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Apr 15, 2012 Madeleine is born to Nitha
Mar 27, 2012 Mariah is born to Hilda
Mar 20, 2012 Miguel, our first colt of 2012 is born to Geartje
Mar 05, 2012 Mahitakai is born to Hilda
Feb 26, 2012 Nicole, our first foal of 2012 is born to Valeree
Sep 18, 2011 Fun with the ball!!
Our foals love to play with balls. They get very playful, sometimes rolling off of the ball, getting mad and kicking it ;-)
I think it's a great exercise for them. They're curious and this desensitizes them on things moving around by them.
Here's a link to a short video...my dog was trying to get in there...Kaleb couldn't decide if he wanted to play with the ball, play with the dog, or show the dog that he was, in fact, the alpha of the two of them!!
Below is a link to a video taken about a month ago.
Aug 18, 2011 Slowing down
The 2011 breeding season is over. Our grand total as of right now is 13 pregnant for 2012!! And we have 2 new additions to our broodmare herd Nitha and Fobke. They are both still in Colorado with their old owners. We 'see them for a couple more months but we are very excited about the new additions. Next year we start foaling out in march and end in Mid-July, going to be a long foaling season, but all worth it. The 2011 babies are getting so big already, you leave for a couple days and when you get back you can hardly recognize them they change so quickly. The Santa Rosa Keuring is fast approaching we have about 1 month left until we leave. Last week our veterinarian implanted the foals micro-chips, they all were little champs about it. That is why you have to love the Friesian breed; they are all so easy going!! Well this next month is going to fly by we have a long of little things to get done before the keuring.. Can't wait
Aug 13, 2011 Franktown Meadows
Teake - 1st level test 1 : 64.78% 2nd place
Teake - 1st level test 2 : 64.88% 2nd place
Teake - 1st level test 2 : 64.88% 2nd place
Jul 14, 2011 Last foal of 2011
Finally our last mare Afke foaled out a gorgeous, extremely large colt at 1:22 a.m. This was a pretty short foaling season. We are all very excited about the group of foals that we have for 2011. It's so tough to pick just one that you like because they are all amazing in their own little ways. Even looking at their confirmations, they are all really nice. We will see what the 2011 judges think of our foals!!
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