Queen Update

I was planning on checking Queen around midnight last night but fell sound asleep until this morning. When I went out, Queen was her cranky self as always. I'm sure glad I put her in the barn. At some point in the early morning it rained. When I went to check on Queen this morning, she was pushing at the stall gate. I figured it was a good sign. I know she drank some water (at least from the night before) and had pooped at least once.

I opened the barn door and she wandered out to grab a few bites of grass while I haltered and led Mayhem back to her pen. Luckily Mayhem didn't get too cranky either. She's not exactly a lady but I havent' really been working on her manners lately either.

Queen did give me the stink eye when I put the waterproof canvas sheet on her but she didn't try to bite. I'm not sure if that's a good sign or a bad sign. Normally she gets really mad and will try to take a chunk out of me but instead she just swung her head around and gave me "that look." It's occassionally misting out and there's a bit of a wind so I don't want to risk Queen getting wet. The pen is a muddy mess so if she does decide to lay down even near the hay ring with the soggy hay, I want her to have an extra layer to protect her.

Queen seemed rather insistant when I tried to put her back in her pen. She wanted otu and stood by the gate until I disappeared. Queen must have been gossiping with Babe. When I opened the gate Babe came right over and tried to push through me to get to the grass too. Guess I may put those two old ladies out on grass for about ten minutes tonight and see what happens.

So far Queen is doing really well. I'm not sure if it was the weather or now that I think about it, I may give her a dose of wormer to see if that helps. Thinking I'll do a half dose of panacur and go from there. I need to worm everyone this week. At this point, I'm drawing at straws to figure out what set Queen to colic last night. If I could just figure it out, I would feel a little better. I may very well have to chalk it up to old age.