midnight star stables
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Joe and I made it home after 18 hours on the road yesterday. Cat and her filly are settling in nicely.
Some of you know, I sent my mare LTD's Lil Copycat out to be bred in April 2009 and we had a lot of troubles. She finally got in foal and she stayed out to be foaled out by more experienced hands. Cat foaled July 8th this year, and we were finally able to pick up mom and baby yesterday.
The filly is sired by Dun-Havens Grand Event. She is still name less for the time, I'm letting her pick it
. She seems to really like the name Asana (yogurt!)... She is 35 days old today and 25" tall. Mom is 36" and Dad is 38", while at Jen's I was able to see two 1/2 siblings to my filly; one was a yearling only 32" tall, the other a two year old at 34". Event throws SMALL babies, even when bred to B's... Yeah!
It's great to see Cat in the barn again! And the filly is very tiny, and cute! She's into everything! Spunky thing. I'm smitten and I can see why everyone wants to breed... I'm still done with breeding, but I sure am enjoying having a baby around!
Here are some pictures of my filly:
Now I do have a question regarding feeding. The mother mare is 19 years old and did not handle the pregnancy well, she was thin through most of the last months. She is still thin and I'll work to getting her weight up. I was told she foundered during the pregnancy (gestational diabetes) so I worry about pumping her too full of protein. She was getting 8 cups a day of senior plus beet pulp and hay (and other stuff?). What I am planning on doing is feeding mostly equine developer (with 16% protein, 3% fat, 8.5% fiber), and some senior feed (with 14% protein, 6% fat, 16% fiber) until the foal is weaned (then that is all she'll get). They are getting hay 24/7 and beet pulp 3x a day too. My question is how much? Because I've started her on a new feed, she's been weaned down with her grain intake for the next few days. I'm thinking I want to work towards having her at around 8 cups (16 oz) equine developer, 4 cups (8 oz) senior, and approximately 10 cups of soaked beet pulp a day, split into 2 or 3 feedings. I'll reevaluate in two or three weeks, but do you think I am on track? Should I work to be feeding more? I worry about the risk of founder, but my priority is getting Cat to a healthy weight safely. Baby is still nursing but also nibbling on grain and hay at this time. The filly is quite chunky!
I am so proud and excited about these two, Thank you for letting me share!
Some of you know, I sent my mare LTD's Lil Copycat out to be bred in April 2009 and we had a lot of troubles. She finally got in foal and she stayed out to be foaled out by more experienced hands. Cat foaled July 8th this year, and we were finally able to pick up mom and baby yesterday.
The filly is sired by Dun-Havens Grand Event. She is still name less for the time, I'm letting her pick it
It's great to see Cat in the barn again! And the filly is very tiny, and cute! She's into everything! Spunky thing. I'm smitten and I can see why everyone wants to breed... I'm still done with breeding, but I sure am enjoying having a baby around!
Here are some pictures of my filly:
Now I do have a question regarding feeding. The mother mare is 19 years old and did not handle the pregnancy well, she was thin through most of the last months. She is still thin and I'll work to getting her weight up. I was told she foundered during the pregnancy (gestational diabetes) so I worry about pumping her too full of protein. She was getting 8 cups a day of senior plus beet pulp and hay (and other stuff?). What I am planning on doing is feeding mostly equine developer (with 16% protein, 3% fat, 8.5% fiber), and some senior feed (with 14% protein, 6% fat, 16% fiber) until the foal is weaned (then that is all she'll get). They are getting hay 24/7 and beet pulp 3x a day too. My question is how much? Because I've started her on a new feed, she's been weaned down with her grain intake for the next few days. I'm thinking I want to work towards having her at around 8 cups (16 oz) equine developer, 4 cups (8 oz) senior, and approximately 10 cups of soaked beet pulp a day, split into 2 or 3 feedings. I'll reevaluate in two or three weeks, but do you think I am on track? Should I work to be feeding more? I worry about the risk of founder, but my priority is getting Cat to a healthy weight safely. Baby is still nursing but also nibbling on grain and hay at this time. The filly is quite chunky!
I am so proud and excited about these two, Thank you for letting me share!
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