Remember those beautiful, neat rows of raked alfalfa from yesterday? Well...after an hour of Harney County wind last evening...it's a photo perfect for Wordless Wednesday...looks like we did a bad job of bunch raking it!!
Hay Man Rudy and his wife Marsha came over this morning to assess the damages. The west field was worse than what you see above in the east field. My Man was out until dark last night forking the hay back into the field that was up against the fences.
It was decided that it wouldn't be good for the hay to lay there and bake all day in the hot 95 degree sun, so it was raked again and we're praying for no wind and good moisture tomorrow morning. He wouldn't have been able to bale it this morning anyhow because it was still too green. But, if the wind comes up again, all we're going to have left is stems...no leaves...Not Good!!
I tried a new farrier we have in our area...so far I'm tickled pink. He knew exactly what I meant when I asked about Baby Sliders...and he had the shoes to do them with too! Please take a look at Mugwump Chronicles' post on Baby Sliders for some good info.
So, Colt got his first set of Baby Sliders today. Pat saw Colt's run last Sunday and said he thought Colt was ready for the sliders.
This is the shoe before he heats it to fit the hoof.
Notice the squared off toe...it's called a Natural Balance
shoe which he doesn't like. But the thickness and width of the shoe
he does like when your doing cow work,
so he rounds out the toe during the fitting process.
Checking the fit while the shoe is still hot.
A lil' bit of smoke as he touches the hoof.
All fit and ready to tack on.
I liked this photo with the blur of the hammer.
Clinching and tapping the nails tight.
Colt's ready to slide!!
