We have been waiting for about 3 weeks now, for one of my mares (Vana) to have her baby. When I bought her, I was told that she would be due "at the end of May". Well, here we are, 2nd to last day of the month, and... no baby. Reading some of the other threads had me in stitches yesterday, since I could relate. The horses are out at my mom's place, she is keeping and eye on her to make sure, if Vana goes down, she can call me right away. I have my daughter go and check her before she goes riding, and she send me pictures of her vulva, lol, so I can see how she is progressing. I was out there Tuesday, and snapped some recent photos. She is a veteran mare used to having pasture babies, I have reached the point now where it will happen when it happens, lol. That's not to say I am not like everyone else, anxiously waiting for her to even look like she is laying down
. I have included Tuesday's pictures as well as the stud she is bred (back) to and their colt from last year.
Sorry for being a little quiet.........started school this week...( I am a special Ed teacher....). I thought for sure I would come home to a foal after work. From the looks of MsLadys Sage, my guess is the she ill surprise us first!
The wait must be driving you crazy! Waiting for my maiden mare to foal this summer drove me nuts! (mostly the excitement of waiting haha) she actually "followed the books" when it came to foaling surprisingly! Showed a lot of the classic pre foaling signs and foaled at 332 days. I noticed she looked restless out in her pasture and milk was SQUIRTING out with every step she took. So brought her into her foaling stall and as soon as she got inside went into labor! Was pretty amazing can't wait to see your foal!!
Yep... but I still have all my hair:rofl:! I just want everything to go smoothly and have a nice healthy baby on the ground. This is my first with this mare, so even though she is a veteran, I am still worried a little. She is outside her "due date", but since I have had to revamp a couple of times, who knows when she was actually bred. If she does not have it by the end of this month, my vet wants me to bring her in to get an ultrasound.
That sounds like a great idea. I may need to do that as well. According to Shadows previous owner's calculations, she is 364 days in foal today. She wasn't eating large amounts of hay at a time last week, but now she is eating like a ........well, you know....a HORSE! Lol.
I wish... Life just got in the way (actually strep throat 😷). Everyone is back on track and foal watch is up and running 100%! Posted via Mobile Device
Nada here. Spent a lot of time with the kiddos tonight and scratching Vana's belly, since she can't reach around herself. Poor mares. We have been have mid 90 degree weather here still, so I am more than ready for fall, and I imagine she is too.
Yep, and considering she was "suppose" to have it in May, with the breeder's other mares, she is definitely holding out on me! Luckily, our snows usually hit until December and January.
Here are yesterday's glamour shots. She is starting to look like she is losing weight, due to the baby dropping. From the front or back, you can't see the baby, but definitely from the side.
these mares will start thinking there famous soon and us crazy people waiting on foals are the paparazzi haha my phones full of pictures of either horse belly or boobies or vjay jays lol here's to hoping they put us out of our misery soon
Lol sarahb87, I know. I keep moving the pictures to my laptop so I don't max out the memory in my phone!
lilbit, the vet came out a week and a half ago, and checked her and said she was just not as far along as we thought (since she was pasture bred before I got her). She said she is progressing well otherwise, and to not stress her out with a trailer ride (since she would prefer to US her at the clinic), unless she goes more than 4 more weeks (so roughly 2 more before she goes in).
I know, and I was beginning to doubt myself and the breeder, but the vet confirmed the pregnancy, just not the due date, lol. The baby has been laying lengthwise almost the entire pregnancy it seems.
I think id be in a mental home if i had been waiting for as long as u have lol so i take my hat off to u for still being sane fingers crossed u will be put out of your misory soon and she will pop that foal out lol Posted via Mobile Device
I am more frustrated than anything since I can't guarantee when she was even bred, since I did not own her at that time. I just have to go on what the breeder said. We have already revamped her due date twice.
Yeah i can imagine your frustration :-( our mare was ai so i habe her exact date though thats not helping much as she still hasnt foaled yet lol. I think i need to take down hr service certificate and show her that she is due and she should have the foal now lol Posted via Mobile Device
lol... just take a picture when she sticks her tongue out at you. Next year both my mares are going out to the same facility (still have to decided which 1 of 2 studs to breed either/both to), so they will be hand bred. I will know exactly when they are bred, but will still have to guess at gestation length. At least it will give me a better idea anyways. I am going out tonight to check on her... just don't want her to drop it in the mud! She has a carport big enough for all 5 horses, but she doesn't like it under there. UGH!!!
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