[Dreamcatcher Arabians]

We have 12x12 stalls, and we can take a divider out to make a 12x24 for her, but it's not a fun task and I worry that she'll still lay up next to a wall or some silly thing. We'll just take it as it comes.

Until we built the foaling stalls, I used to pull a divider out and have 12 X 24 for the foaling. It worked awesome. I'd like to be able to expand my foaling stalls to be a bit larger than they are right now, I think the 12 X 24's gave a little more room. Never had a problem with a mare getting cast or having any trouble delivering in one.

 

[FrostedLilly]

Yep, same here. Oakley is a maiden and she was 14 at the time of breeding. The vet expected it to take a while to get her in foal, or that she would slip. When we took her for her exam and culture, the vet noticed that she was coming in and wanted to go ahead and try to breed her. Lo and behold she took. We did have to put her on Regumate for a while because she wasn't producing her own hormones right away. But, after about six weeks, her own finally kicked in and we were able to wean her off the Regumate.

So, she was nice enough to save me some money by not causing repeat shipments and trips to the vet, but I'm a bit worried about the weather. Ideally, I'd rather have her foal out in the dry lot... but... um... it's not so dry right now! We have 12x12 stalls, and we can take a divider out to make a 12x24 for her, but it's not a fun task and I worry that she'll still lay up next to a wall or some silly thing. We'll just take it as it comes.

Yeah lilly will be 13 this year, so I wasn't sure. She was only covered twice and the vet estimated that based on the embryo's size, she caught on the first cover. It seems the girl has some raging hormones.

Now, I have pondered this for a while, but what does one do in the event that the mare does back into the wall? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
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[dbarabians]

I wish I could answer that question glynnis. I have never had a mare foal in a stall. Mine are always out in the pasture and from my experience they tend to do it out in the open away from any trees or bushes.
this does make foal watch harder and I have been caught in Thunder storms several times. Which makes going back to sleep very difficult and when you do its time to get up again. Shalom

 

[Dreamcatcher Arabians]

Now, I have pondered this for a while, but what does one do in the event that the mare does back into the wall? Sorry if this is a dumb question.
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In my experience, as long as their butt isn't right up against the wall it isn't a problem. The mares I've watched and foaled out have always laid down and gotten up several times, so they make the needed adjustments to have the room for the foal to come out themselves. They've always ended up with their backsides pointing into the middle of the stall before the final push. These mares have a lot more control over their delivery than we do ours and they're used to doing it out in nature, unattended and most of the time it comes out ok.

I've done foal watch DBA's way and I'll stick with my foaling stalls and cameras. Life was a BEAST doing foal watch out in the pasture and it was still plenty difficult in the barn without the cameras. Now that I have the cameras and can watch from the house, I lose a LOT less sleep during foal watch.

 

[DeliciousD]

So we are day 281! My back is no better but with the vet and farrier due today mum thought it would be nice for me to get out and see my girlie.

She looks very pregnant suddenly! She's ballooned! I was shocked and as a consequence increased her feed to meet her needs

So, today was the day all of dee's shoes came off in preparation for foaling down. She had her backs off about 6 months back, today her fronts came off too. Dee loves out farrier

Bad picture but her front feet now.

So the vet gave her the final ehv vaccine, and booked her in for her flu and tetanus boosters in March. It seems so surreal we are so close to foaling down! Dee was ever so good with her injection,but ever since she reacted in her very first ehv jab (whilst still open thank god!) she has them in her bum and not her neck... Can't risk another temperature of 101.7 centigrade! So far, touch wood, she hasn't reacted since so whether she was harbouring a small infection at that point I don't know.

So mum turned her back out in the field after, in the rain/wind.... I don't think she was impressed.

However she found a piece of wood to stand on, so she was happy....

no pics of belly....I'll get those this weekend

P.S. Foal was NOT impressed at all the activity today, she kicked so hard the vet, farrier and us saw it and dee pinned her ears and shot forward a bit. Poor girlie.

 

[JetdecksComet]

Sorry to hear about Dee's reactions to the vaccines, but I'm glad you haven't let it scare you off giving them anyway, like some other owners I have seen. I gave Oakley hers and kept a close eye on her for the next hour to see if she had any sort of reaction. We gave 3 shots, one in each side of the neck and one in the bum, so I know which shot was where and if she has a reaction, I will know which one it was. So far, no swelling or stiffness.

We decided today that foaling outside is just going to be too gross and risky. We have had an OBSCENE winter. So much ice and snow that even the ag lime dry lot is soaked and a bit squishy (though not sink ankle-deep squishy like the pasture is!) March can be so rainy and we just don't see it drying out enough, so we have resigned ourselves to pulling the divider out to make the 12x24 stall next Wednesday.

