Our barn was very busy yesterday! After neurotically checking on our mares every hour on the hour, we finally went to sleep and woke to find a beautiful sorrel/white pinto filly laying in the straw. About 10 hours later we had a flashy pinto colt! We had gone inside for 10 minutes and "Kisses" displayed no signs of being in labor. Of course during the 10 minutes we were inside, she had the foal. I guess our mares don't like having us around!

This is McIntyre Miniatures first foaling season and we could not be more pleased so far. A GORGEOUS filly and colt--what more could you ask for? Both Helen and Kisses are doting mothers and it's adorable. We're very lucky to have found such wonderful mares for our herd (thanks to Ralph Faulkner for that one!).

My nieces and nephews are in absolute heaven right now. Four of them live on my farm--8, 5, 4, and 3 years old. They all have come up with lists and lists of names for the foals and they're so excited! I can't wait for my youngest niece to get a little older so she can start showing. She's already in love with horses--her favorite thing to do is scoop poop, I kid you not. I'm planning on giving her her own horse in a few years when she's old enough to take care of it herself.

We have three more mares that are due to foal in the next month, so stay tuned for more updates and pictures!