What a weekend - it started out one of the hardest weekends we've had in a while, but ended up quite nice. Somehow we pulled through a few challenges and got everything to work out as needed.
Thursday a snow storm caused the trailer to be difficult to get out of the driveway, and we spent hours digging it out of the yard after it slipped back down. Four hours after I had intended to take Cory to town for a brand inspection so he could ship out that night, we finally got him loaded and on his way only to find out that the brand inspector couldn't do the inspection after dusk (we got there 15 minutes too late). Spent the night trying to find a way to get him on the transport anyway, and finally did. They arrived at 11pm and took him on to his new home in Colorado. So, while we spent a frustrating day fighting the snow and much of the evening thinking that we'd have to drive him to Colorado Springs ourselves and on our own dime, we finally finished the day with everything working out well.
In the midst of all that craziness, we got a call saying that our trainer (whom we love, but who just moved 8 hours away) found a good transport option to get 3 of our horses to her if I could have them ready to go by Sunday. So, after being up most of the night on Thursday seeing Cory off, I got up at 6am on Friday and rushed these three horses to town for Coggins tests and health certificates (and brand inspections) so they could travel the next day. On Sat. we got them onto the transport and sent off to do a few months of training.
Add to this weekend that we weaned all the babies on Sat. - very smoothly and successfully (the easiest weaning we have done yet) - and I feel like it was really a great weekend.
We now have one herd in the Big Barn pasture of yearling boys who are on Free Choice feed. I just put out multiple bales in feeders once per day, making sure that they always have food, and they eat as often and as much as they want (since they are growing, they need this). Now I also have a herd in the Lower Little Barn Pasture with 7 weanlings, 2 yearling girls and Blackie who are also on Free Choice which I just keep full all the time. And additionally, I have 8 mares in the Middle 20 whom I feed twice per day. Ryder is away at training for a few months so that I might start riding him on the trails more often this summer. All in all, it was a good, productive weekend at the ranch and all is well.
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