Horses

Okay, so here is a quick update from our new addition.  We turned Twinkie and babe out on the hill and then one day went out and found.......

a  little red roan filly!!! 

 We are still trying to decide on a name but are kind of leaning toward Twizzler or Twizzy.

(It's kind of our thing to name horses after candy bars or treats.) 

On a sadder note, we also lost 2 horses this spring.  On March 1, we found Pepsi dead out on the hill.  She was, of course, our high dollar cutting horse and was totally and completely amazing!!   We had even had her bred this year.  It was a pretty sad loss.

Rooster (Twizzy's dad)

Last week, Earl and Kalon had got some bulls rounded up to go turn out with the cows.  Earl was hauling them in the front of the trailer with Willy and Rooster (Earl's 3 year old colt in training) in the back divider.  The bulls got to fighting and somehow broke open the middle divider gate in the trailer.  Then, the back gate broke and spilled everything out onto the highway.  Luckily, there were no cars behind them.  Willy ended up with a broken leg and we had to put him down.  It was horrible!!!  It's pretty tough to replace a good cow/kid horse!   Rooster was pretty banged up and we have been doctoring him up.  It will be a waiting game to see if he'll ever be the same.

This is Rooster's worst injury a week later...he has plenty more but this is the one we're worrying about.

So, we are out a saddle and 3 horses but as my dad said, "At least it stayed in the barn and not the house".  So true!  We have been blessed in so many other ways and if this is the worst loss that we face, then we will be okay!