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Post by DianneC on Feb 17, 2010 21:47:56 GMT -5
Lark was three weeks early, something Cedar did almost every time, but this was the first so I was NOT ready. Lark got through the fence and into a big ditch. Just try getting a big newborn out of a ditch! Cedar's tearing up the ground in the pen...it was not fun! So now I'm super careful about fences and little places a foal can get through.
Sorry to give you grey hair there Angela.
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 18, 2010 8:13:56 GMT -5
We have not had an "under the fence" foal yet, but we did have a foal break his neck on a gate that he could stick his head through. He must have tried to pull it out quickly and broke the vertabrae right behind his head. He was out of a mare I bought at an auction that they did not tell me was bred. Poor little guy. Since then I don't have any of those types of gates or panels around the young ones because that is exactly what they like to do - stick their little head through it!
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Post by angelsdream on Feb 19, 2010 16:59:53 GMT -5
Once lakota has the foal, they'll be moved to a stall during the day when I'm not out there until the foal get's its leg and can get around, then they'll be put out into a pasture with aunti bella baby sitting some and helping raise it.
I will have grey hair once this is all over with - I've got a horse trailor with living quarters parked right by the barn so I can camp out when I think it's time....I'm very excited about the foal and can't wait to see it!! So everyone send happy thoughts my way for the next month or so!! If she goes early, it should be in 3 weeks or so.
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Post by DianneC on Feb 19, 2010 21:06:41 GMT -5
Bella will make the perfect auntie! I can't wait to see this foal, I'll bet it looks just like its sister.
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Post by MustangsInNC on Feb 19, 2010 22:30:48 GMT -5
Kira is due any day now. She's soooooo big and miserable! Her legs are stocked up, she's got edema on her belly, and she's waddling like a duck. She's bagged up pretty big, and I tried to get a milk sample out, and just got yellow ooze, which means she's got colustrum. She's confined to a stall right now, and not too happy about it at all. I let her out for a few hours today, and poor girl, she was so miserable she just wanted to stand at the hay.
On a side note... I'm praying it's not twins. Kira was a twin, and both survived. So I know it's in her genetics. She's had 3 foals before, and all 3 were healthy and simple births. But she's never had edema or swollen legs before, and I don't remember her being this big in the past...
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Feb 20, 2010 9:27:05 GMT -5
Can't wait to see your mares' foal...!!! How exciting! The yellow ooze is not colostrum, it is the precurser to the wax. Colostrum should be triggered by the birth of the foal, some mares do loose it before they foal but they are out of balance hormonally. There is alot of misinformation about this subject, even from vets. We milk and test all of our mares daily leading up to birth...the yellow stuff happens up to a week (and sometimes more) before they foal, then gets waxy, then it gets "skim milk" looking, then starts to thicken up to where it is very opaque....it also gets super sweet.
The colostrum is triggered hormonally after the mare foals so she does not loose it before hand...
Keep us posted!!!!!!!!!! You'll have the first baby picts of the year!!!
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Post by MustangsInNC on Feb 20, 2010 20:03:36 GMT -5
Thanks Michelle, I'm excited too, but also worried sick! This baby was not supposed to happen, especially not at this time of year. The weather has been just awful. The next few days are supposed to be nice and pretty, so maybe she'll have it then.
I was thinking of breeding Kira to Tesoro, but not for probably two more years. Last winter a big storm took out part of the fence and Tesoro spent half of one day running with the mares. I kept hoping that since it was winter, and it was only part of one day that no one got bred. But I guess if any of them had to, I'm glad it was Kira. She's an experienced mama.
I'm just hoping for a healthy baby! And just one!
(but a dun filly would be the icing on the cake!)
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Post by ctxkiger on Feb 24, 2010 13:32:16 GMT -5
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Post by dmiecznik on Feb 24, 2010 22:31:50 GMT -5
very cute
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Post by fantasykiger on Feb 25, 2010 1:57:02 GMT -5
ctxkiger... very adorable  That foal is my daughter's favorite when it comes to markings, two white socks and a unique facial stripe. Both the horses she owns have those markings. |
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Post by DianneC on Feb 26, 2010 21:18:14 GMT -5
Awww, so cute!
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Post by kimk on Feb 26, 2010 23:38:32 GMT -5
Jason,
that is an absolutely lovely colt! Congratualtions!
Kim
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Post by DianneC on Mar 1, 2010 22:26:29 GMT -5
How is Kira doing? Did she have her foal yet?
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Post by MustangsInNC on Mar 2, 2010 1:12:36 GMT -5
It's a Boy!
Kira foaled early this morning. He's gorgeous! Dun factor everywhere.... dorsal stripe down into his tail, black tipped ears, and you can tell he's gonna have leg barring. He's cozy in a nice clean stall and has a cute lil foal blanket on. Pics tomorrow!
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Post by fantasykiger on Mar 2, 2010 3:52:56 GMT -5
OH I can not wait for pictures...so exciting congratulations on a happy healthy colt |
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That foal is my daughter's favorite when it comes to markings, two white socks and a unique facial stripe. Both the horses she owns have those markings.
