Okay so I'm being a complete horse nerd here, but my excitement is overwhelming! I have a foal that is due in early October (possibly even next month!) and I thought it would be fun to hear your predictions on color and sex of the foal. Here are the sire & dam's information:
Sire
Zaire SLG
BLACK Zaire Slg Arabian
*Has no other foals (this will be his first)
Dam
Ma Hijo Velvet
CHESTNUT Ma Hijo Velvet Arabian
*Has 3 previous foals (1 black by black stallion, 1 chestnut by black stallion, and one bay by grey stallion)
I would also love to know what you Arabian breeders/owners think about the pedigrees. I know basic bloodlines when it comes to Arabian breeding but I'd love to learn more if possible
Don't forget to leave your guesses!!
Color: black, bay, or chestnut?
Sex: filly or colt?
I'm not sure what determines a seal brown vs. bay when looking at them this young. It will be exciting to see how her color changes over time
Last night I got a little carried away and put up her little corner feeder in her stall for when she gets here. I couldn't help myself...doing little tasks makes me feel like she really IS coming...and it keeps me sane while I continue waiting :lol:
The mare in my avatar is brown. She was born a very similar colour to your girl and then changed after her first shed. I apologize that photos aren't really good. They're old and scanned in. The thing that makes me think of brown is the lighter colour on her muzzle. But like you said, her colour could change too. It's just my hypothesis because I like browns. And I think it's good you're preparing; the next 30 days are going to go by faster than you think so the more you can do to prepare, the better!
The mare in my avatar is brown. She was born a very similar colour to your girl and then changed after her first shed. I apologize that photos aren't really good. They're old and scanned in. The thing that makes me think of brown is the lighter colour on her muzzle. But like you said, her colour could change too. It's just my hypothesis because I like browns. And I think it's good you're preparing; the next 30 days are going to go by faster than you think so the more you can do to prepare, the better!
You have no idea :wink:
I have already decided her color is purple, bay or brown it will look good on her. Plus I like calling her the "Purple Princess" because she truly is a little diva! I went to the tack shop to pick up some odd ends the other day and what did they have...a purple foal/pony halter with purple fleece fuzzies all over it...let's just say I had all I could do to walk outta there without it!
Arab Mama--boy do I wish I could pick your brain about these Arab babies. This will be my first and my #1 goal is to give her the best start possible. I'm actually a senior in college this year (Bachelor's of Science in Equine Studies) and I chose to do my senior project on "A Start for Success", in other words the best way to raise a foal from the 3rd trimester of pregnancy to the 1st year of life. So I appreciate all your guys' input for me
They grow like weeds. And yet Arabians tend to mature a bit slower. They usually don't finish filling out until 5 or 6 years. We have two three year olds and I think I see some growth every few weeks. Then they'll level out a bit before growing again. Posted via Mobile Device
25 days! Got a final approval from my barn manager a couple of days ago to make sure she was still okay with me boarding Miss Vee. Slowly continuing to put things together...however now time is starting to draggggggggg Can it just be March already??!??
17 (possibly 16) days!! Truck & trailer are receiving maintenance and tune ups this week.
I'm on vacation this entire week, so no school/classes to keep me busy. Thankfully I have a few days of work to keep me sane as the time continues to drag
I also want to apologize for this thread being, well....pretty dang boring. The anticipation of Vee being born was enough to keep it going, but now its really slowing down. I promise, once she gets here there will be pictures and updates!!! Like EVERYDAY lol. I already told my Facebook friends to delete me if they don't like seeing horse pictures in their newsfeed :wink:
Nah it's not boring. It's anticipation! I for one am always happy to see your updates. Just waiting for the one in a week or so that said you snapped and are walking down there!! haha.
I'm not bored either. I always hope you've received more pictures of little miss Vee when I come to this thread and am looking forward to you finally being able to get her! I think we've all been in a place where we've had to wait what has seemed ages for a horse, foal or what have you, so we all feel your pain! I'm waiting for Lilly to foal and I sometimes think the same thing when I update her thread... "oh great, here's another picture of the wide load for everyone to see!", but I have to vent the excitement and anticipation somewhere!
I'm glad your not bored either Glynnis. I know you feel my pain when it comes to anticipation lol.
I wish I had more pictures of Vee to upload, I nag my grandmother & uncle at least once a week. Whatever I get I put up here! They are suppose to be weaning her anytime now, so maybe I'll get some pictures today or tomorrow
As excited as I am, I'm also very nervous about this trip. I've been having nightmares about it going wrong. I know I have experienced people helping me and a good set of hands, but its just such a long trip for a baby Please send good thoughts our way ahead of time...and then double them when we leave lol
Glynnis--I've been following your updates on Lilly pretty regularly...when is she due again? She looks HUGE!
Ugh, she is huge. It's hard to believe that at one point I questioned if she were still pregnant or not. I had her ultrasounded and confirmed in foal, but it seemed to take so long for her to show I started to wonder. She will be at 340 days on April 5, so just over a month to go... so she's going to get bigger still. If she's not careful going through the deep snow, she'll get high centered.
If she's a maiden I wouldn't stress about that too much.
Just had to mention. I keep on seeing this thread and the "update-she's here!" and thinking she came early. Every single time lol, you think it'd figure it out by now!!
I put up Vee's "likit" tonight...couldn't help myself. I've been meaning to buy a holder for the refill, but keep forgetting so I slid an old lead rope through the hole and VOILA!, a homemade likit holder! Hahaha...kinda looks like a parrot toy you'd hang in a bird cage :wink:
Hmmm...that's a good idea. I do have a dry-erase stall sign on her stall door (already filled out of course :wink But a real name plate/sign would be super cute! I'll see what I can do.
Yeah you could go with just a nice regular name plate, or what I've always wanted to do (once I have extra money haha) is get a really nice handcrafted one with the horses name and a drawing (more pattern-flowers leaves birds stuff), probably wood with this burnt in, for each of my horses. It'll be pricier but I think if you found an artistic you like and got the perfect sign it would be something you'd enjoy and treasure a lot.
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