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I've started a new thread re: foal proud mares- please delete admin if in the wrong place ! my rescue mare who foaled yesterday is extremely foal proud, she has threatened to kick so many times and even double barrelled me - thank goodness the stable door was between us ! Once the foal was...

Meet Twix - a little mare I bought as a rescue (in my eyes anyway) ! she was very obese back in December when I bought her, her weight has come down over the months and then I saw this !! I did have my suspicions but really hoped I was wrong - what do you all think ?

Hi everyone just wanted to post about my mare due around 15th March (320 days), she's not a maiden, this will be her 3rd foal but her first with me. she's been stamping her feet and had a good roll this morning ! any advise would be great from you experienced ladies What did i do wrong...

Whenever i mention i have a smokey black filly i always have a 'oh well' 'good luck with that' reaction - what's wrong with smokey black ??????

Can i ask all you experienced ladies/gents, if you stable your mini overnight, how much hay would you feed, say from 7pm till 7am

Hi everyone, i'm sure someone can help me I have a 6wk old colt that i've had tested for colour and Appaloosa gene (he's out of a Pintaloosa mare) result came back LP/lp and says - heterozygous, horse carries one copy of the Appaloosa LP gene and is a carrier of CSNB, but could'nt tell me if...

Here is my boy, foaled May 16th, text book foaling Any ideas on colour, dam is a blue/white pintaloosa and sire is cremello, foal also has a dorsal stripe He's a horse with no name yet !

My mare waxed today she's at 331 days, how long to foaling ? I've read different opinions, some say 12hrs and some say weeks ! Help

Please can someone explain to me the coat colour term 'blue' ! Is it not a dark grey, what would the base coat colour be - i know very little about coat colours as you can see ! I have a mare that is classed as a 'Blue/white Pintaloosa' Hope someone can help

Hi everyone I'm more of a reader than a poster but would really like some help with bedding. My mare is due to foal in 6 weeks time, i use 'paper' bedding normally which is so soft, warm and absorbent but probably not suitable for foaling. I know i have to use straw for foaling, BUT i really...

I have a smoky black filly (6 months) whoose eyelashes have just changed from dark to a cream colour, she also has 2 light coloured patches just below her eyes - is this normal I only usually read all these helpful posts on here, but found her eyelash colour change strange - anyone help at...

Hi there, my 2yr old bay filly has some silver hair growing through her coat, not an awful lot, but it is there, she has a few in her tail aswell, she is out of a bay mare and a silver bay sire, could she change to a silver bay ?

Hi everyone - i'm a newbie - go gentle with me !! I have a mare with a 12wk old colt foal, only had them 2wks, he'd not been handled at all, but he is coming round now, scratches on his neck, bum etc, been rubbing headcollar over him but he really shies away when it's near his head, anything i...