Are we in love with the 2025 foal crop? Of course we are. Including July. We are about 1/3 done foaling and couldn’t be happier with what we have on the ground. Feel free to come look!

We rolled in late Sunday from Reno, so Monday was a rest day, then Anna headed to Moscow for school, the boys started back working on their Spokane steers and I started getting Sagebug fence back up. Toni started catching up on her attorney work that had been neglected while we were gone. The men were at work, so where they normally are on a Monday. We checked horses, etc. I got to see the three born while I was gone. I am kind of disappointed there were not more born while I was gone.  We got all of our normal stuff done Monday night.

The boys are on spring break. The big two worked on their steers and heifers. Kade then went to Eltopia with Roanie to show him. Kaine and the boys’ friend Cyson went to Soap Lake with the show heifers to get their feet trimmed. They also met Kat’s parents with some stuff she forgot in our trailer, and she took the pickup keys home with her. No new foals on Tuesday.

On Wednesday the boys worked on their steers and heifers again, and then went down and worked on Sagebug’s pen some more. Then Kade had Trap shooting practice so he went to that. Mocha foaled on Tuesday, fancy bay filly by Tank. Dad had pre-named her/it Grande so she came out big, but gentle like a normal Mocha foal. We loved her on sight. We have so many heavy mares it isn’t even funny. We sat out and played with the puppies Wednesday night, Tipsy does a really good job playing with them. She is still a big puppy.

On Thursday Pinky foaled, a nice bay roan filly by Gunner. We received a picture of King with his hair all braided to one side. He looks happy, mom is happy she got to see King. She still isn’t happy we sold him, but it did allow us to buy MC. We needed to bring in a stud that wasn’t related to anything. We got our mares all situated to head up to Allie’s for Friday. The weather has been ok for Spring. The boys have really had to put in the work to get their steers ready. For some reason this year a bunch of the Angus shows are scheduled in the spring before school is out. So instead of having time to get the Spokane steers ready, it has been a bit hectic.  

Friday Dad, Skip and Toni took Cammie, Reba and Gina to Allie’s to get AIed. Jitter Bug foaled, a big grullo colt by MC, Anna and the boys went out and got her. The colt was big enough there were some minor issues. Luckily BB was out with Jitter Bug so she got the colt licked off, but she is ready to have her own foal so Jitter Bug got to get moved into the dog pen at mom’s. Jitter loved the colt once she realized it was hers. For everyone that doesn’t remember, last year Jitter Bug raised Peanut’s filly, Hurricane, and Peanut raised Jitter’s colt Alme.  Toni needed some trotting videos of Wild, so her, mom and Kade got videos and pics when Toni got back. Marlo was out to do chores and pet the foals on Friday. I guess she hadn’t petted any of the foals yet this year so we remedied that on Friday. Big E loves to be petted and scratched.

Mom had a surprise Saturday, May the donkey foaled, we have had her for 11 months and were not told she was in with the jack before we got her. I literally had said to Toni the day before that May looks pregnant, so Toni looked up how long we had had her to see if she could be. He is a cute jack named July. June is upset that she is not the apple of May’s eye anymore. BB also had a nice buckskin filly on Saturday by MC. Ben got the tree shear hooked back up to the skisteer and started shearing trees. Toni and Anna both used it as well. Kaine, Kade and Jaxsen worked on their steers. Anna worked on her cow calf pair and Cookie’s sister to go to Ellensburg. We finished Sagebug’s pen and locked the mares back on this side of the lake. They are not thrilled. We moved Peanut down there as well. We put Sally and CanCan in with Cappy. Mocha in with Tank. Pinky is locked in a pen to go and get AIed. We brought all of the mares into Circle 5, only 25 left down there to foal. It will be easier to check them in a much smaller pen.

Nelli had a fancy blaze fancy buckskin on Sunday  by MC. Kaine and Kade took the two Hereford bulls to Connell to get their horns turned. Uncle Joe was kind enough to show the boys how he cuts them so that the horns go the right direction. They helped him with 20 of his bulls, so the boys should be able to do it the next time we have some big horned bulls that need trimmed up.  We turned Sagebug out with his mares. We had people out looking at bulls. Barb and Phina came out and looked at foals and yearlings. Abs and Mr Pickles,  another donkey,  came on Sunday from Tina’s house. We also started supplementing July the baby Jack. He just wasn’t looking good. Lots of fence built over the weekend and lots more to build/fix. We are ready to get studs out of the corral and out on grass.

Are we in love with the 2025 foal crop? Of course we are. Including July. We are about 1/3 done foaling and couldn’t be happier with what we have on the ground. Feel free to come look!