Had the vet out to my warmblood mare yday for her mud rash that she got in the middle of summer and hasnt shifted at all. She has just had a foal and thought it was just because she was run down after having the foal. but anyway vet is now saying that it is vasculitis and not mud rash which I...
Well Rose foaled last night anyway!!!
She had a very strong, athletic and large (a few ours old and already standing at my hip) bay filly (i'll try to upload pics)
been watching her for weeks and the night when I couldnt be there.......
HEY PRESTO......A FOAL. (im swearing she did it on...
hi guys, looking for some advice.
My mare waxed up last saturday (6days ago now) it started off clear, then turned a yellow colour and then a white creamy colour. was told by the vet that 'when she waxes up ur 24-48 hours away' that obv didnt happen.
But tonight brought her in from the...
my 16.2 warmblood isnt due till the mid of june and i agree it seems like its taking forever.
every1 has said how late a time it is, but with the way the weather has been over the last while im kinda glad it later and hopefully the weather will be much better by then! fingers crossed.
ok, so now im thinking deff foal inside. but now my question is.......we only have eletric fencing in ALL of our paddocks and feilds. so how soon can i put mum and the liitle one out to grass if there is a risk of foal getting caught up in the fencing.
oh dear, now im getting slightly...
thanks for your advice guys.
this will acctually be HER 3rd foal and MY 1st so shes more experienced than I am haha. we do have a small paddock right next to the stable block that she could foal in if thats what I decide. And it is eletric fencing and flat land, so no barbed wire and no...
Last summer I put my 16.2hh belgium warmblood mare into foal as i was away over the summer and was starting a new job so decided this was the best time to do it. She is around 9 months along and so far the pregancy has gone without a hitch and everything has been great but I am having a bit of a...