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Post by angelsdream on Apr 10, 2009 15:57:21 GMT -5
CHILLI _ OMG!!! She looks like she is ready to pop. Could be twins for sure. Can't wait to see your babies!!!
I did go to a ranch Sunday and a mare there had twins not long ago, a buckskin and a sorrel but unfortunately the buckskin had gotten caught in the fence and died but the sorrel was soooo little. You could hold him in your lap easily.
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Post by Michelle Clarke on Apr 11, 2009 20:32:10 GMT -5
We are certainly not hopeing for twins!! Every year we think she can not possibly get any bigger...and she always does! She has always gone 326 days (two weeks early) but last year she went 320 days - just pushing the mark of full lung development on the unborn foal.
She has been in great spirits so far, except for yesterday she seemed uncomfortable (airplane ears and a little droopy), but no temp and she perked up once she was out and about. We have large foaling stalls (12x24) plus two large foaling pens (30x30) - we keep her in the larger area so she is more mobile at night and she is out all day in a 30 acre pasture with the other mares and four fillies from last year.
I am watching her very closely though...
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Post by ctxkiger on May 1, 2009 18:48:13 GMT -5
HERE'S A PIC LILLY'S SIRE. I WAS HOPING THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF MY MARE WOULD HAVE A PIC OF HER FROM WHEN SHE WAS IN TRAINING BUT NO SUCH LUCK. THIS THOROUGHBRED MARE WHO'S HEAD IS IN THE PIC IS NAMED "DANCE REHEARSAL" AND IM HOPING TO GET HER BRED FOR 2010.  |
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Post by kigerfan on May 1, 2009 19:24:50 GMT -5
I love the Kiger's strong build  |
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Post by sbutter on May 2, 2009 12:43:47 GMT -5
So far we have had 7 fillies and 12 colts to date! We have about four more to go! The sad news is we lost one of our own foals. Maui Slewpy J had developed placentitis. We had about six days notice, due to discharge from her vulva, and had her on strong antibiotics. She had a big colt (he was born prematurely) and he had a strong suck reflex and was very alert, but couldn't quite stand up on his own. Tori and Trisha bottle-fed him every two hours for forty hours, and then he had to be put down at 1:00 a.m. due to seizures. Maui had developed placentitis last year and we did everything we could for that little filly, but she wasn't as strong as this colt. So we put her back in foal and hoped that it was a one time thing, but we kept our eye on her through her whole pregnancy and we were prepared this time. When she foaled the colt came out fast and we had everything on hand if we needed it. The colt seemed relatively normal except that he didn't gain full control of his ears. We watch the ears as an indicator of when the foal is ready to stand up. As soon as they gain control of their ears, we know they are ready. He flopped around a lot, but he could not point his ears forward. That was when I new that it was going to be another tough one and I didn't want to get to attached to this cute little guy. Tori made a little blue blanket for him out of one of her old sweatshirts so he would be more comfortable. From then on it was touch and go for him, but ultimately he couldn't make it. We were crushed for Maui's sake since she carried both foals to term, but she didn't get to be a mother for them. We didn't want her to go through this ever again so we retired her. Thankfully the story has a happy ending. Six days later we got a call from U.C Davis. A horse owner had lost her paint mare post foaling due to a blown artery, which is called "bleeding out". She trailered her 24-hours old paint filly down to our ranch. We sedated Maui, put the blue sweatshirt on the baby, and held the mare while the filly nursed. Maui smelled her colt's scent on the blanket and proceeded to lick the filly and make the wonderful "new mom rumbling" sounds. Needless to say we all started crying as Maui now had a foal to raise, and the filly a mother. Maui has a new home in Lincoln, and although it took a day or two for her milk to come back in strong, the filly refused to be supplemented from a bottle now that she had "a mom". We have the video of getting the mare and filly together on our website- www.west12ranch.com/apps/videos/videos/view/3040902-maui-s-second-chanceFeel free to look at other baby pictures posted on there and the other video of a mare foaling out from this year. |
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Post by kigerfan on May 2, 2009 13:29:00 GMT -5
Very touching story and video. It's wonderful when goodness can come from tragedy.
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Post by mustangdara on May 2, 2009 20:54:07 GMT -5
i am so glad maui has a baby to attend to
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Post by Michelle Clarke on May 2, 2009 21:54:04 GMT -5
What a great story....so glad for Maui that she gets to be a momma and help that filly out too! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by stlkigers on May 2, 2009 22:42:44 GMT -5
Wonderful story....Thanks for sharing...We so often hear the bad news, that it's good to hear about a bad situation turned into something wonderful.....Way to go!
Angela
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Post by ctxkiger on May 3, 2009 6:50:42 GMT -5
MICHELLE,
IS WILD SAGE DUE TO HAVE A FOAL THIS SEASON?
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Post by Michelle Clarke on May 3, 2009 7:32:53 GMT -5
Sage is bred to Charro, but not due until early next year - like January!
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Post by ctxkiger on May 3, 2009 8:27:10 GMT -5
OH I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT BABY!!! I AM UNABLE TO OPEN ANY OF THE RECENT PICS YOU HAVE POSTED. THE SYSTEM IS BLOCKING THEM FROM BEING VIEWED.
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Post by DianneC on May 3, 2009 9:01:29 GMT -5
How wonderful for poor Maui. That's a wonderful story and I enjoyed the video.
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Post by sbutter on May 3, 2009 14:49:25 GMT -5
We are so happy with how it all worked out! We have been thankful with how the couple times that these kind of tragedies of happened to us has turned out to be a real blessing. |
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