Foal watch 2009. :)

all you pregnant mare owners need a round of applause and some coffee and food
I check this thread every day, hoping to hear about a new bundle of joy, or to see pictures and nothing :(

Hopefully one of these mares will foal to hold us over until the next one does.

Appy lover... I hope for you and us as well that it happens soon.

Equus...Haven't heard much lately.

Appylover, you may as well have one of yours bred. I think it would probably foal before Bessie does. :/ I went out and got some pix of her today but there is still not much change from my previous posts. Her milk is getting just a touch cloudier than it has been. It was clear until now but I can still get just as much as I want. I think if I stuck her in the side with a push pin, she would just explode and leave pieces everywhere her belly is so big. I just feel so sorry for her, if I was that big around, someone would have to roll me everywhere I wanted to go.

One of these days, I need to take some baby oil or something to her tail, it is just one big rat but I just haven't had the time. It is so long that the thought of having to cut it turns my stomach. She is so close now that I think I will probably wait until a while after the foal is born.




The poor girl looks so tired from carrying around all that weight.



Equus, any new news on your front? No one has heard anything from you lately.

aww poor girl! she looks so uncomfortable.

Hopefully she'll surprise everyone with a 4th of july foal!

Is the milk color a good indicator of when a mare will foal? or does it vary mare to mare?

I have no idea, I think it varies from mare to mare. Anyway, just looking at that tail is bugging the pee out of me so I am gonna go see what I can do with it with just some conditioner. I'll post again later. :)

HAHAHAHA I love the tail! Its a fashion statement!
Cmon bessie...I think you are the closest.

Sorry I haven't updated for a while - our internet hasn't been working too well and things have been very busy! LT is looking more ready every day. Her udder is really filling and she still has a clear milk. Her vulva is getting long and kind of open and is very red inside. Her belly is getting more the "dropped" look and she's spending most of her time standing around in the shade. I'll try to get some pictures tomorrow and post them. I'm hoping she foals within a week or so.

Bessie is looking very close - smrobs! I think she'll be foaling first too!

As far as the mare's milk goes - I have found that as soon as it turns white they foal within 24 hours usually. But of course there are mares that don't get any milk till the foal is born or just foal with clear milk.

Took this picture this evening, we let Lakota out of her stall and run so she could get some exercise behind the barn (Please don't lecture me on the barb wire, she is not kept near it). She is looking across the way to her herd mates and wishing she was there. But look how wide she is...If I ever had a doubt it is gone. from the side view I don't think she looks that pregnant.

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Oh, wow! Lakota is looking huge!! Definatly no doubt that she's pregnant from that picture!

OMG. Poor Lakota, she looks miserable. No gigs for barbed wire from me, we have it too. ;) Now watch, your 2 will sneak around and Bessie will be the last one to go. LOL.