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April 17
G has another baby! Andi's mare foaled a red dun colt with fantastic
bone and a wide forehead! |
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April 15
G's first baby is on the ground! We'll know more later today about
gender/color. This foal resides in OK and belongs to
B4 Ranch. Lena
and Cody will hopefully add their Rawhide Whiz babies very soon, and
Andi in CT (a shipped semen customer) e-mailed to tell me they are on
foal watch. We will suddenly get to see G's babies very soon, it
sounds! |
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April 11
No baby from Lena or Cody yet, but Chic's filly has a name: Kittie.
She loves to be rubbed, and leans into it like a cat that's being
petted. :-) |
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April 6
She's here! Chic had
her filly during the night. We're waiting for daylight, and may have
to wait a few more weeks. She is either black or blue roan. Later
in the day update: Lena has been secluding herself in the
pasture during the day and laying down a lot. She and Cody are now in
the barn being watched. They don't "look" like they're ready to foal,
but due to Lena's behavior especially, we're watching. They are both
bred to
Rawhide Whiz. "G" also has
foals due soon from some nice mares at
B4 Ranch in
Oklahoma. |
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April 5
We have wax! Chic is past due,
and tonight has a little wax on her teats. Check back often...we hope
to have a baby any time! :-) |
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April 3 Still
waiting! Chic's bag is nearly full, and when it looks ready we'll
start the countdown. Most of the mares have been dewormed again and
have received their spring vaccinations.
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March 3 We are only
2 weeks away from our first foal's due date! Chic is expecting a foal
from our grullo roan stallion, Crowheart WYO Boy. What a roping and
gaming prospect this will be! Visit our
2008 Foals page to watch for his/her arrival. |
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February 6 We're looking forward to the 2008 foals
to see if Mainly Merlin continues to produce 100% color, and to
welcome our first Rawhide Whiz foal to the world. A web page listing our pairings for 2008
is located
here. |
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Phone Problems, June 12-13:
Due to the flooding and/or tornadoes in the Midwest, our
phone service has been inconsistent. If you try to reach us and can't get
through, please call my cell number: 712-370-0851.
Thank you to all that have contacted us to inquire about how we've weathered
the storms. Our prayers are with all those that have had damage, injuries,
and lost loved ones in the tornadoes and floods this year.
We are doing fine, and have luckily missed the tornadoes. We lost our big
barn door last night, which landed on top of the horse trailer. Just
yesterday, I was contemplating moving that horse trailer because I don't
like where it is sitting. BUT, if I had done so, the barn door would have
gone over the top of the fence right into the mares and foals that were
standing with their butts to the wind and rain right there. Lucky break or
divine intervention...either way, we are fortunate!
Other than a solid hour of hail a couple nights ago, we've just had to cope
with water rushing through our stalls/barns/pastures and some wind damage.
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May 27 Our new
blue roan mare is here, and she is CUTE! She needs some weight put on,
as she's giving it all to her baby. Her disposition seems top notch, she has
beautiful legs, and we are pleased with what we see so far! Also,
Merlin has another grullo foal! He has
14 foals so far, with 12 being grullo, plus one dun and one red dun. This
one can be seen at the B4
Ranch in Oklahoma.
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May 5 Holi is home from her first 30 days of training,
and I sure wish we could send her on to reining training. She has the moves
and the mind. Hopefully, this summer, I'll be able to ride her a little.
Unlikely for this workaholic, but I'll try!
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May 1 There are new pictures on
Rye's web page from today. The color
wasn't quite captured...he's a purplish-blue color in real life. Gorgeous!
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April 1 Doll is home from the trainer, and Holi has
gone to take her place. Doll has a heck of a handle on her for just having
30 days. The trainer said she has speed and a ton of potential, and I told him he
might get her back in the fall of 2009 for some roping training. We'll see!
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March 13 The robins are back, the mature horses are
beginning to shed, Chic is making a bag, and we are expecting RAIN instead
of snow. Hooray! Things are looking up, although we do have
mud everywhere. Short term,
though.
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March 5 Hooray! Spring is coming finally!
Rye, our grullo roan Hancock-bred
stallion is shedding his winter coat. I guess those tough Hancock horses
don't need the warm hair as long as other horses do? :-) We
can't wait to see him shed off. He is looking GORGEOUS now, with a much
bigger butt and wider chest than last year. We'll have new pictures of him
now that he's nearly 4 on his web page in a couple months.
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March 3 We have regretfully decided to offer Mainly
Merlin for sale due to having too many stallions for the size of our
program. He's been a fantastic money earner for us, producing gorgeous foals
that have ALL been colored (9 grullos, 1 dun, 1 red dun in first two foal
crops). Click here to view his web
page.
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January
4, 2008 It's a new year, and time for some new news.
Rawhide Whiz is returning to
training with Diamond R Quarter Horses until the breeding season begins.
Following the breeding season, he will return to training and begin his show
career. Photos and video to come soon!
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 July 4 We
have two confirmed pregnancies for Rawhide Whiz using frozen semen so far
this year (both mares in Kentucky that we shipped frozen semen to). G seems
to have excellent semen that both ships and freezes well. |
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June 21 We are almost through breeding for the
year, and will I be glad! Fighting the MUD has been extremely trying.
If my barn weren't a pole barn, it would have floated away. :-)
Rawhide Whiz has settled 100% of all mares with cooled shipped semen that have
been ultrasounded/palpated by a vet prior to ordering for both of the
years he's been breeding. Merlin is getting a break this year so I can
get more foals by Rye on the ground. We're looking forward already to
our 2009 Foals! |
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June 4 Three years and counting...Merlin has now produced 15 out of 15
foals with dun factor: 13 grullos, 1 dun, 1 red dun. Not only
are they pretty colored, but they are gorgeous overall to boot! |
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April 14
It seems early, but I guess it isn't. We're already planning our
2009 foal crop, and have a rough draft web page
here. We also have a couple
broodmares for sale that are listed at the top of our
Mare page. |
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February 6
We have settled on breeding fees for
Rawhide Whiz, and have
decided to include FREE SHIPPING for the first shipment of cooled
fresh semen if collected/shipped from our farm (this is standard
unless you ask for our vet to collect). Even better...if you book and
pay in full by 2/28/2008, you get $100 off the breeding fee!
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