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The only way to make a good horse is to breed a good horse then put in time and effort.
On Monday Toni was finally back to checking the cows. We had two new calves on Monday. Toni got out and petted the black ballie out of one of our Hereford cows. Kade’s calf out of his old show cow Akie was stalking her. Toni said she was going to claim it, but Kade probably will not let her. Toni got June in on Monday and tied Peep up to June. It was not worthwhile, Peep followed her around. Peep is just really big. She may be the biggest foal we have, but North may be bigger. I told Toni she could not keep all her “pets” she was going to have to pick some to sell. So I think she is agreeing to sell Gold Bug, or maybe it depends on the day. All 3 bottle calves are nursing Goldie, the Jersey/Char, and then Ben supplements whoever is still hungry with a bottle.
Dad and Skip went to Pullman with dad’s car to get it serviced. Toni checked cows, we had two new calves, Toni only got out to pet the one out of the Hereford cow. She tied Gold Bug to June Bug. The heifers, or something, went through the cornfield fence on Tuesday, none of the heifers were out, so maybe it was not them? Ben got the perimeter fence hot Tuesday night, so the heifers could get into the duck pond, but they were still in the corn field. Toni practiced loading Alme so he could go to the vet on Wed. He loaded like it was no big deal even though he had never been loaded before. The sunset was great on Tuesday.
On Wednesday Toni and Skip checked cows. Anna’s cow 041 calved and had a bull calf. Toni got out and petted him. She may try to claim that one too. The pen of bulls had gotten in with the bred heifers so Toni had to run out and get them out. Murtaugh and Miranda were out, so she had Abby, Mur and Ran helping her. Marly and Tipsy were “helping” if you count trying to trip everyone. Then they took Alme to the vet after lunch to get his travel papers to go to Idaho. They loaded June the donkey to travel with Alme, and Alme loaded better than June. Toni worked on Gold Bug and Peeps, both are doing great.
Thursday Toni checked, another new calf. When she checked the heavy heifer, Lord Farquaad decided he was a dog and went with her. Lord Farquaad is the mini colt in with the heavy heifers. Chores were done, foals were worked on. We got an update from the CA contingent on the three we sent down there. Santana is their favorite, but he was our favorite too. Mom would have kept him if we would have let her.
On Friday Toni had to file an emergency motion. When she checked cows one of our old show cows, Sonny, had calved. Another one of the Hereford cows was calving, but hadn’t progressed so she was just on a watch list. The boys all stayed home from school because it was a ½ day so Kaine went with Dad to get meat. Kade tied up the show calves. Jaxsen amused himself. When Kaine got home and checked, the Hereford cow had still not progressed. Kade came home from riding his horse and Kaine and Kade went to get the calving cow in. They got the wrong cow in. Anna came home from college and called Toni to ask why Sonny was in but without her calf. They all went back out, got the right cow in. Ben was home so Anna and Ben pulled the breach calf. The calf was still alive and doing well. Marlo came to help with chores. Marlo and Kade fed while Toni worked on the foals. I stayed with grandma on Friday.
Saturday morning Natalee and Brad came and took Alme to Idaho. He is such a good colt. Ben, Anna and I checked cows, then we took Ben home to help Kaine work on the pickup and Anna and I went out and fixed the corn field fence. Ben and Kaine came out to help right when we were almost done. A bunch of the heifers jumped in with the cows while we were fixing the fence. After Natalee and Brad Toni had people out to look at Ink. Kade and Kaine tied up their Spokane steers and Kade’s Nile heifer. We hauled Dancing Bug to my house, since she was leaving after dark. Toni, Kade and I got pics of Gold Bug and Peeps, even thought they were muddy, and turned them out. We left Alotta, our last foal to halter break, in with June Bug. We also hauled some grass bales down and put them out. Eric showed up about 7:30 and we loaded Dancing Bug. She had to go up a ramp but after some initial concerns about it, she loaded really well. We had Tulip there to keep her company, so we unloaded Tulip before Eric left because no one is getting our Tulip.
