Buckskin Stallion
I have a legitimate excuse, really! Last week my husband and I were in Vegas for a veterinary conference, and not once did I acess the laptop. (Course, I still had my Blackberry!) ;-)
While we were gone, my mother-in-law was up from Colorado to watch the kids, so on Friday we headed out to the HMA to show her the horses. Breeding season is in full swing, with lots of squealing and rearing, and even new babies since the last time I was out a few weeks ago. The old grey stallion didn’t show much interest in these games, but the younger boys were definitally vying for attention, and there should be some colorful foals next year!
Oh, and on another note, the domestic horse that was abandoned out there has found the herd, and although he remains on the outskirts of them, he has been allowed to follow them around. He has even put on a pound or two.
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Enjoying a Good Roll
A little bay colt watches his dam as she enjoys a good roll in the sand in between winter snow storms. Although there are foals born year-round for the Saylor Creek herd, we are heading into the best of the photo-op seasons, with 20+ foals expected to be born between March and May.
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Foaling season has definitally started. A sorrel colt was born while I was out on the range on Friday (what a cold start to life it was), breeding season is in full swing, with both Grey Boy and Troublemaker covering mares in their respective band, and quite a few healthy looking colts and fillies already covering ground.
Newborn Sorrel
Beauty
Troublemaker's colt from this fall out of Beauty
Greyboy & one of his older mares
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Yesterday I drove out to Saylor Creek to see the herd. They had the main road closed, so I had to go the long way in. What a muddy mess!!!
Playtime
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I went out today to see if I could get any pictures of the herd before winter arrived, but didn’t manage to find them. Apparently they have been getting harassed lately, so they are probably holed up pretty tight in the draws. They only thing that I did find other than cows was an abandoned gelding out on the HMA. This is a common problem around here, as I imagine it is elsewhere also. He was a good looking horse and surprisingly sound, although quite emaciated and I don’t imagine he will make it to winter. What a shame….
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