SURPRISE!!!!!! Angel (yes Angel, the black mare) foaled tonight at 6:25pm while we were out riding. She was 326 days today. I checked her udder late this morning before we turned her out and I could one get a couple drops out and it was a light yellow color. I did notice tonight, right before we brought her in, that she was walking at a good clip across the field, but did not think much of it. We brought the three expectant girls in to the barn before we rode. We had a couple other of Gracie's friends here riding and I was watching them. I had noticed at one point she came out in to the paddock and had obviously rolled in the shavings. At this point Angel and Jasmine were together in the one stall and paddock. A few minutes later as Gracie rode by, she made a comment that "boy Angel sure had a good roll" and when I looked I saw that she was covered head to toe in shavings. I was just going to go check her when Gracie screamed "mom! she is foaling!" Sure enough, the amnion was sticking out along with a hoof and a bit of a nose. I was the first one to her since I was not mounted. I immediately felt relief when I saw that there was another leg. Angel did some serious rolling to make adjustments. The first think I noticed was black legs with white and a back head
and then the rest came out and it was a gorgeous black and white..... FILLY!!!!!
She measures a 7" cannon and approx 21" to 21.5" tall!! She Was up fast and looking for food. Angel was very painful afterwards and even with Banamine she is still down quite a bit but did eat her bran & grain mash and nibbled some wet alfalfa. This little girl was running and bucking within an hour. She is very strong and nursing well. Since I did not have a halter monitor on her or even have her under camera yet, I thank the good Lord that we were out there and she chose to have a daylight baby!!
Introducing Angel's filly "Oreo"