Sunday morning we tagged calves first thing. Then Kade hauled Friday and Benelli down and we got the cows and heifers in, to sort the heifers off. Anna, Ben, Kaine, and Kade got all the cows in, sorted the heifers back off and got everyone put back out where they needed to be. The boys pushed the cattle, Anna and Ben had bales and led the cows to the corral. This was the first time Kade sorted cattle on Benelli and she did great. Kade and Benelli are really coming along as a team. Kaine rode Friday that is the Toni/Me horse and he should feel lucky we let him ride her. Toni and I worked on Alotta.
We are really excited to be halter breaking the last of the 2024 foals! It is a great feeling to know we are going to get done before the 2025 foals show up. We will continue to work on them for a few more months, circling back to those that needed more work or are going to ship out. The only way to make a good horse is to breed a good horse then put in time and effort.
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KT One Fancy Gun: Exceptional Bay Colt for Sale
KT One Fancy Gun
Colt
Sire: KT Gunpowder N Lead
Dam: KT Fancy Dualler
Date Born: 4/7/24
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Color: Bay
Price: $5,500
Talk about Eye-catching, this is a smart looking colt. His sire, KT Gunpowder N Lead, “Gunner,” is a fantastic dun roan son of Cue Bars Laddie. Cue Bars Lassie is a roan stallion that has been shown as a reiner, cowhorse and rope horse. He was the recipient of the Open AQHA All Around Trophy and is a CCHA Hall of Fame Horse. Gunner’s dam, Pistol, has been shown NFQHA, has been featured on the NFQHA rule book and in the NFQHA magazine. She is a great working ranch horse, rope horse, and the kids can ride her as well. His dam, KT A Fancy Dualler, was ranch ridden in SE Idaho before becoming a broodmare. She is a wonderful little mare. She has a lot of stamina. Despite her small size, she can go all day long. She is very catty and fun to ride. She is by Just Plain Starlight. He is a son of Tamalight. He is out of Wright on Sugarnic, winner of the Cascade Cutter’s Futurity. Her dam is Tessas Poco Penny. She is a dun daughter of The Dualler. Her lineage includes a Sonnys OO Buck, Docs Adonis, and a Poco Bueno bred mare.
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Overall it was a pretty nice week for December moving into January.
The three boys were back to school Monday, we had Anna one more full day to check and do ranch stuff. Teresa came and AIed the 4 fall heifers on Monday, so Ben got off work early to help. The compressor went out in the big outdoor freezer, so we got a quote on that, not great. Toni was still sick so Kade and Jaxsen were on their own for chores. We just have the two fillies in, Peeps and Gold Bug. Kade didn’t really work on them, just went in and talked to them as he had plenty to do. Kaine did cow chores.
Dad went to Palouse on Tuesday to get pellets. We were out both for the show heifers and the horses. It rained, snowed and was sunny at different parts on his trip. It did the same to me on my way to work headed South, however, no sun since it was still dark. Keegan came home with Kade Tuesday night to help him with chores. The men unloaded the pellets when they got home. Anna headed back to U of I on Tuesday, she passed dad on the road at around Hooper.
Toni was supposed to start checking cows started Wednesday since Anna went back to college, but Toni was sick all week. I think we should have Anna do online college so she is home. Kaine checked when he got home, since it is dark when Ben gets home. But lets face it, how well do we think Kaine was checking, he was just looking for problems.
Thursday was the same as Wednesday, Toni was sick, Kade did her chores, Kaine checked for her, so things were not done to her standard. But they were done. Toni came down with Kade for a bit and supervised to start building her strength back up, since being sick just takes it out of you. I stayed with grandma Thursday night, and she was not a great sleeper.
On Friday Kaine went snowmobiling so help was even lighter. Ben ran Leo into Sheena to be a neutered dog, he checked cows before he went. I got home from grandmas, showered, then went in to get my hair done. Ben went out to build hot fence around one of the duck ponds. It was not holding water so they wanted the corn knocked down so they could work on it. The cows were happy to help them knock the corn down. Marlo came to help do chores. I was finally able to work on the 2 fillies. Peeps did really well and Gold Bug was a bit reactive but is small enough it doesn’t really matter. The good news is she likes to be scratched so other than being a baby, she will be fine. Peeps on the other hand is big, so luckily she is pretty slow motion and smart.
