Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles
News from the Farm
A tough pill to swallow, CCNF in mourning
We promote this blog as being, amongst other things, a candid window into our life here on the farm. Well, welcome to the dark side. We lost our beloved Tessora last night around 11 PM, the presumed cause of death (pending necropsy results) was complications from a nasty and apparently virulent inner ear infection. This…
Silken Damask cria #1
I’ve been meaning to get a picture of this little guy since he was born a couple of weeks ago but have always found myself at the Arena sans camera whenever I thought of it. The still unnamed boy will be at least bay black if not true black before we’re done. This was of course…
Oh, you’re SO dreamy
I have seen a lot of different behaviors over the years while managing the breeding of this herd but it’s a rare occurrence that I come across something genuinely new. This evening at 6PM while tending to the second half of a Matrix Majesty double session (something which may seem like a better idea now…
A deal that went horribly, terribly right.
It was some five and a half years ago as I sat in my basement office searching the internet for new light colored females to add to our foundation herd that we came across Tessora. Her discovery came after several frustrating days of calling up breeders that had females listed, often times for exorbitant prices…
At play in the land of the show girls
No no, not Las Vegas. Though now that I think of it with some of those untrimmed top knots they do look like they could be dancing on the strip, particularly during the evening pronks! Having been off tending to other school/child related business when Jen and Kim started breeding some of the visiting females…
Rocky Mountain adventure revisited
We’re back on the farm now happily dodging the trees as they come at us in the forms of breedings, new births, sick animals, and the ever present soccer or lacrosse practices/games. Safe to say that though we missed our kids terribly while we were away, the adults in this household won’t really be mourning…