JJS
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I will do. My camera roll is now nothing but Mary and her body parts from various angles!
Fat or in foal
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I will do. My camera roll is now nothing but Mary and her body parts from various angles!
Peregrine Falcon
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You may also notice the mucus plug coming away. Jelly like substance.
JJS
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I've already told M that if she does decide to spring a surprise foalie on me, the very least she can do is oblige me with a filly!
Equi
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See the worst thing you could have said is that! I wanted a buckskin colt, got a bay filly! My entire being is saying i want a bay filly for my next due foal from same couple
My current due, i want a buckskin or pally colt again but ill get a god damn chestnut filly i just know it lol
Queenbee
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I am loving this thread - following with interest - can't wait to see what you get!!
Equi
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It will be a colt who is the spit of mum, i feel it in my waters!
FfionWinnie
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I love how you've gone from 50/50 to a distinct possibility. I would say (and did from the start lol) it's a sure fire thing.
Also is she really called Mary. Immaculate conception
Also is she really called Mary. Immaculate conception
JJS
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I love how you've gone from 50/50 to a distinct possibility. I would say (and did from the start lol) it's a sure fire thing.
Also is she really called Mary. Immaculate conception
She really is called Mary! Ironic, I know!
wills_91
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The foal must be Jesus if a boy 😄
SEL
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Going to be sooooo disappointed if that's just grass in that belly!
Equi
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It will be Sarah if a filly!!!! (That was jesus sister was it not? i got kicked out of sunday school...)
suffolkmare
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Not sure Jesus had a named sister but 2 sisters who knew Jesus were Mary and Martha. Jesus had a brother called James.
My thoughts are chunky coloured filly 7 - 14 days from now! Have you altered her feed/management since starting this thread??
My thoughts are chunky coloured filly 7 - 14 days from now! Have you altered her feed/management since starting this thread??
JJS
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Not sure Jesus had a named sister but 2 sisters who knew Jesus were Mary and Martha. Jesus had a brother called James.
My thoughts are chunky coloured filly 7 - 14 days from now! Have you altered her feed/management since starting this thread??
I've moved her and my very quiet 24 year old Welshie into a seperate field adjacent to the other five, just to be on the safe side.
I've also given her a small amount of high fibre feed over the last couple of days, but until I have a definite answer from the vet, I'm wary of overloading her in case she is just fat! It's been more to distract her whilst I have a good look under her tummy than anything else, not that she really cares what you do with her. She's the sweetest, most chilled out mare you can imagine.
Doris68
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Loving this foal watch! Hope all goes well and that you get the filly you want; but as long as the little(?) one is OK, it doesn't matter does it! Good luck to Mary and you.
Equi
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Considering we dont know the stage shes at (could be a month or two off, could foal tomorrow) i would not rule out introducing a stud balancer. Its full of proteins and calcium etc for milk/bones but less calories than a mix or cube would be. Good for a growing foal, and good for a nursing mare, but if its a ghost foal mare won't founder with it! Just make sure is a balancer not a cube. I use baileys.
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Laika
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This is all very exciting. I vote for you to set up cameras so we can all watch!!!
Merrymoles
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I think I'd err on the side of feeding for a foaling mare, rather than limiting intake, until you've seen the vet.
Yes, she definitely looks in foal to me but I think what really convinces me is the lack of a "gutter" on her hindquarters which, in my experience, is the first thing to appear when cobs get fat!
Wishing you both loads of luck!
Yes, she definitely looks in foal to me but I think what really convinces me is the lack of a "gutter" on her hindquarters which, in my experience, is the first thing to appear when cobs get fat!
Wishing you both loads of luck!
Morgan123
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that made me LOL. Love it.
Also following with interest, good luck OP!
And good luck Mary!! Exciting.
eatmyshorts
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How exciting! I'm gonna be naughty & say i hope you get a mule! Still kinda in keeping with the Mary/Jesus theme!
KM-R
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How exciting!
Coblover63
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I've been checking this thread daily for updates. I'm sure I'm not the only one. How exciting!
Fidgety
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Fraggle2
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Another here that keeps coming back for news ☺
Foxy O
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I'm only putting something on here so I don't miss the big event
claracanter
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How exciting! I'm gonna be naughty & say i hope you get a mule! Still kinda in keeping with the Mary/Jesus theme!
That would be so cute. I'm another one who keeps checking in for news
JJS
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Seeing as I don't want to disappoint you all, another daily update, although not a particularly exciting one.
M hasn't changed much between today and yesterday. Shape-wise she still looks huge, although it's hard to capture just how big on camera (excuse the grass stains, she's obviously been having a good roll).
Her bag is very obvious now, although little changed from yesterday when it nearly doubled in size.
And just to show that she really isn't fat elsewhere, here's one of her topline. You can see that her spine is actually slightly protuberant, as opposed to the rain gutter that you'd expect in a fattie.
And finally a gratuitous M picture - because who else but a cob would stick their face into the huge, flapping plastic wrapper that you've just retrieved from the field to see what exciting treats it might be hiding?
M hasn't changed much between today and yesterday. Shape-wise she still looks huge, although it's hard to capture just how big on camera (excuse the grass stains, she's obviously been having a good roll).
Her bag is very obvious now, although little changed from yesterday when it nearly doubled in size.
And just to show that she really isn't fat elsewhere, here's one of her topline. You can see that her spine is actually slightly protuberant, as opposed to the rain gutter that you'd expect in a fattie.
And finally a gratuitous M picture - because who else but a cob would stick their face into the huge, flapping plastic wrapper that you've just retrieved from the field to see what exciting treats it might be hiding?
Peregrine Falcon
Looking forward to cooler days
Are you taking bets yet? Filly/colt and day? Loving seeing the pics, please keep posting them. (it may help others too to see changes)
(it may help others too to see changes)
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Any pictures of potential fathers?
JJS
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Are you taking bets yet? Filly/colt and day? Loving seeing the pics, please keep posting them.
Maybe on Monday when I know for definite. Although saying that, some people have made their bets already! We have:
Twiggy2: Coloured Colt on Sunday morning.
Biff&Buzz: Lovely, chunky filly.
Equi: Colt who's the spit of mum.
Suffolkmare: Chunky coloured filly.
I guess that makes it a free for all!
JJS
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I do have a few pictures, but seeing as they're not mine and I haven't asked the dealer who had her whether Mary could have gotten in with her stallion or not, I don't know whether it's fair to post them. He's a very nice palomino Welsh D though - unless, of course, it was a Shetland on the lorry over!
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