On Saturday we had people out to look at horses, and pick up horses. Kade help Ben get yearling weights on the heifers after Kade got home from trap and tied up his and Kaine’s steers. Ghost and Jetter went to their new home in Ellensburg. Jetter loves it because she is out of the mud, she is in the snow, but out of the mud. Kade rode Benelli out and checked Jon’s cows. Toni was on the mend and we worked on Gold Bug and Peeps, who have been in all week but have not been worked on much. Saturday was their second day.
On Sunday Kade came down and tied up his Nile heifer, Carla. We checked cows and then Kade, Ben and I got yearling weights on the bulls. Dan and Rusanne came out and looked at bulls. We fixed some fence that the heifers knocked down when Kade and Ben turned them out in the corn field. We moved Opal into a pen on her own, and she is now on Regumate and SMZ tablets. Kade rode Benelli, and a cold came through while he was out riding, and he was still cold when we did chores. Kaine got home and cleaned out in front of the feed bunk for the bulls. And let the steers and heifer go.
Overall it was a pretty nice week for December moving into January. We are slowly getting the cows calved out. The next step is getting them bred back so we are looking at bulls, getting semen bought, and picking our AI dates. Because the weather has been so nice, we are also having people come out and look at the foals that are available. We are slowly getting them moved. We are really lucky to have so many nice ones. We are down to just Peeps, Gold Bug, and Alotta left to halter break and then we are done! Done just in time to start foaling with the 2025 foals.
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Grullo Filly for Sale: KT Smart Likea Bug
KT Smart Likea Bug Filly Sire: KT Jackpot City Dam: KT Lightning Bug Date Born: 3/12/24 Click here for more pictures Color: Grullo Price: 6,500 Smarty is a filly that is cute as a button, she is by KT Jackpot City and out of KT Lightening Bug. Jackpot is out of Lenas Abbie N Charge and is by City Smarts. He has a phenomenal pedigree that includes Smart Little Lena, Mr. Charge Bar, An Educated Guess, Smart Chic Olena and more. Smart Little Lena and has lifetime earnings of over $89,000.00 a ROM in cutting, and has sired offspring earning over $100,000 in NCHA money. Mr. Charge Bar was a racehorse, but he also was an NCHA money earner, had 33 AQHA performance points, 11 halter points, and an SI of 75. An Educated Guess has 385 reining points, and the highest point earning son of Smart Chic Olena. Jackpot is a pretty moving stallion with tons of ability, he can run barrels, turn a cow and more. Lightening Bug is a captivating grullo mare that is a sister to our stallion, KT Gunners Sage Bug. Her dam, Lady Bug, was a big boned Continental Cad daughter going back to Mr Blackburn on the bottom. Lightening Bug’s sire, KT Reed Me a Double is a grullo son of Captains Double Coy and out of Reeds Poco Ms Whinny. This is a fantastic filly that will make an outstanding riding horse. |
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We have had a great, if rainy, start to 2025. We hope you and yours had a wonderful and safe New Year’s Eve and an excellent beginning to 2025. Here is to a great upcoming year!
On Monday the CA crew was out bright and early to look at horses and get Peaches, Joss and Santana and head back to CA. Toni and Kade took them around for the tour. Everyone had a great time crammed into Toni’s pickup bouncing around the ranch to meet all the studs and mares. Later that day Kade rode Jag and Benelli and checked Jon’s cows. Anna and Ben checked our cows, we have another twin, this one we need to DNA, we think it is 801Ms, but not 100% sure. Goldy the Jersey is doing great with her two calves. Kaine and Ben have been working a trailer project, they are making a small flatbed trailer. Kaine and Kade are also catching their Spokane steers daily. Anna and Kade have also put CIDRs in their fall heifers and are AIing them right after the first of the year. Kade has been working on Benelli to get her in shape to start roping off of. Toni started halter breaking the next group Monday night, she thought this was going to be an easy group since two of her “pets” are in this group, Astra and Zell. Guess what, Astra and Zell just want to be pets, not horses. So she is planning on getting in a donkey on Tuesday, maybe two donkeys. North is the third one in, and she did great.
