This is Cassie "Hoboy Hand". When I bought her she was already in foal to "Im your guy" (palomino). Cassie is a triple registered foundation bred broodmare, and "Guy" (whom I do not own) is an exceptional ranch and calf roping horse, and a son of Frenchmans Fabulous. This is Cassies 5th foal, and her previous 4 were all fillys. Her first, second and third foals were all out of a foundation bred grulla stud. First baby was black and second and third were grulla. Cassies sire and full sister were also grulla, so she carries the gene for it... not too familiar with the gene AA, EE, Aa, Ee, etc... only read on it just a little here recently. In 2011 she was bred with "Guy" for the first time and she had a little sorrel filly in 2012. She was left out in the pasture with him (Guy) after foaling, (I did not own her then, and she will not be in the pasture with a stud when she foals this year) so, she may have been bred back on her 9 day heat... if this were the case then Cassie is due to foal between March 26th and April 7th. I have no way of knowing her exact foal date, but I am expecting a baby sooner rather than later. She is already bagging up and starting to relax in her tailhead. I will post pictures of her tomorrow morning when I can take a few in the daylight, but for now I will post a few from 3 or 4 months ago so you can have a visual of Cassie and her "baby daddy". Im crossing my fingers for a palomino stud colt this year, but we will enjoy whatever she has.
You have a 50% chance of a chestnut/sorrel and a 50% chance of a palomino
If she carried grullo, she would be a red dun (she might be but I am guessing she isn't). Her sire could be heterozygous and passed it on to the sister but not to her.
I wish she were red dun, but Im not seeing it.... Thank u for the info. I have a lot of reading to do on that subject still Still gonna keep fingers crossed for that 50% chance palomino.... but will be HAPPIEST with a healthy baby
Thank You! I will get pictures of her progress tomorrow. She has a pretty serious bag already, but its not tight or waxing yet, and her previous owners said she starts bagging up about 3 weeks out, and we've been bagging up for about a week now. She is EXTREMELY bitchy the last few days, which I can understand, shes as big as a house and uncomfortable... lots of tail switching today and standing with her nose in the corner of the loafing shed, kinda pouty like... not wanting much to do with the hay today, but definitely ran up for feed... and followed me for 30 minutes for loving, which she got
Beautiful pair!!! Can't wait to see the baby!!! Sounds like you are not that far off!!!!! Yay...another thread to obsess over while Im waiting for my mare to foal...LOL
Well, if she were bred on her 9 day heat from last years baby, we would be at day 329 today. Shes starting to get the "V" and her udders are filling up. Getting the jello butt too.... thinking it will be soon. Will get new pictures in the morning.
Thanks everyone for the well wishes and compliments! Anyone wanna start guessing dates, sex, and color? Im sooo anxious. Its 27 degrees here tonight so I don't mind if she takes another week or better just so it at least feels a little more like spring. Idk why but Ive been calling baby a "he" for the last 2 months! Her previous 4 foals have been fillys and a little color history for those just joining... Shes bred to a palomino, same as last year, and she had a sorrel filly... previous 3 years was bred to a grulla and had a black, grulla, grulla... all fillys.... her sire was a grulla and her full sister was also a grulla... gene mustve skipped her.... IDK a lot about genetics, except what everyones told me here, and Im crossing my fingers for a palomino.... at first I was set on a stud colt, but Im starting to not mind either way.... if it were a colt, isn't there a "wives tale" that it would come 7 days earlier than a filly??? I heard that somewhere I think.
Shes kept a full bag all day. Vulva is loose, opens a little when she walks, and her bag is HARD... she doesn't want me checking milk ANYMORE, and nipples are full too.
Thank you! But I cant take the credit for Guy. He belongs to Cassies previous owners, but from what I gathered they don't have them on anything special... just pasture!!! I even asked all the details about how they fed Cassie throughout her pregnancy and they said nothing special, and limited grain. I have her on mare and foal feed now, and mix in about a cup of calf manna for all of my horses... its like a little treat for them.
Sunday morning before 7 am. Good luck and happy foaling.
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