Recent content by Nickysminis

Thankyou for all your fantastic replies. I knew i could count on the people on here to give me good advice Currently pedro is living with his mum, half sister and an unrelated gelding ('uncle' Sparky) and then my mini colt and 2yo Dartmoor gelding are in a paddock next door (not ideal but have...

Hi This year i have my first homebred foal (unplanned, but very much loved!), but because i'm a novice in breeding I have a few questions Weaning - i know most of you start weaning at about 4-6 months, but what is the latest you have weaned. I have a 4 month old foal which i am in no rush to...

Many thanks for all your kind replies. I'm very pleased with him, especially as he was an unplanned baby. He' s a definate keeper , he's very special and at only a few days old he's already keeping his mum on her toes!!

............COLT. After keeping me waiting for what seemed like forever (well 355 days to be exact) Bubbles gave birth this morning to a very handsome red and white colt, which my 4 year old daughter has named ' Pedro' (after pedro pony from peppa pig). We are still undecicded on a registered...

Thanks Jane, I think perhaps you might be right, now i know its there i will just keep an eye on it. Riverrose - I have to say when i first saw your reply i did panic, but then i realised i probably didn't explain it very well, so it would have been easy to misinterpret what i meant.. I will...

Thank you for all your replies. Still no foal and i'm pretty sure its not the sac. The bubble is not sticking out (i know what that looks like as i have been at a foaling before) it really is tiny and foal is definatley still ok its still wriggling and kicking like mad. you can only see it...

Hi I am a novice when it comes to minis especially foaling and this may be an odd question that makes me look silly, but i need to know. I have just been checking my mare Bubbles, who is now past her due date, and when i looked inside her vulva i noticed a tiny white bubble near the back at...

Having lost a foal a little over a week ago, from my maiden mare Bagpuss, i am now very anxiously awaiting the, hopefully, safe arrival of my second and last foal of 2011. Bubbles is now at 343 days and having foaled last year on her due date i was expecting this foal yesterday! I wouldn't...

Thanks for your replies, much appreciated. My girls live out with a run in shelter in a very quiet village location here in the UK, so not much to disturb them. other than me turning up in the middle of the night to keep a check on them, but i was wondering if i am actually putting them off...

Hi I have 2 unplanned babies due any time now, so i have been reading up on foaling etc, i have read that mares can hold off foaling if they get disturbed, but i was just wondering how long they can hold off for, is it hours or days? Thanks

Hi I am hoping to get my colt out to some shows this year. He will need to be clipped but i'm not sure how soon before the first show i should clip him. Any advice? Thanks in advance

Hi Some of you may have seen my previous post 'in a bit of a panic'. Well my maiden mare (Bagpuss) is definatley in-foal and so is her mother (Bubbles), both unplanned babies by the same colt (Sly - Sly by name Sly by nature ). I am quite excited to be having 2 babies this year, due, i...

Thanks for all your fantastic replies. I will be getting the vet out to have a look i think. Just been checking through my diary and seen that he also got through again in October, that would make her only 4 months pregnant, would i be able to feel a foal kicking this early and would she be...

Many thanks to you both for your replies. I feel slightly less worried. I am planning to make sure i'm there when she foals, but if she's as sneaky as her mother it could prove tricky!!

Last year in May my, then, 2 yr old colt got through the fence and in with my mares (9 yr old broodmare and her 3yr old daughter). Didn't think much of it as i was sure both mares have since been in season, but today i suddenly noticed my now 4 yr old Mare looked quite large. I felt her tummy...