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Much to our surprise, We are announcing the arrival of a new little stud colt
whose name will beElsker. Out of our mare Opal and our old guy
stallion Eric
I wanted the name to be Oric, but my family says we can't name him a vacuum
cleaner name!
Opal bred July 5,6,7 and then came back in and bred July 27,28,29. and our
ultrasound done in late October put her due date around 4th of July.
And we have a very FAT, healthy big baby. born June 21st
Now I do have one interesting question? He is so red! If you dig down into
his mane you find the darker dorsal stripe, but everything else on his mane
is red and his stripe down his back and tail is red. Is this just baby hair?
He's definitely more red than any other foal I've ever had. But there is
some dark hair down deep in his mane
He's beautiful. Opal's best yet! I knew her and Eric would make a great baby.
Eric update. At 22 years old it can be touch and go. We had a great winter
with him, his arthritis didn't act up and he gained weight and looked great.
Then this spring around breeding time, He started losing weight, and lying
around, I assumed it was because his arthritis was acting up. We treated him,
and he got worse. We almost lost him. Come to find out, He has an ulcer. We
caught it in time, he spent a week at the vet on IV's and ulcer medicine. He
is now fine. and slowly gaining weight again. He did manage to breed two
mares this season and hopefully will feel up to breeding Opal again.
Well, I better go. I'm typing this from our vacation and the family is giving
me the " MOM" look
Michele Noonan
Wild Hair Ranch
STevensville, MT
