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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!
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Another fun week in the books and the first part of April.
We had a few late nights early on in the week, or really the whole week probably. Ben, Kaine and Kade continued to pack the trailer and get everything crammed in the nose. Including building a fan rack for the 4 fans. McCall came over Monday after work and helped Kade finish clipping his fall heifer. No new foals, Monday or Tuesday. Mom went out and helped us check the mares on Monday. Toni was preparing for a big hearing on Tuesday. Both nights we did normal chores, Kade rode Roanie, and we just got ready for our big trip. Roanie is for sale, and if you want more info go to our sale page.
The last of the trailer got packed to go to Reno on Tuesday. Kat came down and stayed the night so we could leave early from our house. Kaine got himself on the Ag Sales team so he was studying for that on Tuesday. His other option was go by himself with me to Angus Regionals in Madras, since it is finals week for Anna at school, and Kade and Jaxsen were already going to FFA State. I guess he did not want to have a road trip with me by himself…
I took the three big kids and left Toni, Mom, Dad, Ben and Kicker, and Jaxsen to do all the chores, foaling out mares and turning them out with studs. We were Reno bound and trucking with Kat and Kady Vejraska. Jaxsen had his last student led parent teacher conference in Jr. High. His grades are ok, he could do better, but has done worse. So I guess that is a win. Wednesday evening Emma came out and grabbed Boone to hypothetically use her for Wrangler girls. Last year she borrowed Kevin, so she is switching it up for this year. Boone loaded great and off she went for the rodeo season. Then Toni and Jaxsen started chores. They were way behind and couldn’t find all of the mares.
Thursday was a quiet day in Reno. The cattle were doing great and Kade did livestock judging. At home it was rainy and gross but that didn’t stop Toni from shipping out Rad and Gold Buckle to their new home. They did really well loading into a new trailer. Kendra came and picked up the foals for their owners and took them to Colville. Our farming operation started going full tilt on Tuesday, we sent out rebreed contracts for open AI mares, and had a super busy day. Once again Toni could not find 14 of the mares, which started to make her nervous. She called Ben and he was able to find them. Sagebug had swam the lake, which he has never done in all the years we have ran him with mares on the far side. Then he proceeded to gather up 14 head of mares and try to make them swim back to his side of the lake. None of the mares would go and he had them bunched up on a little peninsula that is hard to get to and hard to find. You can drive out close to it, but it does require some walking and dodging of big sagebrush, mud holes, rocks, etc.
Friday was a decent day. Juan came over and picked up Buzzy the Bug. We are excited for Juan to have him. Juan also wants a mule, just like Kade does so Toni and Juan started talking mules. Then Jeana, Scott, and Jaycee came and brought their mare out to breed to MC. We called the mare Bay Mare, thinking that was her name the entire time we had her when we bred her to Gunner, but her name is Venus. She has a really neat Gunner colt so now they are going to breed her to MC to see what they get. Jaycee also went ahead and jumped on Roanie to see if he might work for her little cousins. He isn’t a hard horse to ride, but is really big so we don’t think he is a good fit for little kids. For chores Toni and Marlo went out to try to remedy the Sagebug situation. They found mares scattered all over. Lura had just foaled, so fresh the foal wasn’t up yet. They drove all over and couldn’t find Sagebug, but did find all the mares he had originally taken and they couldn’t find nine other mares. They finally found Sagebug with the nine missing mares by the gate back into Sagebug’s pasture where he was driving to drive these mares. Again, he had them bunched into a small area but the gate and fence stopped him from taking them where he wanted the mares to go. Toni and Marlo tried to get the herd up to my house, but Sagebug wouldn’t let the mares go that direction and kept trying to drive them across the land bridge where he wanted them to go. Ben came to help and they all finally decided to leave the horses in Circle 3 for the night. When Marlo and Toni got back to Mom and Dad’s Lightening Bug was just foaling and they were able to get right out to the new filly. Mom was disappointed it was a dunskin/buckskin, but she is a big beauty so whatever. Because the twins turned the big 25 on Friday, they got to name both of the new fillies. I don’t think we have had a year go by when they didn’t get a foal on their birthday or 2! In Reno the kid had showmanship. The heifers and kids all did great.
