Our quarter horse foals Twitch, Kix, and Stumbles are now all 4 months old and older. Time for them to be weaned. The first foals of our ranch are turning into fine little boys. So away from there mothers they went, into the neighboring pasture, along with the small yearling Bambi and Kitty, another foal we bought recently. They’ll be there for a couple months, till they are ready to mingle with their old friends again and once their...
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Well, Season 2 of the Foal Course has passed quickly. Yesterday and today were the last sessions of this class. This time the season wasn’t as long because there were less people and because there’s only so much you can teach a foal. Soon we are starting the horse fellowship program. It’s going to have everything to do with horses and riding and other fun stuff. So anyway, today we did more of the basic things. First, all the...
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The Foal Care Course, Season 2, has begun! All who had attended the Foal Care Course, Season 1, know that it had ended. There’s really only so much you can teach about baby horses. It’s already been on for the past 1 and a half months, 3 days a week for 3 different classes. But today, instead of the usual people, came new families. 4 to be exact. Since Twitch is older now, about 5 weeks old, we practiced on the newest foal we have;...
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The almost 5 year old mare gave birth in the dark, as many animals do, just a couple of weeks before her fifth birthday on March 27. The cutie is a boy like Twitch, but lots smaller than him. We haven’t figured out a name for him yet; He slept almost the whole day, exhausted from the bright world in which he is now. Elan’s baby is a sorrel with white legs and splashes of white on his chest. Born on this wild ranch, he is already...
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