The fact that we have a live beautiful filly is pretty much a miracle!! This was not a planned foal, not at all!!!
In fact I had no idea till about 5-6 weeks ago. A friend stopped by and said is that one pregnant and I said of course not she is just a 2 year old and I wont breed her till she is 3 or older. Suddenly I realized she did have a kind of dropped belly and oh my she was starting to bag! My vet has been on alert since then and I have been in a state of panic! Fancy is only 30 inches or so. This morning she set the equipage off and amazingly fast had a perfect delivery. Fancy is a great mom and is doing really great. The filly is active and oh so beautiful. However she is not able to control her incredible long,tiny legs very well. They are weak and bend all the wrong ways right now. She is up and walking but cant stand long enough to nurse as much as she needs to. I would say she is somewhat premature as have been most of my foals this year, short smooth coats, kind of short hair on tails. So again here I am milking a mare and syringe feeding a baby. She also nurses some herself but its not enough. So keep us in your thoughts and prayers that she will come around be up and eating on her own soon. As for dad since she is black we only had 2 black based studs here last spring. So its either Shadow a blk overo or Flash a blk appy both boys have been sold but Im guessing dad is Flash as she is marked rather like him. She will be Dna tested anyway so we will know then for sure. Dont have a name yet but it needs to be a special one.
In fact I had no idea till about 5-6 weeks ago. A friend stopped by and said is that one pregnant and I said of course not she is just a 2 year old and I wont breed her till she is 3 or older. Suddenly I realized she did have a kind of dropped belly and oh my she was starting to bag! My vet has been on alert since then and I have been in a state of panic! Fancy is only 30 inches or so. This morning she set the equipage off and amazingly fast had a perfect delivery. Fancy is a great mom and is doing really great. The filly is active and oh so beautiful. However she is not able to control her incredible long,tiny legs very well. They are weak and bend all the wrong ways right now. She is up and walking but cant stand long enough to nurse as much as she needs to. I would say she is somewhat premature as have been most of my foals this year, short smooth coats, kind of short hair on tails. So again here I am milking a mare and syringe feeding a baby. She also nurses some herself but its not enough. So keep us in your thoughts and prayers that she will come around be up and eating on her own soon. As for dad since she is black we only had 2 black based studs here last spring. So its either Shadow a blk overo or Flash a blk appy both boys have been sold but Im guessing dad is Flash as she is marked rather like him. She will be Dna tested anyway so we will know then for sure. Dont have a name yet but it needs to be a special one.
Drop Dead Gorgeous! FLASHY canty wait to here more about ehr. Foal Prayers your way!