Saturday first thing Dad told Toni the colts were out. She got down to the house and the colts had knocked down a pole and Fire was out. She got the pole up and Fire in. Dad and Skip went in to the baseball game. Then Mom called that a stud was out. The gate to Cappy’s pen was not chained correctly so they were out. Mom and Toni put them back in. Cappy was acting like the young stud that he is but went back in fine. Then Toni and Jaxsen went out and walked up and caught Sagebug, long trotting him back to my house so we can build a fence and put him in a much smaller pasture. He really screwed himself with his behavior. I would say though that he was awesome to catch and take out of the mares, so that took way less time than scheduled. In Reno we had breeding classes. Kade showed Cookie and Blossom, Anna had Hazel and Kaine had Baby Jewel. Kady had Maddy and Laxy. All the kids and heifers did great. Kade was 4th in this class with Blossom.
Sunday Kendel called that we had a new foal in Circle 5 so Toni went down and Peanut had a Cappy colt. I texted that I thought Nutjob, yet I want to call him that, was beautiful. Toni ignored me. He is a big pretty colt. Everything on the desert was good for once and that was our only foal on Sunday. Toni did take my horse for a spin with her new halter our friend Suzanne sent. It is Toni’s color- leopard print. We got the cattle loaded and headed home from Reno after a great week. We needed to take Kady to the airport, so I thought we were dropping the trailer and then hooking it back up. Nope, Kat rolled through the airport with the Wilson and we headed home from there.
Another fun week in the books and the first part of April. Always exciting to see the foals on the ground and start breeding mares back. Soon we will be AIing mares on top of everything else. Spring is a hectic fun time. If anyone is looking for a Shadoodle Anna has Shadoodle puppies. Idaho Shagg x Mini Poodle.
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This was a pretty hit and miss kind of a week.
Monday was amazing and it felt like a spring day. We had purchased a little mare in Texas that is out of a Metallic Cat son, Hight Cost of Metal who stands at OSU and a Shiner Named Sioux bred mare. She was delivered Monday. She is a nice mare, we were really happy Toni found her. And we found a great deal on shipping from someone that was coming up anyway. We didn’t realize that the haulers trailer was too long to fit in the driveway so they ended up going to my house, Toni took her off that trailer, jumped her on one of our trailers that is hooked up and hauled her back to Mom’s. She isn’t very big so we put her out with the yearlings for the time being. We fed horses. Toni stayed with grandma. McCall was out and went with us to check horses.
On Tuesday Kaine came home from school around noon to take the show heifers in to Sheena to get their travel papers to go to Reno. Kade had an orthodontist appointment in the tri-cities, so Toni and Kade were gone in the afternoon. Dad was in charge of getting Jaxsen from school. No one is clear on why Jaxsen can’t ride the bus home? After everyone got done with their errands, we did normal chores. We went out to check the mares but none of them seemed too interested in giving us a foal. We are getting annoyed with them. We are still feeding them, but just one bale for all of them. It is just to get them to congregate so we can check them easier. Then if one is missing you get excited, thinking there is a foal, but it normally means they just forgot they needed to go to the check in spot.
On Wednesday I went to Quincy for a work meeting. We had lunch at the Quincy Market, it is a cute place, with some boutiques, win tasting, etc. No new foals so far this week, but some getting heavy. Brita brought Ivy out, she is out of Twist and by Colonel, we traded a foal credit to get her back. She was not happy living in a stall and we do not have that many Colonel daughters that we kept. She is a nice palomino mare. Toni got to hold Brita’s baby and cuddle her. Ivy was excited to run around and make friends. McCall was out again and went with us to check the mares.
