The last couple of weeks on the farm have been an emotional roller coaster, but that’s real life during foaling season. 🐴💕

In this episode of Katching Up With Katie, I’m catching y’all up on everything that’s been happening lately — the good, the hard, and the really unexpected moments that come with farm life.

We talk about our newest little addition to the crew (meet Frankie 🐶), barn updates, and several new mares that have joined the program. But we also open up about some of the tougher moments from the past week, including a difficult foaling loss, a goat miscarriage, and Maggie’s colic surgery while she’s still pregnant. Farm life can bring so much joy, but it also comes with real challenges, and I wanted to share that side of it with y’all too.

Through all of it, we’re still moving forward with the horses, the foals we’re expecting, and the exciting training work happening at the barn with Stephanie. There’s always something happening around here, and I’m grateful y’all are along for the ride with us.

Let me know in the comments, what part of farm life are you most curious about right now? Foaling season, horse training, or behind-the-scenes farm life?

00:00 Welcome Back to Katching Up With Katie

00:48 Meet Frankie the New Puppy 🐶

08:35 New Mares Join the Farm

15:27 Foaling Season Benedict’s Birth

18:34 Goat Pregnancy Loss

23:09 Charlotte’s Foaling Story

31:37 Maggie’s Colic Surgery

35:07 Plans for Maggie’s Future

37:45 Horse Training with Stephanie

38:56 Wrapping Up

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Today’s Katching Up With Katie is basically a foaling season survival update 😂🐴

We are beyond tired. We have had 3 foals in one week (plus one the week before), and we have been on full watch so long I genuinely do not know what day it is anymore. This is Lindsay’s first ever foaling season, so we sit down and talk about what it is really like behind the scenes when you go from a smooth, fast foaling to a situation where things get scary really fast. We also get into the part nobody thinks about until it happens: the content and storage chaos.

Between regular farm videos, subscriber footage, and multiple long births, we ran out of hard drive space, ran out of card space, and learned that apparently hard drives are in short supply when you need them the most. Add in a sick cow visit and normal chores that do not pause for foaling season, and it has been a WEEK.

In this episode we cover:

My biggest surprises from this foaling season

Lindsay’s first foaling season takeaways and stress moments

The grossest foaling “icks” and what we do with the placenta

Why foal watch wakeups feel like an emergency every time

Where we are with Charlotte, Lexi, the minis, and what is coming next

Why we need to bring back live Dungeons and Dragons nights 😅

If you are here for horse foaling season, mare pregnancy updates, new foals, and real life farm chaos, you are in the right place. Thank you for hanging out with us while we try to keep everyone safe, healthy, and filmed at the same time.

Follow along for more foal watch, baby horses, mares, and all the behind-the-scenes farm updates 🐴🤎

Chapters:

0:18 Welcome Back to Katching Up With Katie

3:30 Filming Births and Hard Drive Chaos

8:40 Q and A with Lindsey

11:00 Rough Birth Moments

17:00 Foaling “Icks”

21:00 Coco’s Scary Foaling

25:00 When the Foal Alert Went Off

31:00 That’s All!

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Foal watch is officially in full swing over here. 😅🐴 We’ve got overdue mares, late nights staring at the cameras, and the internet collectively yelling “GIVE US THE BABY” while I’m over here like… can we maybe wait until it’s at least 40 degrees? 😂

In this episode of Katching Up With Katie, I’m catching you up on where we’re at with the mares in the foaling window, what foal alert actually sounds like (spoiler: it’s way less dramatic than you’d think), and everything else happening on the farm at the exact same time. Foaling season, calving season, breeding season coming up, icy weather, plus some very real detours into snakes, donkeys, and some truly unhinged donkey lore. 🐮🫏🐍

We also talk about how many foals a mare can have, what it’s like foaling out for the first time, how weaning calves works, and how I figure out feed plans for the horses. And yes, we definitely brainstorm a much more dramatic foal alert system that probably needs to exist. 🔔🔥

If you’ve been hanging out on the live streams, thank you for keeping us entertained and awake. I appreciate y’all more than you know. ❤️

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Chapters

00:00 Welcome

02:00 Foal Watch

06:30 My Dad's Crazy Pet

09:45 How Many Foals Can a Mare Have?

23:10 Chatter Happy Ponies

29:30 Can Donkeys Colic?

36:30 Question for Buck!

43:00 That's All Folks

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Foaling season has officially taken over the farm, and we are tired 🐴💤

In today’s episode of Katching Up With Katie, I’m running on very little sleep as we talk through Q&As and dream trips, welcome a new face to the team, and share what a full week of foal watch actually looks like. I also quiz my best friend on how well she knows my horses, goats, donkeys, and mini cows 🐐

To wrap things up, I share a little surprise I’m really excited about and give an update on what’s coming next as foaling season continues. It’s a mix of exhaustion, laughter, and real farm life. Let me know in the comments how you did on the animal quiz, what your dream trip would be, and whether you think Raven is going to wait until the worst possible weather to have her baby 🤍

Chapters:

00:00 Foaling Season Has Us Exhausted

00:13 Welcoming a New Face to the Team

01:08 Foal Watch Update

04:21 Dungeons & Dragons on Foal Watch

06:01 Q&A Time

08:00 Dream Vacations

17:00 Why Slime Is a Parent’s Nightmare

19:03 Cooking, Budgeting, and Real Life

24:22 Animal Identification Quiz

31:53 A Little Surprise News

34:46 Wrap-Up

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Foaling season hasn’t officially started yet… and honestly, I did not see that coming 😅

In this episode of Katching Up With Katie, we’re in that weird lull before the floodgates open, so we’re sitting down to answer your questions. From foaling timelines and freeze branding horses, to breeding decisions, broodmare retirement plans, show rules for mares and stallions, and even which horses would survive a trail ride with the crew — nothing is off the table.

