Starting the weaning process

On Saturday we separated the Cria from the dams to start the weaning process. The cria of course are quite vocal in their separation with lots of humming and a few attempts to climb the wall between them. The moms while concerned at first poked their heads over the wall. Saw all was fine and went back to eating hay. The below normal cold weather (around - 20 celcius) is both a blessing and pain. It forces the separation in a contained area which lowers the risk of a Cria trying to jump our interior fencing which is suspect due to all the hard pack snow on the ground. The pain is that the pipes to the waterers are frozen again so we have to cart water from the house.