We have 7 mares under lights to start them cycling early. 4 of our broodmare slipped an embryo this year (one twice). So those 4 plus Elysee (our 1.5 year old mare), and 2 recipient mares for embryo tranfers. Our "plan" (of course, the ladies could have plans of their own) is to flush an embryo from Elysee to one of our recips....then, if Elysee's dam, Icke and our 2nd recip. mare line up, also do an embryo transfer with her....then rebreeding Icke. Icke has not held a pregrancy for 2 years and we're anxious to get another baby from her. Elysee received incredibly high scores as a foal, so we're hoping for another. I haven't been back in the saddle since the holidays, but with a brand new saddle (that actually fits!), tomorrow is the day!

We weaned our last (youngest) 3 babies this past week. Our colt Hayden had the hardest time with it. Of the moms, our girl Lisette was the most distressed. But....it wasn't very tramatic at all. The boys had each other and they have been pasture mates since birth. We brought the babies in the other night, since it was raining and the temps were going down into the 20s....I moved Hayden in with Gregorio (our oldest colt) and Hayden tried nursing off of him! Have never seen this before. Gregorio was a kind 'older brother' and just kept moving away. I separated them for the night. All of our boys are together now, and our two girls are together with our 1.5 year old BEAUTIFUL filly, Elysee. Elysee was very bossy with Gregorio, so I'm sure he's happy to be with the other colts. He is alpha over them, but not aggressive at all. We had another embryo absorption last week. Now only 7 of our 11 moms are pregnant. It's been a tough year, for sure. We're all settling in for a great winter!