We also talk about:

Why foaling can sometimes take longer than expected

Freeze branding vs hot branding and why breeders choose it

How mares and stallions are managed at horse shows

What happens when broodmares retire

The hardest horses I’ve ever had to send off

Mini cows, safety stories, and a little bit of chaos (as always)

These Q&A episodes let us slow down, catch up, and go a little deeper — so let me know in the comments if you like this format and what questions you want answered next.

If you want to see things first and catch all the behind-the-scenes:

I post more photos and updates on Facebook

Videos and clips go out on TikTok and Instagram

And we’re posting 120–150 Snapchats a day, which disappear after 24 hours 👀

Thanks for hanging out with us, and stay tuned — foaling season is coming.

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome

01:00 Questions with Katie

05:00 Are Brands Cool Still?

09:00 Will Lindsey Be Doing Enemas?

13:19 Who Would Play My Horses in a Movie?

21:00 Which Horse Would I Sell?

27:25 Do Mares and Stallions Compete?

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Foaling season is getting close, and the farm is starting to feel a little extra busy 🐴

In this episode of Katching Up With Katie, I’m sharing what life looks like right before foaling season really kicks off. We’re checking on pregnant mares, talking through foal watch plans, and getting into some very farm-specific debates about what should be playing in the barn during late nights. Of course, things spiral into games, side conversations, and plenty of laughs along the way.

This episode feels like a snapshot of the calm before the storm, all the planning, anticipation, and randomness that comes with getting ready for baby season on the farm. It’s one of those times where everything feels close but not quite happening yet, and I love bringing y’all along for that part of the journey 💕

Let me know in the comments what you’d play or watch during foal watch, or drop any questions you want answered in an upcoming Q&A.

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome

01:06 Mini Barn Update

04:34 Foal Watch Talk

09:46 Foal Watch TV Debates

14:45 Foal Watch Games

22:56 Game Time

47:00 See You Next Time

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The holidays may be over, but things are just getting started around the farm. 🐴✨

In today’s episode of Katching Up With Katie, I’m catching up after the holidays and diving into everything we’ve got coming up on the farm, especially the start of foaling season. I’m answering some of the most common questions I get this time of year, like what “Foal Alert” is, what we do right after a foal is born, when and why we intervene during labor, why we use lights during breeding season, and how much newborn foals typically weigh.

We also recap Christmas, talk goals going into the new year, and chat about life on the farm as things start picking up again. 💕

If you’ve been through foaling season before, what’s one thing you wish you’d known the first time? And if you’re new here, what questions do you still have? 👇

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome

6:38 Wildgrain Ad

14:00 Storytime

21:25 My Goals For 2026

33:54 My Speeding Tickets

36:17 Questions and Answers

42:00 Horse's Birthdays

52:00 Last Episode of 2025

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Vacation recap time. 🌴✨ I’m finally back and catching y’all up on Antigua (and the whole “how do you even say it?” debate), our very questionable fishing excursion, and why I’m not sure all-inclusives are really for me.

We’re also talking spa days, couples massages, facials, and the funniest parts of traveling with other people around you… including some truly unhinged plane stories. 😅

Then Nate catches us up on his trip back home to Arkansas, testing Starlink on the road, and a Christmas prank that still makes me laugh.

If you watched the KVS Christmas special, you’ll definitely want to hear the behind-the-scenes “couple weeks recap” right after. 🎄

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00:00 Intro / Welcome back

00:10 Vacations and travel catch-up

06:30 Abigail and I had couples massages

14:40 I was food shamed

20:30 Interesting plane ride

34:12 Nate’s trip

48:00 That’s all folks!

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Court is officially in session… and somehow a Starbucks run turned into the biggest “friend group trial” of the year. ☕⚖️

In today’s Katching Up With Katie, I’m putting on my judge wig and hearing BOTH sides of the Great Coffee & DoorDash Debacle between Matt, Nate, and Abigail. We’re talking airport chaos, “group order etiquette,” feelings getting hurt over water bottles, and whether there’s actually a winner (or if we’re all just dramatic). 😂

After the verdict, we roll right into a real-life catch-up with some farm updates, what’s coming up next, and a little reminder that sometimes you have to go find your own whimsy when life gets busy. 🌾💕

Let me know in the comments: Who was right in the coffee case… and what would YOUR verdict be?

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Welcome back to Katching Up With Katie 💛🐴

Somehow this episode starts with haircuts and hats and ends with us planning a full black tie gala. We accidentally create a new life goal today and it is a big one. A future BOTH (Because Of The Horses) fundraiser event complete with gowns, cowboy hats, a red carpet moment and maybe even a trumpet announcement at the top of the stairs. It gets dramatic fast in the best way.

We also catch up on real ranch life. Taz the goat daddy is back to visit Blossom, Honey and Bee. We talk through foaling season plans and how we want to level up the content this year. And then there is the wildest update from Blue Bell. She gave us 79 oocytes in one aspiration which is almost unheard of. We break down what that means and what comes next.

There is cozy barn energy, winter vibes, plenty of laughing and of course some courtroom teasing because that saga is still coming. Wigs may already be ordered. Maybe.

Let me know in the comments

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome

02:22 Gala??

08:10 I want to host a gala

14:15 Post Malone's horse

18:00 Bye bye caramel apple treats

19:00 Fan Videos

21:30 Cattle Breeding

22:00 How to Oocytes work?

26:00 What's Coming Up?

💬 What should our future gala support

💬 What foaling season content do you want more of this year

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