On Tuesday we had another calf, they are just trickling in since the AI cows are done. The CA horses made it home Tuesday morning, they were happy to have green grass and no mud. Toni got the donkeys in on Tuesday and tied Zell and North to donkeys and was the donkey for Astra. We had another twin on Tuesday. Ben, Anna, Kaine and Scarlett expanded the cow fence up to the Old Valley. We went to Connell and had a New Years Eve party in the show barn and played games. Toni and Kade both rode as the weather was decent.
Happy New Year! We let the cows into the New Stalks for New Years, they were pretty excited about it. Toni and I tied Zell and North back to the donkeys and Toni led Astra all over. Astra wants to please Toni so once she figured out what was wanted she has been good. North is also really good, just big. Zell wants to be the boss. I took Jet for a walk about, she did great. Anna and Ben came down and put out grass straw bales, I helped Anna when they got down there. We all went to bed early from being up all night the night before.
Guess what, it rained on Thursday. I did not know what we were going to do without the rain. Ben had to go back to work on Thursday after his month off. He was depressed about it. Anna and Kaine came down to Kennewick to pick up the minis that were at a coworkers house. They stopped off at my work and brought me lunch, and everyone went outside to pet the minis. Except Nikki who was in the lunch room and no one told her they were here. She is still upset about it. Toni went and stayed with grandma on Thursday.
Kade went for a ride on Friday between the rain storms. We have not gotten any good pics of the foals we are halter breaking because they are covered in mud. Toni took them for a walk about and they all did great. Marlo and Kade did chores Friday, Toni was down for a little bit but was starting to not feel well. Luckily the foals are all at a really good spot so she could just mess with them and not have any fights. Chad came out and trimmed the two minis we got back from Bobs.
We tagged the few calves we had this week Saturday morning. Then Anna and I made a feed area for Goldy the jersey in the nursey pen for her calf and her nurse calf. We opened the gate so she can go in the barn and down to the new pen so she has more room. Kaine and Kade tied up their Spokane steers and got weights on their CA steers. They are growing nicely. Then Kaine and Ben put out straw to the cattle around the barn so they had something to sleep on besides mud. Anna and I took flax mineral tubs out to the mares on the desert. Then Kade and I tired to put more cobs in the round pen, we were going to try to put them in Mirage, Copper and Jetts pen, but we could not get in there. So we switched to the round pen, also got stuck. Kade tried to start the Ford tractor, it would not start. So Ben had to come down and pull us through in the Case, but we got them out. Then Kade and I did chores. I led the three fillies while I was waiting for Ben and turned them out.
We had another new calf on Sunday, they are just trickling in now, and we tagged it so we can start out next week without everyone tagged. Then we got some pics of the bulls, or I did, with Murtaugh and Miranda who were not particularly helpful. Kade and Kaine worked on their steers. Anna worked on the two mini weanlings so we could get pics of them. Ben and Kaine then worked on the feed bunk at the top of the hill, the couple little weanlings calves we have have been crawling out, so they added another bar. Anna and I went back out to check and D187 had calved. We got some new pics of the calves. Kade and I got Peeps and Gold Bug in and haltered them and then did chores.
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Last Week In Pictures
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We had an excellent week full of love and laughter. Thankfulness for the gifts we have received, meaning our way of life and our freedoms.
