Summer's almost over

Wow! It's hard to believe that Labour Day is on Monday.

That means that fall is on its way and summer is virtually over. I hope the warm days and cool nights last well into the fall this year - we still have so much more to do!

A friend offered me a spare straw of semen from Outrageous Fortune, a chestnut frame overo Canadian Sport Horse stallion http://www.baystarfarms.ca/outrageousfortune.htm, so we gave Nikki (Maaks Nikki - a solid registered Paint mare) a hot shot to bring her into season and an ovulation shot, then had the vet come out and do the artificial insemination (AI). We'll have the vet back again next month to see if she caught. We've got our fingers crossed!

One stall is now rented for the winter, so there's only one left. We have room for one or two more horses on outside board, too.

Gypsy, aka Bugs Blue Chip (a registered Appy mare) is coming back to us. She was adopted by a family in the summer, but the teenagers' interests have changed and they're giving her back to us. The next time the vet is out, we'll have her checked to see if she's pregnant by Star and then decide if we're going to put her up for adoption again right away. We visited her today and brought a hen and eight chicks home with us.

We have a new mare coming to the farm mid September. Her name is Dreamer, aka Dreaming of Willy. She's a registered Paint mare, in foal to a cremello Quarter Horse-type stallion. Her foal is for sale in utereo for $300 and is due sometime between November and January. Since Dreamer is a strawberry roan overo Paint with a blonde mane and tail, there's a good chance that her foal will be a palomino Paint. Dreamer will be bred to Spook (Cool Blue Dream) next summer by AI.

Finn is settling in happily at his new home with Leisa near Smiths Falls. Delilah is happy again and regaining some of her weight - nursing Finn was taking too much out of her.