Horses left

The owners picked up their horses for the year.  Not the greatest day to get the horse as it was cold and wet.

One owner wanted to get Cheyenne, the dominant mare, in the trailer first but she wouldn't go no matter how much the owner coaxed and pulled on the rope.  So she gave up and led Sierra, the oldest horse into the trailer.  Lily decided to enter at the same time and the owner ended up in the front half of the trailer with both horses.  Good thing she had the side escape door to exit.

Then it was back to Cheyenne.  They were in a stand off for a long time.  While the trailer's floor was covered in sawdust it still seemed to slippery to the horse the few times she put one hoof on the floor.  Finally the other owner got the whip and lightly touched the horse's hind quarters.  She moved a bit but didn't go into the trailer.  After a few more light brushes with the whip then pressure against the hind quarters the horse stepped into the trailer with one of the owners.  I thought the owner could get hurt as the two horses in the front half on the other side of the trailer's divider were moving around banging against the walls which made Cheyenne nervous.  She started to turn to exit the trailer and the other owner closed it.  His wife was still inside the small space but she was able to squeeze out the back door before getting hurt.

*whew*

I think the owners are in their 70s so this wasn't some agile young person handling the horses.

The owners had to make two trips to get the horses as they didn't want the young colt crowded in the trailer with the big horses.  So on the second trip they got the colt and his mother.

Sierra is the brown horse on the right

Cheyenne is the large horse in the center of the photo

Here is a photo of the colt when he first arrived back in the middle of August. I think he was two and a half months old at that time. Notice he has gotten bigger and darker.

After the horses left I heard one of the cattle bellow.  The herd was in the south pasture.  I then noticed one of the calves walking along the pasture/hayfield fence and he was in the hayfield.  Mom was walking to the fence in a concerned manner.  With some effort I got the steer back into the pasture without the herd getting into the hayfield.


The cow with the injured leg seems to be doing ok.  I think she still has a limp. It is not worse, but it is hard to tell if it is much better.  It is hard to tell as she is always standing or laying and I can't seem to catch her walking.  She eats, drinks and chews her cud and seems to be pretty content.  Her calf also is going fine, though being a kid she wants to go join the other calves when she sees them off in the south pasture.