Daisy's foaling thread-MAIDEN

[LittleBittyBritches]

alright Daisy good girl! cant wait!

 

[andrea loves minis]

here are some pics sorry it was raining-not the greatest just put Daisy in the barn for the night. ph is still testing a dark 6.2 maybe tonight?? what do you all think?

 

[andrea loves minis]

 

[Bonny]

6.2 sounds promising!

 

[andrea loves minis]

thanks I sure hope so. Her ph has dropped very fast in the last 2 days. Just going out to check on her now

 

[andrea loves minis]

ok she is driving me bonkers!! Her ph is up to 7.2 now!!!! haha she knows how anxious I am to see this little baby and she is going to make me wait

 

[Eagle]

Are you sure you had clean hands when you tested? I can't believe she would jump back like that

 

[andrea loves minis]

yep I just squirted the milk onto the strip. It went from a light/med orange to a bright orange again. I sometimes do both just squirting it onto the strip and also mixing with distilled water.

 

[Bonny]

Ive heard of it too. Its rare but can happen!

What strips are you using?

 

[andrea loves minis]

just using pool stips from walmart hth 4-way unless I read it wrong but I double checked and got my hubby to check

 

[andrea loves minis]

I wanted to get the foal time but when I looked into it it was going to take 2 weeks to get here and I thought I wouldv'e had a foal on the ground by now

 

[Eagle]

Well for $20 if that makes her foal before they arrive go for it

ROFL

 

[andrea loves minis]

haha if that will make her foal I think it would be $20 well spent

checked her this morning and she's a definate 6.8 so maybe she was just inbetween both ways yesturday. Hopefully she'll make up her mind

 

[Bonny]

Thats the same strips I use

... When my friends mare did the same thing she thought it was the strips...Yellow House Ranch has it also on record where a maiden mare did the same thing.

When my friends mare did it, her calcium wasnt high....the milk didnt seem like colostrum...Wondering if your mares milk was the same....

 

[andrea loves minis]

Daisy's milk hasn't changed very much. Still cloudy honey looking. It's maybe a little thicker than before but the same in color. Unfortunately these strips don't test calcium. I'm glad I'm not the only one this has happened to. I was starting to second guess myself. Thanks Bonny for the info

 

[Bonny]

YVW

The walmart strips, do check calcium... its the blue/ purple at the top of the strip...However if you use them to test for calcium/ hardness...use the 1 cc to 3 cc distilled water ratio...if you use the 1 cc milk to 6 cc distilled it will be incorrect.( wont read as high)

Just curious, again, her milk was the same but was it sticky by chance?

 

[AnnaC]

Well I think she might just be fooling you - you will be so cross with her the next time you test, that you will stomp away without looking back - oh whoops, she's just dropped her foal!!! LOL!!!

Seriously though, surely she CANT go much longer??????????????

 

[Wings]

Doesn't look like she'll keep you waiting much longer, I just think she wants to squeeze as muchd rama out of her remaining time as possible

OR.....she'll be one of those mares than drops like a rock and is 6.0 while you're thinking she's still 6.8!!

Give me an "honest" stallion ANY day!!!!

I'm with you Diane! My boys don't cause me half as much pain as my girls AND they put up with being hugged a lot more

 

[andrea loves minis]

Bonny my strips are only a 4 way. It tests Bromine,ph,chlorine and alkalinity. I'm hoping she doesn't hold out much longer.

 

[Bonny]

Ohh ok... dang... Hope she doesnt hold on much longer either!