Another week has gone by

 

So today marked last weekend Heidi will be at Tamarack.  At first she didn't want to come in as she was afraid I was going to bath her again.  But Today Dr. K came and did her teeth so they will be good for a few more years. 

She's dried up considerably since last week.  I'm a LOT less worried about her producing more milk coming home next weekend.  

She is looking FANTASTIC.  Whens he gets home and gets back on grain she will be awesome and finish her filling in and also get back on her joint supplement to help her achy older joints.  She'll be 14 tomorrow. 

 

Tessa and Stormy are doing great as well.  Shedding TONS of hair.  

Half Over

 Heidi's time at Tamarack is half over now.  Part of me is thankful, part of me is terrified she won't dry up enough.  

Her udder is so much smaller now. 

Mane is so much cleaner after a heck of a scrubbing today.

Even her tail was still grimy despite the wash last week so it got super scrubbed again.

Crosstied so I could put the Kevlar on her feet. 

Tessa is super happy to have the pen back to eat in.  Which is okay- I am going to go down to the second hand yard and get some 10 foot panels to make Heidi a new pen. 

I measured Stormy a week ago- dead on 14 hands so only 3 inches shorter than Tessa.

Tessa is looking great again too!  Now hopefully the 50 pounds of seed I spread will sprout out since I spread it on 1.5 acres and it was supposed to cover 2 acres.  I will spread some more seed next weekend.

Weekly update

 

Stormy is adjusting to not having Heidi around, and not being able to nurse.  

At least Tractors don't seem to bother her either.  I got to get some good grooming in on both of them today.  Hope to do more tomorrow while it is still nice outside. 

I even scrubbed and filled the water tank.  Though come to think of it, I haven't put the heater back in.  Whoops.  A few more nights of the tank heater and it should be able to come out completely.

Since I got to the barn early I put Heidi in the wash bay to groom her so they could work on the stalls, then decided to hose her legs and wash her tail. 

Her udder is still big and full- still needs time to dry up.  It's only been a week.  Can't wait to see her more dry.

At least her tail looks 1000x better.  Maybe next weekend we'll get a full bath and I'll get her shampoo out and start whitening her legs again.  

Willow had a good romp around outside, and we got her jumps back out for her to play with.  I still find it hard to think she's almost 7 years old.

Heidi is moved and Stormy is weaned!

 So after a "FUN" loading session(at least it only took half an hour today). We got Heidi moved over to Tamarack for a 4 week stay to wean off Stormy.  Dad driving with Aunt Lisa as his co-pilot in Lisa's truck and trailer.  I have already booked her a trailer ride home in 4 weeks from a professional hauler since he has a ramp load trailer and Heidi HATES step ups- he just wasn't available this weekend.  

Heidi is currently in the big field that has grass in it, with two other mares.  I did get her halter off and Perry said about an hour later the trio were all grazing together.  

Stormy is less than amused.  She was still calling her Heidi after we got the roll of hay out. 
At first she wouldn't even come up tome, but after we put the roll out she came for some cuddles and I told her, her momma would be back in a month.

Gravel work!

 So it was a gravel sort of day.  It has been something I have wanted to do for a while- put in a gravel pad under the water tub.  

Dad had borrowed Harry & Marie's tractor to help spread the gravel and had some extra brought in so I could buy some from him.  

Gravel pad inside the frame.  Now hopefully it settles down really well so it's not so HIGH up of a step for the horses, or I will have to bring in extra fill dirt to bring up the outside edge.  

Two rubber stall mats covered it so that should hopefully help with traction for the girls and not get gravel stuck in their hooves

Tessa was the first to come over curious but refused to step up.  She reached over and drank from the end.  Stormy did as well but no pictures on the camera of that.  If those two can, Heidi can.

Dad with the rest of the pile and working on his big shed.

Just some randomness!

 

While it was so chilly today, Dad and I got up early and got my truck unloaded from the squares I picked up last weekend and then went and got a roll from Mr Clark to put out tomorrow AM.  It's a very nice looking roll of hay!  Naturally the twines are coming apart but it'll be easy to deal with that.

I played some with the bunnies today, Evie has been practically begging to get out of her cage so I put her up on a table and let her hop about.  She's such a cutie-patootie.

Lindsey was dropped into the pen with Cricket after Connie passed away a few days ago. 

Cricket's like 'hey, where's my treats?' 

Linds isn't as snuggly with Cricket as Connie was.

A few quick pictures of the horses.  Michael will be here tomorrow to trim hooves!