2022 Foals

Parrotperson said:
bloody hell. that's horrible. fingers crossed he continues to improve. poor chap. what did the vet say might have caused it?
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well they didn’t say much but I think it was a combination of moving home from stud, a new routine and some more grass. The vet said they don’t eat much but going from stripped fields to grass I’m sure they do pick quite a bit during the daytime. All good now though been bright as a button all week thank god!
 
Ahrena said:
Thank you all!
I’ve learnt that apparently many foals have primitive markings (I.e dorsal stripes) so I think he’s bay. He doesn’t have any white hairs around his eyes/muzzle (apart from the stripe) and his legs are very light which apparently suggests he’ll stay bay, but who knows!

He is already a very cheeky chappy!
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Congrats! He looks gorgeous! ? He does seem to be "just" a bay, but he's adorable. He has a lovely head.

TheMule said:
320 days today. Phew!

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I immediately love your mare! She is beautiful! Can't wait to see what she's been cooking!

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Glad your foal is doing OK, it's horrible to see the small ones suffering..

My little baby is almost 10 weeks now. I measured her last week at 8 1/2 weeks and she was 121cm. She's now starting to eat some hard feed (special foal feed) alongside milk. Momma Accenta was scanned last week for a heartbeat blob. So Sensi is expecting a full brother/sister next year. Very exciting! ?
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She's so big, this was her at 2 weeks old... they grow so fast ?
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Gorgeous.??

2 of my friends have had foals this week and I am getting very excited.
Day 302 and there is some udder development. She is so fat! Just trying to decide when to start bringing her in overnight. She’s out with Lottie at the moment.
 
Ambers Echo said:
Gorgeous.??

2 of my friends have had foals this week and I am getting very excited.
Day 302 and there is some udder development. She is so fat! Just trying to decide when to start bringing her in overnight. She’s out with Lottie at the moment.
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I'm trying to hold off on moving my mare to her foaling quarters as long as possible as I want to preserve her grass, but I'm probably not going to last much longer with the stress of it all! I'm obsessing over photos of udders ?
 
TheMule said:
I'm trying to hold off on moving my mare to her foaling quarters as long as possible as I want to preserve her grass, but I'm probably not going to last much longer with the stress of it all! I'm obsessing over photos of udders ?
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you know it’s getting close when your phone is full of udder photos ??

lovely foal four seasons, she can certainly move !
 
Clodagh said:
Four Seasons that’s a very smart foal. Is there a pic of mum and dad somewhere?
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This is mum, Moravita's Accenta. She's a purebred Frederiksborg.
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Dad is Cassanova du Bois, a partbred Welsh/German riding pony
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TheMule said:
I'm trying to hold off on moving my mare to her foaling quarters as long as possible as I want to preserve her grass, but I'm probably not going to last much longer with the stress of it all! I'm obsessing over photos of udders ?
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I know the feeling ? Patience is running thin...
 
Gorgeous foals, and for those of you waiting for them to drop, I’m already waiting for mine and we haven’t even inseminated yet! Oh dear lol. Will have to get my foal fix from this thread!
 
Ahrena said:
We have a baby! Born last night at 21:40!!!
It got a bit scary as Lexi was very agitated Sunday night/Monday but nothing progressed so we called the vet. They scanned her and found one of his front legs was tucked under him so we decamped to the equine hospital incase he didn’t righten himself before birth. All turned out to be fine, her waters broke at 21:30 and he was out 10 minutes later!

I’ve totally confused myself on his colour; dad is buckskin. I can’t see any obvious signs that he’ll grey out but he has a very defined dorsal stripe so I thought he must be some kind of buckskin despite being so dark. But then I read foals are often born with primitive markings? So now I’m clueless, although I don’t really care as he is perfect. Lexi is being a very over protective mum. I’ve called him Pesto, his proper name will be Sunday Justice.
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foal camo :)
I’m a bit torn on whether he is hyperpigmented enough to indicate that he will grey (usually said if they are born looking more like an adult colour = grey)
 
325 days, foaling box is all cleared out and bedded down, foaling paddock is fenced and has loads of grass, vet just been and done jabs and she's wormed (not without a battle ?) so now it's just a waiting game. Udder isn’t looking ready so I'm trying not to get too keen yet.

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Well, that was a bit of a surprise!
I barely managed to squeeze out a drop to test last night and it was 7.4 so nowhere near and clearly no milk in yet, but she was pacing and restless at 8.30 so I went and stayed the night anyway. Quite restless in the night and at 3.45am I work to her on the floor pushing! (Right under the sodding fence, of course ?)

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So now I have an absolutely cracking filly who did everything she's supposed to in record time ?

Opposition Bombshell x Marcolas G x Abergwiffy

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TheMule said:
Well, that was a bit of a surprise!
I barely managed to squeeze out a drop to test last night and it was 7.4 so nowhere near and clearly no milk in yet, but she was pacing and restless at 8.30 so I went and stayed the night anyway. Quite restless in the night and at 3.45am I work to her on the floor pushing! (Right under the sodding fence, of course ?)

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So now I have an absolutely cracking filly who did everything she's supposed to in record time ?

Opposition Bombshell x Marcolas G x Abergwiffy

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What a stunning perfect foal.
 
She clearly noticed you'd nested for her and felt ready.
Might just be she's a bit wet but I'll eat my hat if she doesn't grey out hyperpigmentation like that.
TheMule said:
Thank you! I'm just a bit stunned to be honest- she has a beautiful face and 4 perfect white socks. I'm not sure if she will go grey, I'm hoping not ?
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