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My maiden mare is 236 days along and making a small bag. Should I be concerned about placentitis? I plan to ask the vet tomorrow but would appreciate your opinions.

I have a mare that can't get into foal. I planned to have her flushed out. Vet recommended flushing her out after I bred her at the end of her heat cycle. She also warned me of possible problems with tearing during palpating. I had a different vet flush a mare out for retained placenta and she...

I just got a round baler that makes 4x5 bales that are tight from the inside out. I've only fed square bales and was wondering how long a round bale will last. I plan to seperate my mares into two groups of 7-8 horses and give each group a bale inside the barn run ins. The bales will be...

We are moving in May and I'm planning my new barn. I'd love advice. I'm looking for barn floorplans that are mini friendly. I currently have a 20' x 24' area inside my barn that acts as a run in for the dry lot. I'd like to have two of these in my new barn but when I add those, foaling...

Today I was comparing a maiden's bag that I think is in foal (Patches) to a maiden I thought was open (High Society). I felt Patches bag...nothing. I checked HighSociety's bag there was a tiny bit of hardness but she is not bagged up at all. There is alot of fullness in front of her bag. She has...

The vet recomended the liquid DMSO as a topical treatment for a swollen knee. She thinks the mare ruptured the blood vessel in the knee. I just read were DMSO can cause birth defects or abortion. I bred this mare about three weeks ago. Should I be concerned? Has anyone used it in this way...

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I guess I should say first four foals...lol So far so good! We have four foals on the ground and three of them are black fillies :yeah We've never had a black pinto filly born on our farm and now three in a row. We've been very blessed. Foal #1 Cedar Fields Awesome Gambler (colt) Sire...

Last fall I posted pics of my colt Lil Bit of Awesome because I was confused on his color. At that time he looked bay but had alot of light color on his nose and under his tail. His dam is a buckskin and his sire is a bay overo. We came to the conclusion that he was probably pangre...

http://www.trojahorsetransport.com/ Has anyone used Troja Horse Transport? I found their info on LB and was hoping to get some good recomendations.

The vet gave several horses their rabies shots last night. This morning I noticed one stallion was shivering, and just standing around. His temp was 101.4. I put him in a stall and gave him banamine. He ate his grain, some of his hay, and drank some water. He's sleeping alot. What should...

Will a fetal doppler detect the fetal heart beat in miniature horses? Anyone tried? If so which one works or does not work? I talked to a tec. person at Babybeats dopplers and he said they know of vets that use it for dogs and cats but not sure about miniature horses. He did recomend the 2...

They're home! I've had both of these mares on my mares page for several months but they just made it to WV a few weeks ago. I'd like to take a minute to thank Jana Nichols of Double Diamond for allowing me to purchase such lovely mares and for taking great care of them. I've been wanting a...

We had one really late foal. Introducing Cedar Fields Lil Bit of Awesome. He is so sweet and a total pocket pet. I've never had a foal this tiny. He was about 18" at birth and has a 6" cannon bone. How tall do you think he'll be? 28"? I am also a little confused on his color. When he was...

I've been watching my maiden mare Sophia for at least three weeks. Her due date is Friday. Her bag has been about the same for two weeks now. I can only get a drop of milk not enought to test. I checked her vulva this morning and no signs. I checked it again around 5:00 and it looked a...

I'm trying to contact Gloria or Charity Burton of NY. If anyone knows them or how to contact them please PM me with that information. Thanks for your help.

I am interested in getting a set of nippers that would make it easier for me to trim. If anyone owns the Barracuda Hoof Trimmers please let me know how well they work. Are there simmilar or better nippers? I found the website for the Barracuda but it looks outdated and there is no phone...

What a great weekend! Friday we had a bay tovero filly and on Sat. a colt that looks like his sire, Cross Country Call Me Awesome. My wish for 2010 was just one foal that looked like Awesome. ...my wish came true. I'm really excited about these two.  

The Bio Sponge powder container calls for 3 tbs of powder and 30cc of water. That is for big horse foal so what is the dosage for a mini foal? I would guess a third of that but need advice. Thanks!

Okay its official...the horses like the snow way better than I do. After being stalled for the big storm all the horses were ready to run and strut their stuff. This is my husbands riding horse "Big Brown" He was having a blast running through the snow banks. Now the minis were not...