July 15, 2009

Here is a farm update:

Luke is sidelined with a strained suspensory on his right hind leg...recovering nicely and should start back under saddle soon.

Pavarotti has been going barefoot but I think he needs his shoes back on.

Erika, now 4 years old, is being rested for 6 months and has been bred to the Oldenburg stallion Routinier/Rohdiamant line...let's hope she's pregnant...her checkup ultrasound is on 24 July.

Bo (Rochambeau) is growing (15.3h) and just being a 2 year old...galloping and bucking and playing...just being a baby horse and having fun annoying his herdmates.

The multiple nests of barn swallows are on their 4th general sitting/hatching of baby swallows...a record amount of babies this year. I love it when the nestlings learns to fly...all awkward and squawking. They do keep the flies away! ...and they return next year as parents.