Weaning time again

Saturday, October 1st we got our 2011 babies weaned. I knew we had a colorful year but you have all 7 of them together, wow! Anyway, here are just a couple pictures from that day. They are not as wild as they look, these pictures were taken within a half hour of taking them away from home.

Misc. pictures of our 2011 babies

Top to bottom sorrel stud (Shaq and Royal) red dun filly (Shaq and Smokey) buckskin filly (Shaq and Pretty Girl) bay roan stud (Shaq and Lena) and red dun filly (Shaq and Cane). These photos were taken over this past week. If everything goes as planned by this time tomorrow these babies will be weaned.

Some of our Windy Creek Mares

Here are just some pictures I took this past week when I was out trying to draw markings on our soon to be weanling's for their registration applications. Top to bottom we have Pretty Girl, Cane, and Royal on the bottom. Both Pretty Girl and Cane are available this fall to purchase.

Watch Joe Shaq

Here are just a couple of new images of our stallion Watch Joe Shaq. Our family has had "Shaq" since 2003 when he was a yearling. Dad and Mom bought him from Kent Schroeder (no relation:) of Odebolt. "Shaq" has been our only stallion that we have had since we started with our herd of registered quarter horses in the early 2000's.

This past Pitzer Ranch Fall Sale had a full brother to Shaq consigned. If you have the catalog, he was #411. Watchfancyjoejack is a 2003 red dun gelding that had been used for all aspects of ranching and was sold for over $11,000 (info from Pitzer Ranch Fall Sale 2011).

Anyway, back to our Shaq, he is out of Watch Joe Jack Bars and Sue Fancy. I still don't know how to format my blog so I can do Shaqs pedigree but on the top of his papers it goes Watch Joe Shaq--Watch Joe Jack Bars--Watch Joe Jack--Two Eyed Jack. On the actual AQHA papers of Shaq's babies, it goes upto Watch Joe Jack

Here are just a few new pictures from last saturday of Shaq and Smokey's sweet little filly. She definitely is built and she has a very easy disposition to boot. She is certainly going to be one you would like to show off. Our stallion Watch Joe Shaq is 15.2 hands and mare SRB Go Smokey Roann is 15 hands so this little one is not going to stay little for long. We have her registration application for the American Quarter Horse Association but have not filled it out yet.

6 of the 7 Windy Creek babies in 2011

Shaq and Lena's bay roan stud colt

Shaq and Pretty Girls buckskin filly

Shaq and Drifter's red roan stud colt

Shaq and Smokey's red dun filly

Shaq and Cane's red dun filly

Shaq and Royal's sorrel, brown, ??? not sure stud colt

I know that there are some repeats on this post with the older ones from Monday night (7/25/11) but now there is a new individual picture of our 2011 colts, except for midnites little palomino filly. It has been so hot this summer and our creek has been so wet that it is hard to get many decent pictures of the babies without them being so dirty. If you are part of this heatwave, stay cool!

I am not sure how to get the names by the pictures the best, the colts that are the trickiest to figure out are our two red dun fillies, Smokey's and Cane's. Smokey's baby has the bigger blaze of the two. These are still pictures from this past Monday, I hope I don't have any repeats.

More from Windy Creek Qtr Horses

Misc. from 7/25/11

Drifter's, told ya he became a roan, and Smokey's sneaking into shot too.

The other roan, Lena's bay did in fact become a bay roan!




Royal's gorgeous fella

Royal

Cane and Royal

There are quite a few pictures from Monday night when I was out in the pasture with my camera, I can't decide which ones to put on here so they may be again, more than one post from this picture day.