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StarRidgeAcres
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This happened back in the spring and I never posted about it because it was just so sad. We lost two foals this year - both colts, both highly anticipated - but for different reasons.
I knew this mare was pregnant as she'd been US in foal even though she didn't look it at all. I bought her already bred (bought her for her, not the foal) and she was pasture exposed for a long period of time so I didn't have any good dates to go by. :arg! At the time she foaled I'd been thinking she had another 6 weeks to go based solely on physical appearance. I'd also learned (after I bought the mare exposed to this stallion) that he'd sired several dwarfs so I was totally scared out of my mind at what might happen. Why do people continue to breed horses known to produce dwarfs??
Another topic.
So, long story short, I missed the foaling (about a 2 hour window) because I thought she had weeks to go and here is what was found:
So, I'd like to know if anyone thinks this foal was born alive? Did it ever walk? Was it born dead? If so, how did it get out of the sac? Was this foal full term? Was this foal a dwarf?
I knew this mare was pregnant as she'd been US in foal even though she didn't look it at all. I bought her already bred (bought her for her, not the foal) and she was pasture exposed for a long period of time so I didn't have any good dates to go by. :arg! At the time she foaled I'd been thinking she had another 6 weeks to go based solely on physical appearance. I'd also learned (after I bought the mare exposed to this stallion) that he'd sired several dwarfs so I was totally scared out of my mind at what might happen. Why do people continue to breed horses known to produce dwarfs??
So, long story short, I missed the foaling (about a 2 hour window) because I thought she had weeks to go and here is what was found:
So, I'd like to know if anyone thinks this foal was born alive? Did it ever walk? Was it born dead? If so, how did it get out of the sac? Was this foal full term? Was this foal a dwarf?