August 20 - weaning

Weaning is going okay. No more mishaps with the mares. What a mess that could have been. Dolly figured out that a gate was not closed properly and took all the mares out to find her little baby (who was safely inside the barn).

Main problem was that Hyde's new pen was right along side where the mares were running. Bailey and I managed to get all the mares through the barn to a small pen. We then led them one at a time over to their pasture MAKING SURE that ALL the gates were closed properly.

We put everyone out into the back pasture. Dolly goes way back and then meanders back to the top by the barn and yells for a few minutes and then goes away again. Wish she would just stay away and then Pheonix would stay settled. I am going to try to put them (Molson and Pheonix) outside - in the inside outside pen - for an hour while I clean stalls...LOTS easier that way. Molson is still in the neighboring stall.