Thursday the wind started back up. Toni, Ben, Kaine and Kade got the cows out of circle 6 so they could semen test the bull down there on Friday. One of the older cows had taken her calf into the next field over then went down into the cattails. Toni went down with her dog to get her out and the cow got on the fight. That cow is now on Toni’s shortlist but the cow is hopefully AI bred so we aren’t going to sell her even if Toni wants to. I hear that moving the cows went ok, but Ben had the dogs and they kept jumping out of the pick-up to try to help chase so the only thing that happened was Ben had to chase the dogs around the pick-up. After sorting off the bull, they moved the cows down to circle 3 to graze down the wheat that is choking out the alfalfa. We did chores and then checked mares. There are no new foals. Eclipse would like to be turned out of his pen, but Opal was still on SMZs through Thursday.
On Friday Ben, Toni, Marlo and Evy semen tested bulls with Hank. Anna got home from school and took the show heifers in to see Sheena and get their travel papers to go to Reno. Ton and Marlo did horse chores and checked the horses when they got done semen checking so Toni could get back to work. It was raining really hard for part of the semen testing so everyone was cold and wet. Ben and Anna sold a bull, then Marlo helped Anna and Kaine with the cow chores. Kade went and worked a bull sale Friday after school and Saturday. He took the roan gelding, who did great at the sale.
On Saturday morning Toni, Kaine, Jaxsen and I took the steers to weight in. McCall came and helped Anna clip her two heifers going to Reno. We got home and Jaxsen and Kaine washed their animals and Kaine clipped Baby Jewel, his heifer going to Reno. I took the dogs and Rob’s side by side and moved the cows up to the alfalfa field that was filled with volunteer wheat to graze it off. After lunch Toni, Jaxsen and I moved studs and mares around. Ben unloaded a load of hay we received, moved some pens around and then went and made sure all the cows and calves were paired up. I went and stayed with Grandma Saturday night.
Sunday morning Ben, Dad and Skip took the bull Ben sold Friday to Wapato. They had a good trip. Mom, Toni, Jaxsen and I went to the Feb-May birthday party in Connell. Anna, Kaine and Kade clipped and dyed their heifers and started packing the trailer. Mom, Toni, Jaxsen and I got home and started putting mares out with the studs. Kade came and helped us when he was done with his heifer. Anan and Kaine took pics of the Shagoodles. Then Anna went to college and Ben and Kaine kept working on the trailer. Kade went to help pack the trailer when he got done helping Toni and I. We got Sagebug out with three mares. One with Gunner, because we did not get the rest of his in, 3 with MC and Cappy, and Tank has like 4 or 5 mares with him, but some are old and live there. I think he has three to actually breed right now. But Opal will be going in there soon. Or as soon as Mom allows it.
This was a pretty hit and miss kind of a week. Lots of positive things and a few negative. Dude had some type of a stroke or episode, not really sure what to call it, but we were forced to put him down on Saturday. We also had a mare jump a fence and get out, but we were able to get her in without incident and somehow she didn’t get cut up. Other than those 2 things, everything else was positive or neutral. Everything that happened is just part of ranching. We really try to focus on the positives. We have mares in with all of the studs. We have healthy foals on the ground and more on the way.
Last Week in Pictures
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KT Damsel Bug
KT Damsel Bug
Filly
Sire: KT Gunners Sage Bug
Dam: KT Major Shasta Dais
Date Born: 3/4/25
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Color: Bay (Roan?)