Bright and early on Monday Kade and Toni hauled Santana, Peaches and Joss to the vet for travel papers to go to CA. All three did great. Gina also went to get a blood test to see if she is pregnant, she did not do great. 5x NRCH champion DID not want to ride to the vet with two yearlings and a two year old. Peaches wasn’t in to go to the vet and was not on the agenda, but the buyers decided they thought they wanted her late Sunday. Luckily she was easy to get in and loaded really well. It was probably nice for Santana to have a buddy. Sheena did ask what color Joss is because everything is so covered in mud. The drive to the vet was really foggy and stressful so Toni and Kade stopped for breakfast sandwiches before they came home. This was the Featherlite we bought first real trip and it pulled really nice. It is nice to have a smaller trailer for smaller groups like this. Chad stopped by to trim Ghost and Jetter before they go to their new home after Christmas. Both did great. Poor Jetter looks like a mud ball since the round pen is so muddy. Toni stayed with grandma on Monday.
Happy Christmas Eve. I took dad in to get laser eye bright and early on Tuesday, we were back by noon. It rained all day pretty much, but we had a short window midafternoon, so we went out to the desert to get Christmas pics of the kids. The horses came running across the desert to get in the pictures. They did not want to be left out. Some were nosier than others. We also had a donkey request, so we caught May and she got a bow. Kade rode Benelli in the rain. We worked on the foals then went to Christmas Eve at grandmas. We have soup and do the white elephant gift exchange. It was pretty bland this year, not a lot of fighting over gifts. However, I did go to the bathroom and Anna had traded her uncle kicker my gift for one he had she wanted. NOT HERS, mine.
Merry Christmas. We had a couple new Christmas calves, including a set twins, Joseph and Mary dad said. We opened presents Erina and Terry came down, we had prime rib, mashed potatoes, rolls, pies, the whole works, after mom made us a big breakfast as well. We played a new game Anna got the night before, that she did not trade for whatever Kicker had. It is Old Vs Young, So Post 1980 born people ask pre 1980 born people questions and vice versa, but we did men vs women, so young and old on both teams. Except the old Skip did not play. Then we played another card game. We had a great and family filled Christmas.
On Thursday we had a few more calves, one of them being mom and Anna’s char x jersey cross heifer calved. Worked on the foals in the mud, since it is still raining. Hauled pellets, hay, corn cobs out, etc. Basically just tried to keep an eye on the livestock and suck up as much mud as possible with the tools we have on hand.
On Friday we had people come out from Montana to look at the three big fillies we have left- North, Peeps, and Kenna. She liked North the best so North gets to come in with the next group. Our new horse showed up, Ruby, and Fabby came home from the trainers. Sold a couple bulls. Had another new calf. Kaine is in bed sick, so we did not see him much. He tried to help with chores and fed some grain before he wore himself out. We had Marlo for chores on Friday. I stayed with grandma on Friday.
On Saturday the same people came back to look again, still North. We had interest in the other 2 as well, one of the other people are also from Montana. Had a few more calves. Kade rode Benelli out to check cows. We got some videos of Peeps for a gal in Montana. Kade jumped on Blueberry bareback with a halter, she did great. We took Jet and Santana for a walk about, they both did great. They look like mud balls from it being so muddy.
A few more calves on Sunday, we got them all tagged. We took Sanatana and Jet on their final walk abouts, well not Jet, but Santana is headed to sunny and not muddy, at least at his new house, CA. We got the jersey Goldy and her calf, Noel, in so Goldy could nurse another calf. We have a couple of bottle calves in. Fabby and Ruby went down to Mom’s house so she could call Ruby hers. We turned Blondie, Smarty, and Kenna out and got North, Astra, and Zelle in for this coming week. Astra and Zelle are Toni’s pets so she thinks they will be perfect. They all haltered pretty good so maybe. We also got Peaches in and haltered so the people from CA could see her on Monday. Then we went and had our annual dinner with our good friends and neighbors where we were served a Hungarian chicken dish that was excellent.
We had an excellent week full of love and laughter. Thankfulness for the gifts we have received, meaning our way of life and our freedoms. We got to spend another Christmas with Grandma in our lives and Skip. There is no blessing greater than our loved ones and we hope everyone had a family filled amazing Christmas with yours.
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Last Week in Pictures
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