Recent content by dwallen1969

Thanks everyone for your kind words.

This is hard to type. A few days ago our little angel didn’t make it. She started foaling and all you could see was a little bit of red bag. We immediately called the vet. She continued to try and pass the foal with no success. Vet tried everything he could do but he said her birth canal was...

She’s doing great. Bag is almost full. We have her isolated in the small barn with access to about a 1/2 acre of grass. We are working from home now, so we’re keeping a close eye on her. Daughter is scheduled to have our grand-baby on April 3. Hoping Bella foals before then so my wife will be here.

Started bagging up yesterday. Getting closer, a little more anxious now.

Thank you, it’s our first grand-baby.

Here she is , sorry for delay. Not bagging at all. I’m thinking 4-6 weeks. Bad thing is my daughter is due then also. Me and wife trying to figure out who has to say home. They live about 2 hours away. My wife be sleeping at the hospital and I’m gonna be sleeping in a barn. Lol

Thanks Ryan. I gonna keep a close eye on her. I’ve done some reading on those topics before, but I’m gonna re-read them to be better prepared. I’ll keep you updated

I will try to get some tomorrow. Her bag hasn’t started yet. I think I still have a couple months, but you never know. Also experience with mares this Size would be helpful. We’ve had 10 foals over the years and we haven’t had to do much. This my little favorite. We rescued her from a bad herd...

The problem is we don’t know how far along she is. All our other foals were born between mid April to mid may. 2 years ago she aborted her first after 4 months. We were thinking around the middle of March we would start stalling her with her own 1/2 acre to roam. She’s very special standing...

I’m thinking she has just put on a few extra pounds. Starting to see it in a couple other horses. After last years bad summer we opened up a couple more acres and now we’ve had a ton of rain this spring. There is no depression in the swelling, so I think it’s fat. I’ll update you if anything...

Don’t know if these will help. Photo doesn’t show the swelling very well. We were thinking she would foal around May 1. Then we thought maybe she’s not pregnant. Now the weight gain and the swelling made us think maybe. All our horses are pasture horses. Never seen this with any of our 7 mares...

Meet Willow and Lilly

I will add photos tomorrow

She is bigger than normal and acting fine. Noticed the edema over a week ago but no bagging yet. Her first pregnancy 2 years ago only lasted about 4 months. She is 29’’ and stud is 30’’. Could the edema be from too much grass? Or, if pregnant, how long once edema starts does horses foal. Today I...

Our new girl named Willow