SandyWI
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I did read all your replies to my other post, but thought I might as well just post here.
Last night when I was sleeping in the tack room, I kept peeking at her from the doorway. She couldn't see me, but I noticed she did do a LOT of yawning and rubbing her butt. Other than that, there was nothing else to indicate she was going to foal, but I just had that feeling, as her bag was SO hot and tight! I really didn't get any sleep, but must have dozed off because the pager went off at 4 AM. I jumped up to look, and she was sleeping on her side, like she'd been doing every night. I waited a half hour to see if there'd be more activity, but none.
I re-awakened at 6 AM and gave everyone their vitamin/mineral supplements and some hay, then went to the house to shower, as I had to go to work today. I made my husband absolutely PROMISE me to keep the pager on and also to stay very close to the barn, as I just knew she'd foal today. (Since I only work two days per week, I figured she'd foal on one of the two days I couldn't be here). I was so sure she'd foal that I asked him not to put her in the pasture, but either keep her in the stall or by herself in the dry lot right next to the barn.
Yep... she foaled at 11:30 AM. My husband was hanging around the barn, doing odd jobs, and had her in the dry lot. At one point when he peeked at her he said she was just grinding her butt into the fence and shaking her head, so he decided to lead her into the barn. As he was leading her the water broke. He barely got her into the stall, only 10' from where she'd been in the dry lot, and she laid down and went into contractions.
He told me was was SO happy to see a white sac emerge, and NOT a red one! He even got the sheet down for the foal to land on! He said from the time he saw her grining her butt till the baby was completely delivered was about five minutes! He tore the sac off the foal's head when it's shoulders cleared and he said it was all very swift and textbook. Of course, his experience delivering calves helped, I guess, LOL.
I was home from work before the foal had even gotten to its feet. I stayed home the rest of the day.
It's a filly, sired by Becky of Redrock Miniature Horses' Hart's Tip Top Flash, and my mare, JTR Southern Man's Breeze. Sire is a maximum expression sabino/tovero and dam is a dun grulla pinto.
So here's our new filly! I haven't come up with a name for her yet. That list of 80 bajillion names I've written down just doesn't have anything fitting!
I already clipped her "beard" and some big tufts of hair sticking out her ears, and I clipped a bit on her forehead. Her hair is the oddest color. It doesn't have a bit of sorrel in it. It's more like a champaign color, or palomino color, but I think she'll clip out to be a grulla, like her mom. She's also tovero. She's got the neatest black hairs in her tail, and I think they'll stay, just like her dam's tail, and she has a black mane. I think she has one blue eye. Still a bit too early to tell!
Last night when I was sleeping in the tack room, I kept peeking at her from the doorway. She couldn't see me, but I noticed she did do a LOT of yawning and rubbing her butt. Other than that, there was nothing else to indicate she was going to foal, but I just had that feeling, as her bag was SO hot and tight! I really didn't get any sleep, but must have dozed off because the pager went off at 4 AM. I jumped up to look, and she was sleeping on her side, like she'd been doing every night. I waited a half hour to see if there'd be more activity, but none.
I re-awakened at 6 AM and gave everyone their vitamin/mineral supplements and some hay, then went to the house to shower, as I had to go to work today. I made my husband absolutely PROMISE me to keep the pager on and also to stay very close to the barn, as I just knew she'd foal today. (Since I only work two days per week, I figured she'd foal on one of the two days I couldn't be here). I was so sure she'd foal that I asked him not to put her in the pasture, but either keep her in the stall or by herself in the dry lot right next to the barn.
Yep... she foaled at 11:30 AM. My husband was hanging around the barn, doing odd jobs, and had her in the dry lot. At one point when he peeked at her he said she was just grinding her butt into the fence and shaking her head, so he decided to lead her into the barn. As he was leading her the water broke. He barely got her into the stall, only 10' from where she'd been in the dry lot, and she laid down and went into contractions.
He told me was was SO happy to see a white sac emerge, and NOT a red one! He even got the sheet down for the foal to land on! He said from the time he saw her grining her butt till the baby was completely delivered was about five minutes! He tore the sac off the foal's head when it's shoulders cleared and he said it was all very swift and textbook. Of course, his experience delivering calves helped, I guess, LOL.
I was home from work before the foal had even gotten to its feet. I stayed home the rest of the day.
It's a filly, sired by Becky of Redrock Miniature Horses' Hart's Tip Top Flash, and my mare, JTR Southern Man's Breeze. Sire is a maximum expression sabino/tovero and dam is a dun grulla pinto.
So here's our new filly! I haven't come up with a name for her yet. That list of 80 bajillion names I've written down just doesn't have anything fitting!
I already clipped her "beard" and some big tufts of hair sticking out her ears, and I clipped a bit on her forehead. Her hair is the oddest color. It doesn't have a bit of sorrel in it. It's more like a champaign color, or palomino color, but I think she'll clip out to be a grulla, like her mom. She's also tovero. She's got the neatest black hairs in her tail, and I think they'll stay, just like her dam's tail, and she has a black mane. I think she has one blue eye. Still a bit too early to tell!