Price: 5,000
Here is another impressive Sagebug filly, that is out of Shasta. Sagebug is out of Continental Lady Bug and is by KT Gunpowder N Lead, “Gunner.” Gunner is a roan dunskin son of Cue Bars Laddie, AQHA point earning and producing stallion. Gunner’s dam, Pistol, has been shown NFQHA, has been featured on rule book and in the NFQHA magazine. She is a great working ranch horse, rope horse, and the kids can ride her as well. Continental Lady Bug is a big boned Continental Cad daughter going back to Mr Blackburn on the bottom. Shasta’s dam, Totchie was a daughter of Poco Cisco Bueno, shown AQHA, and a Sonnys OO Buck and Codys Royal Dancer (AQHA point earner) granddaughter, as well as a granddaughter of Annies My Granny, an AQHA point producing mare, and a Docs Superstar Bar and Docs Adonis great granddaughter. She threw really big, growthy foals that had a good mind and were easy to break. Shasta’s sire, Zinks Major Kid, was shown at local show before we got him. He was a producer of cow horses and performance horses and his foals continue to live on in many arenas. He was a great stallion, with an award winning personality that he passed on to his foals. They have a lot of try and like to please. This is going to be a fancy filly that will excel in many arenas.
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Life continues to be hectic but rewarding. We are gearing up to start the cattle show season with some really great show cattle and even better kids.
Monday was drive your tractor to school day. Kaine hauled the skidsteer in, Kade was supposed to ride in the golf cart with the other FFA Officers, but him and Jaxsen drove Maxx’s pickup in the beginning of the parade. Which in the video he zipped by so fast you could not really see him. Kaine and Cyson brought up the rear in Big Red. Anna is home on spring break, so she picked Jaxsen up after school to wash and blow his steer. Mom had Toni moved Opal into the back yard so she could watch her better at night, she will show up on the camera better due to the yard light. Tank had a couple of poles down in his pen, but they were easy fixes. Fixing fence never ends. Toni stayed with Grandma on Monday night.
Kade started tying up the Reno heifers in the morning on Tuesday. Kaine goes to weight lifting in the morning, so does not help Kade with the heifers in the morning. Luckily Kaine’s is Baby Jewel and really tame, or Kade would probably not help him out. Anna put 6 hours on the skidsteer Tuesday, hauling cobs to the alley and cleaning up around the barn. Jaxsen worked on his Angus steer to get ready for Field Day. It is definitely spring.
We had rain Wednesday night, we really needed some out on the desert, it is starting to dry up. Dad went to Palouse on Wednesday to get more pellets. It was pouring rain, so Anna unloaded them when he got back. Toni and I fed horses, kids did chores, etc. We had some interest in one of the coming two year old fillies, so got some video of her in the rain. She didn’t look her best but she still looked good enough. Normal day.
Thursday was a bid day. Opal foaled Thursday night, Toni and Anna had to pull him, and yes there was only one. It is common in horses for one twin to absorb the other twin. The placenta was very interesting, but also gross. We had moved Opal to the backyard on Monday but she wasn’t really doing anything. On Thursday when Toni went to feed Opal she called Mom to come out because Opal had significant wax. Mom and Dad really were watching Opal like a hawk after that. They called Toni about the time she started dinner. I had gone to Grandma’s to stay with her. They also called Anna. Toni and Anna watched and timed Opal and realized that the process was not progressing. Anna went and grabbed some baling twine (easier on the foal than chains). Because Opal is a range mare, she then had to stand up, but they commenced to pull and finally got the colt out. Luckily his nose came out easily so they were able to get him air during the process. He was not an easy pull. Ben also came down to help, but luckily they had him out by the time Ben got there. Ben did pick him up and move him to the straw. The first night he didn’t nurse, but Toni and Mom were able to milk Opal and get colostrum into him, so they felt ok about things. He is a big Red Dun colt, he is our first foal by Midnight Kat Dr. There was also an eclipse Thursday night, so he is named Eclipse. It was a long night for everyone.
On Friday I stopped to see Eclipse on my way home from grandmas. I grabbed Skip, dad was going to Cottonwood, so Skip went with Anna and I to check cows, horses, put out mineral etc. Toni’s extra kid Evy came out Friday. Lots of checking and petting of animals with a four year old around. We sold Radiant Rifle, but she is the only one that let Evy hang off of her neck, so we might have to get her back. Just Joking if you are reading this. LOL. Kade rode Roany around, he had someone coming out to look at him on Sunday. Kade had been riding Roany all week and getting the kinks out. Toni jumped on him Friday as well just to take him for a little spin. Marlo came out to see Eclipse and the puppies. We are still waiting on the DNA test for the puppies. Kaine and Kade went to an FFA welding competition with two of their good friends. We haven’t heard how they did but their prompt was equestrian so they welded together a guy on horseback. Those boys have some talent.
