We bought a new colt, a yearling we named Quatro, (because he was lot 4) at the Caprock Ranchers’ Sale in Clarendon a couple weeks ago. We bought him from Mikael Nixon of nearby Amistad, N.M. He is by Genuine as Diamonds (118 pts in heading and heeling) and out of a daughter of Lean With Me out of an own daughter of Be Aech Enterprise. He should make a nice horse.
But, we went and picked him up on Sunday and Monday morning he was snake bit. It's quite a problem around here. We have rattlesnakes galore and have already treated two steers for snakebite this summer. We found him quick and got him doctored and he has made a near full recovery. This is why we kill every rattlesnake we see.