My goals this week will be to get the foaling kit together, dig out the baby halter and oil it up, and order some of those test strips. I am going to look into the foaling cameras and see if I can find any that will transmit wirelessly all the way to the house, as our barn is a good 500+ feet away.

 

[Dreamcatcher Arabians]

Sorry to hear about Dee's reactions to the vaccines, but I'm glad you haven't let it scare you off giving them anyway, like some other owners I have seen. I gave Oakley hers and kept a close eye on her for the next hour to see if she had any sort of reaction. We gave 3 shots, one in each side of the neck and one in the bum, so I know which shot was where and if she has a reaction, I will know which one it was. So far, no swelling or stiffness.

We decided today that foaling outside is just going to be too gross and risky. We have had an OBSCENE winter. So much ice and snow that even the ag lime dry lot is soaked and a bit squishy (though not sink ankle-deep squishy like the pasture is!) March can be so rainy and we just don't see it drying out enough, so we have resigned ourselves to pulling the divider out to make the 12x24 stall next Wednesday.

My goals this week will be to get the foaling kit together, dig out the baby halter and oil it up, and order some of those test strips. I am going to look into the foaling cameras and see if I can find any that will transmit wirelessly all the way to the house, as our barn is a good 500+ feet away.

For vaccine reactions I've taken to using a different brand each time and I only give one shot per week to the horses that get the reactions. I also feed Immuno DMG to help boost their immune systems and that seems to help.

My foaling cams can go wireless but I get a better signal if I have them wired to transmit to the signal booster (which is in the feed barn) and then wirelessly to the house. The metal in the barn buildings seems to interfere with the wireless signal if I try to go totally wireless.

 

[JetdecksComet]

Ugh, Dreamcatcher, that sounds complicated. And, my barn is metal to boot.

 

[DeliciousD]

We have wired CCTV as the barn is metal. I'm using a foaling alarm and milk testing strips
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[Dreamcatcher Arabians]

Ugh, Dreamcatcher, that sounds complicated. And, my barn is metal to boot.

It's really not complicated but if you have a metal barn, it will interfere with signal quality if you go completely wireless.

 

[JetdecksComet]

Which is also bad because my barn is so far from my house. lol

 

[Dreamcatcher Arabians]

I'll get pics when we hook our cameras back up, probably be a week. That way you can see what I'm talking about.

 

[DeliciousD]

We had an ehv outbreak here so a lot of vaccines were imported in. The one she reacted to was from Spain, no issues since switching brands.

 

[DeliciousD]

We are at day 283... And showing from the front

Her good side

 

[Dreamcatcher Arabians]

Patti's at 308 days today. Boo is at 287. Wooo Hoooooo! I so can't wait.

Patti is really starting to show. I'll try to get more pics later.

 

[DeliciousD]

Woo hoo DA! So close now! Photos are a must!
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[oh vair oh]

Big momma due March 22nd

 

[dbarabians]

Patti's at 308 days today. Boo is at 287. Wooo Hoooooo! I so can't wait.

Patti is really starting to show. I'll try to get more pics later.

As soon as they are dry I want to see pictures of the foals.
Your stallion is going to cover a couple of my mares in the near future so I demand proof of his ability to produce great offspring.

Of course none of that is meant to pressure you and our friendship will be intact if I have to wait a couple of days.

Your hasty decisions to geld stallions though concerns me. LOL
If any of the other members see the arab gelding that she has and the thought... WTF were you thinking .... does not cross your mind you are no judge of horseflesh.
yes my friend I had to go there...... again. Shalom

 

[Dreamcatcher Arabians]

Well, you're certainly patient Donald. Last year there were people who made me take a picture of the monitor right after Boo delivered Bo, he wasn't dry, and certainly hadn't stood up yet, LOL! But yes, I'll be doing pics as soon as they dry off and you can see what outstanding youngsters Skippy creates!

And just because he has to be the center of attention, and just for you Donald, here's a pic of Cloney, doing his best Padron impression. Look at those ears, I thought the tips were going to cross he had 'em so tight.

He's such a brat, I dared to pet Goldie and he bit her on the butt to run her off.

 

[EnduranceLover6]

Well, you're certainly patient Donald. Last year there were people who made me take a picture of the monitor right after Boo delivered Bo, he wasn't dry, and certainly hadn't stood up yet, LOL! But yes, I'll be doing pics as soon as they dry off and you can see what outstanding youngsters Skippy creates!

And just because he has to be the center of attention, and just for you Donald, here's a pic of Cloney, doing his best Padron impression. Look at those ears, I thought the tips were going to cross he had 'em so tight.

He's such a brat, I dared to pet Goldie and he bit her on the butt to run her off.

Oh DA I'm am SO in love with your Arabs! Cloney is so handsome.

I demand baby pictures asap as well! :wink: