We are on foal watch. and have been for the last week. She is a maiden so not sure what to expect. She has been bagged up for the last 5-6 days... tailhead is all jelly... and her vulva has been very "floppy" Last two days she has had a lot of loose stools. Here is a pic of her in the arena today. Her baby "bump" looks pretty noticable. Hope its tonight
Super easy to do. band them in sections.. than you take the two next to each other.. half of each. add a band... go down the line like that.. and repeat as long as you want.
Depends on how well your horse stands still :rofl: -oh the number of times I had to rebraid a tail because they tried to get a bug when I was at the bottom :lol:
here is the foals pedigree. it is a line breeding. Ive had this mare since the day she was born. she was my "first" horse. she will be 17 in may. Great shape for her age. Passed her breeding soundness exam with flying colors and took on the first breeding. This foal is very special to me and will be staying here if its a filly. If its a colt I've got a lineup waiting for it
at 1030 she was laying down with a lot of grunting. i went out to check on her and she continued this for about 10 minutes. Ran inside to get the hubby and checked on the cam before i went back out.. SHE WAS EATING HAY! ahhhh! i swear she is going to drive me insane with wait. So we got her tail all wrapped up. stall cleaned again (pregnant mares poo A LOT!) and im still watching her barn cam. I really hope its tonight. my nerves are shot and im exhausted with lack of sleep
Well ive been up every hour or so checking the barn cam. Nothing really all night but sleeping! This morning about 10-15 minutes ago she was laying down completely on her side proabably doing the grunting i witnessed earlier in the night... and now she is up eating hay... pooed... but she seems to be holding her tail out. (whilst eating hay like nothings going on) sitting next to the cam watching.. maybe she just has bad gas
I know mare's get super uncomfortable when it is time. They may act like they are going into labor, then just eat hay for a while Posted via Mobile Device
Eating hay again Im off to the barn a little late this am. Got a new horse arriving. Going to get kansas in the arena for her daily exercise. I'll post a new photo of the baby bump to see if it has changed any. AHH the waiting!
She definitely isn't looking to happy. xD Subbing as well, hope you have a safe foaling!
I'm going to have to tell Lena that if this is a race.. she is loosing horribly.
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