lkblazin
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Hi my name is Rebecca. I am new to the forum so to say. I have been reading the posts for years but never made an account. Until now lol. Over the summer I bred four of my mares. Out of the four, two are maidens. This will be my first time ever foaling out my own mares. Hopefully I guess it depends on if they are pregnant. So to the point I want to know how soon will a baby bump show on the girls? I know maidens hide the pregnancy well. The first mare that seems to be pregnant is four months in. To me she seems fatter. Is that possible? So soon.
Then there are two mares who had very crazy seasons. I know that last time we bred one of the crazy season mares, the breeder said that she wasn't pregnant and she kept coming back into season. But then the next year she had a red bag. And the foal died. The vet blamed it on the foal being deformed. It wasn't it was a perfectly formed silver dapple pinto filly with blue eyes. I think he didn't want to admit that he had to big of hands to do anything. At the time I was young and at school. And that foal was a month and a half early. That mare was first bred at the end of may.
The other wacky season mare was bred at the same time and had longggggg seasons ugghggh they never endeddddd. It was sometimes 18 days long. Im ok with her not being pregnant because she is younger. Then the next mare was terrible for breeding. Finding out if she was in season was bad. Then actually getting her to accept the stallion. Wow she was fun...eventually the stud figured her out. But she didn't come back in season and is three months in.
These will all be falabella blend foals. And the stud was 27 in tall. I wanted the foaling e to be simple with a small stud and lines so the foals would be easier to deliver. My girls are 30,31,33,37 inch tall. If needed I can post pics. But what is the soonest the you guys have seen mares show? Oh and I started breeding them in may and stopped in July.
Then there are two mares who had very crazy seasons. I know that last time we bred one of the crazy season mares, the breeder said that she wasn't pregnant and she kept coming back into season. But then the next year she had a red bag. And the foal died. The vet blamed it on the foal being deformed. It wasn't it was a perfectly formed silver dapple pinto filly with blue eyes. I think he didn't want to admit that he had to big of hands to do anything. At the time I was young and at school. And that foal was a month and a half early. That mare was first bred at the end of may.
The other wacky season mare was bred at the same time and had longggggg seasons ugghggh they never endeddddd. It was sometimes 18 days long. Im ok with her not being pregnant because she is younger. Then the next mare was terrible for breeding. Finding out if she was in season was bad. Then actually getting her to accept the stallion. Wow she was fun...eventually the stud figured her out. But she didn't come back in season and is three months in.
These will all be falabella blend foals. And the stud was 27 in tall. I wanted the foaling e to be simple with a small stud and lines so the foals would be easier to deliver. My girls are 30,31,33,37 inch tall. If needed I can post pics. But what is the soonest the you guys have seen mares show? Oh and I started breeding them in may and stopped in July.