On Saturday we tried to tag the 4 calves left to tag, but the two Angus cows had their calves “hidden” so would not come over to them, so we only got the two commercial calves tagged. We rolled up the electric fence and let the cows down below, so the famers could come in on Wednesday. The cows were happy to be out on grass. Traci brought Savannah and Kayla out to see the puppies, so they got to pet Eclipse, and Savannah needed to go and see her birthday colt. Savannah has Kade’s old gelding Slick, so her favorite of the broodmares was Pinky, one of Slick’s sisters, and she is going to take her from Toni. She also informed us (me) not to call Bolt, Bolt Action, Bolter, or any version of his name that is not Bolt. We think both girls had fun riding around with us. We also had some of the 509 Show Circuit come out with Alyx and take a tour around the house, getting some knowledge on horses that they probably don’t need. Alyx is a good friend and shirttail relative so always a pleasure to see her. We also got our Hereford heifer that we bought from CX Herefords delivered on Saturday and we are very happy with her. Thanks Kayla! Kade was trapshooting in Garfield and his team won the trap shoot.
Sunday we got the fence up on the bottom of circle 5, it is not hot yet, but just getting ready. Barb was out with her friend Autumn to look at Roany, he is a little too big. So if anyone is looking for a big older red roan gelding, Kade has one for sale. He really wants to ride him through Moses Lake, but if someone really wanted him you could probably talk him out of it. Sally had a fancy palomino roan filly, our first foal by Cappy. Cappy had one foal last year, but she is not ours, Terry and Erina have her. Sunday was a bit windy but a nice day to fix fence and check livestock. We still have Opal in and on meds due to the pull, colt size, laminitis, and just an abundance of caution. She is doing great, the colt, Eclipse, is doing great. They seem to be bonding, but it took a bit. Overall we couldn’t be happier with the way things turned out with Opal.
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Happy Spring Forward!!! Best day of the year.
No new foals Monday. Toni had people out looking at bulls and people out looking at horses. So she was out of the office most of the day showing the livestock off. Both sets of people have been here before and bought from us before so that always makes it easier. Kade and Jaxsen made it to regionals in Ag Sales and Ag commodities, so they were gone there. Toni and Abby (Toni’s Idaho Shagg) did most of the horse chores. I got there in time to help her feed the pasture and then we went and checked mares with mom. Kaine texted us that one of the Hereford cows calved, he actually just sent a pic, and 947. Kade and Jaxsen both were third individually in their competitions and their teams both were first, so they are off to the next level, which I think is State. Toni stayed with grandma Monday, she is still not sleeping.
On Tuesday Toni went about checking and went down to circle 3. Circle 3 got planted to alfalfa last year but has an amazing stand of volunteer wheat that we are thinking about baling as good cattle feed with first cutting. We just got done checking the desert when Kendel called to tell us we had a new foal in circle 5. Kendel told us the foal was bay and when we got down there, we could tell she was bay. It is always nice to be given good color information. Kendel didn’t tell us that the foal was huge and a filly, but we figured that out. Shasta has a nice bay filly by Sagebug. No new calves, we are down to the last few cows to calve.
On Wednesday Ro foaled and had a fancy buckskin colt. It was Savannah’s birthday, so she named him Bolt. This is the second tine that Ro has foaled on Savannah’s birthday. Mean Jean (Savannah Jean) was also born on her birthday. Ro is very consistent. Toni bought a Shiner Named Sioux filly in Tx on Wednesday, she was a good deal and I have wanted one. We had a breeding to Shiner Named Sioux, but Annie did not take last year or the year before, so we are giving up on it. On the National News scene, Toni’s mentor and friend Karen Budd-Falen, an attorney and rancher from Wyoming accepted the associate deputy secretary position for the Interior Department. We are all excited to see what good Karen can do in that position for agriculture.
