I figured I might as well go ahead and make a thread for my mare, Dalilah! Some of you already know about her, but I'll go ahead and give all the details. She was covered last year on April 4 and caught the first and only time. This was not an intentional breeding...long story short the owner of the barn I board at turned out his stallion to breed his mares and my mare, unbeknownst to him, was in with the bunch! Needless to say I was not happy, but my frustration has turned to excitement in anticipation of the foal's arrival. This is my first time dealing with a pregnant mare, so I've been doing lots of reading and question asking in an effort to educate myself as much as possible. I don't know if she has ever foaled before, so this should be interesting.
She's due any day now and I can't wait to see what she has. She has a nice bag and is softening up nicely in the back end. She is a buckskin tobiano, and the stallion is a smoky black (which was finally determined thanks to several people on a thread I posted in genetics!) so there are so many color possibilities for this little one. I'm hoping for a nice healthy colt She is a great mare with a great disposition, and the stallion is one of the nicest and well behaved I've seen.
Sorry for the bad pics of the stallion, he isn't mine and I didn't really want to mess with someone else's horse so I just snapped a few quick shots. Oh, and please excuse how dirty they are in the pics, we have had so much rain and it's just impossible to keep anybody clean! The second any of them get out of the stalls they have a nice mud roll :evil:
Btw, not to derail the thread, but have you thought about putting your mare in a snaffle when your kiddo's riding her? She's got an awful lot of contact with that hackamore; it looks uncomfortable.
I can see where it looks like a hackamore in the pics, that's just her halter underneath lol! She does best in a straight bit with a low port. Thanks for the suggestion though!
:happydance:Another baby watch! Sweeet! You mare is drop dead gorgeous....and the stallion is quite the looker as well. Should make for one AMAZING foal! Can't wait!:clap:
Well this evening's check showed a lot of progress! She is jelly soft in the croup, her bag is much bigger and nipples have changed, and the foal is way back in her flank! This are huge changes from yesterday evening.
Take a look!!
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Here is a good site that shows udder development and what they look like at different stages. Foaling
I don't know if your mare will foal tonight or next week, she looks close to me.
Did you go check? LOL. I'm stalking you and your mare! Because I'm coming to snag the beautiful baby when it gets weaned!!! Its going to be drop dead gorgeous I just know it! Posted via Mobile Device
No, but I just scurried around the house in a frenzy making sure I didn't forget anything in my foaling kit! My husband was laughing when I was getting annoyed with the flickering flashlight and then climbing on the chair to search the top of the fridge for extras :lol:
LOL I'll know who it is if I see a strange person sneaking around the barn! :rofl:
Should I wrap her tail or leave it? She has free access to be in either the barn or the barn lot, so not sure how long it would stay on if it is wrapped. I used to wrap my husband's gelding's beautiful tail just to keep it from being tattered so I do a pretty fair job at it. I've heard/seen conflicting opinions on whether it matters or not.
I haven't wrapped sunshines, but we never have. I braid it loose. It falls out and I redo it. I bought the stuff to wrap it I just haven't done it. I just went out to her stall and she is not doing a thing. I'm about to give up! Ha I bought a big light that charges. It has low glow blue and red. I tell my husband if he sees red come running! I got tired of flash lights going out on me during night checks. Posted via Mobile Device
I want to go and check on her, but the driveway up to the barn is gravel and makes so much noise! I don't wan to wake the owner or his family that also lives right there. It's not far, I can walk, but heck to the no for walking in the dark! Heaven only knows what kind of monstrous spiders and beetle type bugs may be lurking around! I'm going to go first thing in the morning when my kids leave for school, it's still dark out, but a reasonable time.
I live out, and there are coyotes hollering at me when I go out! That's some scary stuff!! Get some pics of your beauty for us!!! Posted via Mobile Device
Ya we get them here too! I dare them to try and come in after one of the foals down there(well there's just one so far)....with all those grumpy moody mares it wouldn't last long!
I'll get some more pics tomorrow. I'm truly hoping she gives some definite "imminent" signs, and in that case I'm setting up camp. But, I'm not gonna get my hopes up either!
Well, I went down at day break to check on my girl. No foal yet, but her bag is even bigger and her nipples are fuller! She was happily munching away on the bale of hay she and the other mares are demolishing and spreading everywhere LOL. I was happy to see them all eating together peacefully. My mare is pretty much lowest on the totem pole and gets nipped and pushed around sometimes (you can even see some of her battle wounds, although she is shedding and just looks like mangy crap anyways hahaha)
I think that you may actually be kinda close to me. How far are you from Clarksville/Nashville area? I live about an hour north of that!! She is coming along nicely! Come on babeeeee!
I live right outside of Knoxville, so just a few hours away Well, for now anyways, we're moving to the Dallas/Forth Worth area in Texas this summer. That's going to be great fun moving that far with the horses :shock:
Cool! It seems like there are quite a few Texans on here I'm hoping she give's some good signs when the time is right. So far, she has been pretty text book with everything.
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