Foxy's Foaling Thread.......

[Reckyroo]

Originally Posted by smguidotti    

Has the sire thrown color before?

This'll be the sires first and only foal so it's a total surprise as to what they'll produce together.
My monies on looking like daddy!
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[Reckyroo]

Originally Posted by PurpleMonkeyWrench    

omg she gallops? LOL

Yes and it frightened the life out of me but she seemed to forget she had this enormous belly lol x So madam decided it was time to return to her stable lol x
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[PaintedBandit]

Holy moly she's HUGE! That baby's going to be something if mama's so close to foaling and still so spunky!

[Reckyroo]

Originally Posted by PaintedBandit    

Holy moly she's HUGE! That baby's going to be something if mama's so close to foaling and still so spunky!

Tips on how to handle a foal are always welcome (and i'm serious lol) xx
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[texasgal]

Ship foal to Texas.
I'll play with .. um, I mean .. "handle" your foal for you ... hehehe.

They get stronger by the hour... handle them early.

[Reckyroo]

Originally Posted by texasgal    

Ship foal to Texas.
I'll play with .. um, I mean .. "handle" your foal for you ... hehehe.

They get stronger by the hour... handle them early.

Haha - if only.......

Foxy's had another (rare) day out in the sun today - and had a lovely mud bath in the process - my husband's going to be sooooooo pleased when he sees her AND YET STILL NO FOAL !!!!!

[texasgal]

I think these mares enjoy the pampering so much, the hold off knowing that when the kid gets here ..it'll be all about him/her.

[PaintedBandit]

Originally Posted by Reckyroo    

Tips on how to handle a foal are always welcome (and i'm serious lol) xx
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The last foal I dealt with was born on the farm I was managing. The owner made some HUGE mistakes which led me to having to spend HOURS catching her or haltering her, she was really bad about kicking & rearing for a while too.

My advice, handle early (let mama and baby have their bonding time of course) and handle often! Halter break it ASAP. You don't necessarily need to work on leading immediately but getting that baby used to having hands on/around it's face & ears will make your life much easier when it's bigger and you have to go through the weaning process! I ended up not only having to help halter break a weanling, but also spent hours teaching said weanling how to lead & pick up feet!

Also, avoid getting kicked. It might be little but it still hurts!

The foal we had was out of two Thoroughbreds, both off the track, and mama was as big as a house before she finally foaled! She had a cute little bay filly who was the devil for quite a while!

[Cacowgirl]

It's got to be soon!

[BrieannaKelly]

WOW!! Ginormous!! Definitely gotta be within the next day or two at most, in my opinion