Goldie has a New Home

Goldie was a 1995 red dun foal out of Deck of Stars by a Page Boy First mare.

Goldie was one of my first foals born at our place.  She actually was born during the afternoon, as the kids were getting off the school bus.  They didn't actually see her born, but they saw here within minutes of being born.

Over the last 10 years, we had downsized our mares, and only had 2 or 3 mares left. In the past, we had bred 5-7 mares. With the economy changing, we were only breeding every 2-3 years. Something had to change. The end of almost 20 years of breeding has come. We sold her last weekend at a sale. She went to a breeder who actually lives only about 10 miles north of us. We will get to see her next year when she has her next baby!

Goldie is a good mother. She is an easy breeder, and kind to her babies.  This is weaning day last year, and she was listening for her foal.

Goldie just walks the outdoor arena.

Last year's foal, Fawn, is listening for her mother.

She has her buddy, Dove, to keep her company.

Goldie had nice babies.  Some were bay and some were bucksin dun, just like Fawn.


I'm glad she is with someone who will appreciate her as a broodmare.  She will have some more great babies!

Fall Horse Pics

The mares are weaned 3 weeks ago.

Starlet

 Goldie

Dove is saying, where did my mom go?

 Dove and Fawn

Chick and the other mares.

Dixie

The 4 mares got along very well together. They have been pasture mates before. No one fights, and they just exist together.  I think it helped the most when Dixie and Chick were put together last winter, to get to eat a little more grain.  They really bonded together. But Chick would rather be with Starlet and Goldie.

The trees were this pretty for almost 2 weeks. But that was about 3 weeks ago when I was weaning. They have since lost their leaves and are now barren.

Chick and Dixie have since gone back into the lot with the weanlings, so the 2 harder keepers are able to eat more over the winter. Starlet and Goldie are now in the larger lot of 8 horses. Dixie may join them, as she is starting to be a little bully with the babies. And she is fat enough! But I'll probably wait until Spring to move horses around.

Everyone is being good and not fighting, so I don't want to upset the apple cart. It's good for those babies to get pushed around a little and to know their place in life. They aren't getting hurt, so it's probably a good thing to just leave Dixie in there to teach those 2 babies about respect!

Weaning Time

Weaning was Saturday!

 

Dove is 5 months old and Fawn is 4 1/2 months old.  Fawn is a little younger than I would have liked to wean.  But they were born a little later than I would have liked also. 

They are drinking water well, and eating hay and grain, so it's time.

They  have Bob, an older gelding as a pasture mate to distract them. And right across their fence line is another group of 6 horses.

I really want them separated for a few weeks, before the mares need to come back to the lot beside the foals.  I want to get this done before I'm breaking ice in the water tanks, since where the mares are now, I don't usualy put a water heater.

This morning, waters had a fine layer of ice, so I better get those water heaters into the other horse water tanks. I just hope I don't have to break ice for the mares too many mornings.

 The mares are doing fine. Starlet could care less where her baby is.

Goldie has been walking the fence line for the first 4 days.

Then a baby whinnies,

 and Goldie is listening!

Most of the time, they have been content eating hay from the round bale and getting to know their old friends again.  I figured Chick and Dixie would keep the 2 mares from whinnying for the group of horses.

Isn't this pretty?  This is my view from my living room picture window. I can look out and see my mares and make sure everyone is ok.

The Foals at the end of Summer

It has been awhile since I posted pics of the foals. Here they are at the end of summer. Tomorrow, I'll post pics of them from this past weekend.

Dove, at 3 months,

Dove and Momma, Starlet,

Fawn, at 2 1/2 months, 

I love the markings on their faces, and their calm expressions,

Both mommas and babies. I'll show more of Goldie, Fawn's Dam, tomorrow.

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Dove at 6 weeks and Fawn at 3 weeks

Dawn and Fawn

Dove at 5 weeks and Fawn at 2 weeks.

Already a trail horse!

Dove just puts her head down and walks on and off.

Fawn is turnig into a pretty foal.

I just love seeing the mares and babies grazing among the trees.

Goldie's Filly

Friday, June 17, 2011

Finally... here she is.  Goldie was only 4 days late, but it felt like we were waiting for this little girl forever!  Goldie was huge, with an udder like a cow's.  Yesterday, Friday, we woke up to this picture:



 with a large star, light buckskin coat, and dorsal stripe,

 Starlet's Dove didn't know what to make of this little one!

even though this photo is a little blurry, I just loved the front leg movement of mom and baby

 Her actual coat coloring is very light

 I just love her eyes!

I'm thinking of calling her Doe, or Fawn, or something like that.  Ideas?

Thanks!