Ridges - ITS PINK!!!

[Wings]

I go for whole oats everytime

 

[countrymini]

Could be just me but I thought Bindi looked bigger today.



Talking about big, I am going to get some oats and lucerne chaff tomorrow for this girl but should I be worried about the size of her tummy? Coz I am lol If this is a completely normal healthy look please let me know. She's on the exact same food as Bindi and Bindi is struggling to look pregnant.

 

[Wings]

Really depends on the horse. Drifter is easily fatter then that, but his 'comfort weight' always has him rounder then a lot of the other horses. Lyric is way smaller then that, but she's a scrawny yearling who has been brought up for extra feed.

I find it really hard to comment on weight of other horses, especially the shorties as they can be so very different.

 

[countrymini]

Maybe she's just 'big boned' then lol.

Was due to come back into season this week again but isn't showing any obvious signs so hopefully we will have a little wazza this time next year!

 

[Wings]

LOL! maybe

Fingers crossed that she doesn't come in.

If you are concerned about weight I find the better signs are along the spine and the crest of the neck. Those work for under or overweight as well

Example, as long as Drifter doesn't have a gutter along his spine and his neck doesn't feel solid then he is usually fine. Belle had both of these and I'm still shifting it off her

 

[countrymini]

thanks, will go and have a look at the other bits

 

[countrymini]

Sweety and Bindi would just like to pass on a big thank you to Aunty Bree, oats are indeed super yummi! So yummi that Sweety decided to raid Bindi's serving as well. Look at those ears, so nasty!

Had a feel of sweety and her back and neck feel fine. Thanks for the tip

 

[Jade10]

Haha nothing sweet about her in this pic

hehe kidding. She doesnt look fat to me but then again mine are real chunkies they have muzzles and everything lol

 

[countrymini]

Yeah, she doesn't look too bad from the side, just from the back end haha

 

[AnnaC]

LOL!! Naughty girl - not a nice way to talk to your friend!

Fingers crossed she is holding to Wazza.

 

[Wings]

Another convert

:ThumbUp I'm glad they liked it!

 

[countrymini]

Need to add another word to my horsey vocab. What does 'typey' or 'type' mean when talking about a foal? I'm assuming its to do with the way it looks but would love to know what exactly its refering too.

 

[countrymini]

Somehow I think you're being biased Diane

Here's a guess, does it mean they look more like a big horse shape?

 

[countrymini]

Thats ok, I'll forgive you as I'm becoming rather obsessed with spots as well.

 

[Wings]

As Diane says, typey is a foal that reflects the things we want in our full grown horses. So refined/dishy face, curvy/tippy ears, long legs, horse proportions etc and all of these can be seen in foals. I'm bad at words with these things so I'll use my own foals to explain

NOT what you would call typey!



Sure he is is the first 24 hours, but his head is chunky his neck is short and he generally screams out "cute!" rather then "refined."

Now not being typey doesn't mean bad, as you've all seen as a 2yr old Derby is a well conformed, balanced horse with a nice neck but still the chunky face.

What I WOULD call typey



So as to be fair to Derby I think Tilly and him would be very close in age, only an hour out or so. But look at the difference! She looks like a ballet dancer on those legs and look at that dishy face! She's a bit taller then Derby so another comparison could be....



This should be another day 1 photo although Sterling has a few hours on Derby and Tilly in the above shots. Size wise he'd be right with his half brother Derby up there. But look at the difference in the face! Beautiful and dishy, cute ears with those bright, big eyes. Look at the length of leg and neck, much more 'horsey' or 'typey' then his half brother.

 

[countrymini]

Thanks for the pics, I can see what you mean now.

 

[AnnaC]

Great pictures Bree - shows the typey sort very well.

 

[Wings]

Glad they were helpful... although I felt guilty and had to go stuff Derby full of carrots to make up for using him as the 'bad example'

:rofl

Although it would make up for him tipping that bucket of molasses over in the tackroom......

 

[countrymini]

Poor Derby lol. Wazza had the same shortish neck in his foal photos and chunky head too altho his legs were slightly longer. The girls have longer necks so they might put it on his babies.

I found that foal colour predictor and if I filled it out correctly this is what my girls might have. I noticed there wasn't an appaloosa choice so will have to be a wait and see. Wazza is registered as a dun but not having any dun parents, and I couldn't see any stripes on his legs in the clipped photo, I've put him as a buckskin in the calculator

For Bindi

12.50% -

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Palomino Tobiano

12.50% -

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Palomino

12.50% -

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Chestnut Tobiano

12.50% -

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Chestnut

10.94% -

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Buckskin Tobiano

10.94% -

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Buckskin

10.94% -

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Bay Tobiano

10.94% -

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Bay

1.56% -

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Smoky Black Tobiano

1.56% -

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Smoky Black

1.56% -

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Black Tobiano

1.56% -

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Black

For Sweety I wasn't sure what to put for her colour in the calculator. She's registered as a brown pintaloosa. Here's some photos of her clipped on my site: http://ridgesminiatu....com/mares.html On her rego her dam is black pinto and sire is 'brown' but since that isn't a colour would he actually be smokey black? He looks like chocolate. Could Sweety actually be black but a black varnish pintaloosa? Might need your brains Diane

So going with her being black, and I've put her as tobiano altho I'm not sure that is what she is as the white doesn't overlap like Bindy's, her foal colours could be:

18.75% -

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Buckskin Tobiano

18.75% -

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Buckskin

18.75% -

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Bay Tobiano

18.75% -

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Bay

6.25% -

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Smoky Black Tobiano

6.25% -

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Smoky Black

6.25% -

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Black Tobiano

6.25% -

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Black

 

[countrymini]

Hey Diane did you see the photo of clipped Wazza? I posted it on page 20 about halfway down.

Here's baby Sweety



Then at about 2 years







Then these from this year. No summer shots yet.