On Thursday Kaine was getting his Wisdom Teeth taken out, so him and I did that. Toni checked like normal. No new babies on Thursday. After Kaine and I got back and I got him all set up on the couch, I went out and tired to get pics of the bulls, but there was a cow in heat in a neighboring pen, so they all just wanted to stand at the gate and beller and ride each other. So did not get much. I went and got some pictures of the calves while I checked the cows. Then I did Kaine’s chores and fed barn hay. Then Toni and I fed the desert, and she finished our chores, while I went back and helped Ben feed the cows. Kaine was doing pretty well until the pain meds wore off then he was feeling the pain. He had an impacted tooth making it important to get those wisdom teeth out.
On Friday three horses showed up from Asotin that Toni said she would rehome. Kade rode the two geldings, the mare came off the trailer a little lame. Ike, the 17 hand 25 year old was great. Roanie the 20 year old red roan was Ok, and Honey the 18 year old mare was also ok. They are all big. Kade and Toni both rode Ike the 25 year old and thought he was really cool. And he is super pretty. I went to stay with grandma and Toni and Marlo checked. Marlo was excited to see Bolt. He is a really cute colt. And Anna made it home so Marlo got to go and see the puppies along with Anna. Anna is home for spring break so we are all happy to have her home.
On Saturday Electra foaled before dad and Kade went to trap. She had a cute red filly. Goldy also foaled on Saturday and had a fancy red dun filly. Toni hauled Ike over to Leslie for Julian to have. We tagged the two weeks worth of calves that we had neglected tagging due to AIing cows. Ben was fast on Saturday and got them all caught. We put out big bales, moved some horses around etc. We had some bull buyers out and they picked Anna’s bull Haul, the bull she showed in 2024. Saturday was a big sale day. Moses Lake was having a horse sale and Toni ended up buying Cousin Leslie a paint gelding that is really gentle. We were also trying to buy some Hereford heifers at a Hereford sale in OR. Toni had her phone going, the laptop, and an extra monitor. The heifers went a touch above what we wanted to spend but we have some other heifers to look at. Saturday afternoon we started putting old open mares out with studs. We like to see if the older open mares that are in decent shape will breed before the herd comes in. We got mares put out with Cappy, Tank, and Dude, and moved Jex and Spark. We decided to give them their spring ivomec and give a west nile shot so that we are getting ahead of our spring work. It was a good start. The studs all thought it was spring so acted like spring fever was upon them but they are all good boys so did fine. After moving everything around we did chores and checked. We are still trying to mess with Bolt every night along with the other foals.
Happy Spring Forward!!! Best day of the year. We are waiting for the day we no longer have to fall back and just remain forward. Toni and Kade got panels put out at their house and got Electra along with her little filly (Kade is working on names) turned out of the foaling pen. We decided to try to put big bales in all of the corral pens. That was entertaining. We put a tow strap around one bale and pulled it into the pen with a pickup. Another pen we could back in and pretty much got stuck in the mud and had to rock the pickup and trailer out of the mud. We moved Breezy and her colt Mighty back in with the old mares. Now the little guy has room to run around. He needed a bigger pen. Mom went with us to check so she got to see the four foals in the desert then we went and looked at the puppies. Anna was practice loading Rhoda so she can go to her new home next week. She is a pretty little mini but she likes to jump in the trailer. Then we went home to finish chores and finish off the weekend.
Foals are on the ground so 2024 foals have been moved to the for sale page if they are for sale. The 2025 foals are all on the website. Per the norm I am keeping the website as up to date as possible with new pictures and information that we have on the new foals. Currently the count is 2 colts and 4 fillies. For anyone that needs the links:
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