Well we started the 2008 foaling session off with a bang and lots of excitement. Problem is the excitement was a problem birth! Her foaling alarm went off early on the 4th and I saw it was time, woke hubby up and told him to watch the monitor and come help if he saw I needed it. Out I go and find the head coming out, wait a minute, where are the front feet??? I wont bore u with all the gory details but I will say poor baby got pushed all the way back in mom ( while I TRIED to find and unfold some very long legs) at least 6 or more times. Hubby had gone right back to sleep so I ended up charging into the house totally covered in amnionic fluid, poop and hay yelling for him to "get his a** up and help me before the baby dies." Im sure that gave him nightmares, lol. Thats why I wont get an online foaling cam. Im about half crippled with the herniated disks in my back and damaged nerves. A problem birth here is neither calm or pretty, Im out there freezing and wet in a nightgown with a sweatshirt over it wallowing around on the stall floor with Gala. LOL, just the thought of that going out over the internet worldwide is scary!
Anyway I did get 1 leg out finally and Hubbie was then able to pull the baby out. Paul and I were so relieved, as was poor Gala. Im sure the baby was too and HE proceded to get right up and make friends with us all. He seemed bonded to us right away, I guess he got a real good look at us as I kept pushing him back in trying to find his feet. His Dad is Bart one of our fewspot appy studs and this boy looks to be a snowcap/fewspot too. He is so hairy we will have to wait and shave to be sure. Anyway here is our new very fuzzy, totally spoiled rotten new boy. Sorry about the photo qqqquality, these are taken with camera/phone as my digital camera died.
Here are the Owens (Garyo) on the forum visiting and scratching his highness.
Sure hope the rest of foaling season goes easier!
We have another mare bagging up now.
Anyway I did get 1 leg out finally and Hubbie was then able to pull the baby out. Paul and I were so relieved, as was poor Gala. Im sure the baby was too and HE proceded to get right up and make friends with us all. He seemed bonded to us right away, I guess he got a real good look at us as I kept pushing him back in trying to find his feet. His Dad is Bart one of our fewspot appy studs and this boy looks to be a snowcap/fewspot too. He is so hairy we will have to wait and shave to be sure. Anyway here is our new very fuzzy, totally spoiled rotten new boy. Sorry about the photo qqqquality, these are taken with camera/phone as my digital camera died.
Here are the Owens (Garyo) on the forum visiting and scratching his highness.
Sure hope the rest of foaling season goes easier!
