Foal Friday - 2020

[Bernster]

Loving the pics. love the mini me pic of Ollie and his mum.

 

[southerncomfort]

*sits impatiently waiting for todays pics*

 

[milliepops]

I got the cold shoulder this morning because it was worming day and she was put out with it
she's now outgrown her first headcollar. Bonkers. it was way too big when she was born even on the tinyest holes.

will see if she's cheered up later!

 

[southerncomfort]

Yes shes looking at you with deep suspicion! ?

 

[milliepops]

will have to do some leading practice this evening because only squishing the headcollar on to shove poisonous stuff in her mouth is probably not the best association with it!! she likes doing leading practice

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Dum Dum has moved up another headcollar size too. I can't for the life of me find my next size up foal head collar so he has gone into a small pony size one that only just fits him! But it does the job and he is leading about quite the thing when he wants to. When he doesn't he jist sits down! Bloody stubborn Shetland Pony! He doesn't even have to go anywhere near water or puddles now as I avoid them but if he doesn't want to come back in of an evening he just sits down and won't budge. The only way I can get him up is by pushing him over onto his side where he then has a roll, gets up and comes in quite the thing! Honestly! I have never had such an opinionated Shetland at 3.5 months old! I deal with 16hh+ racehorses every day and am being defeated by a 32" shetland foal! I measured him yesterday and he is getting bigger slowly but surely! Probably still won't make the height I want him to but we can live in hope!

We started off with having to buy him a miniature foal size head collar as my new born one was WAY too big!


Even with the mini size I had to put plaiting bands round it to make it fit ok!


Then we moved onto my usual new born one at 1.5 months old. But that really was getting to be a squeeze at 3.5months so now we have a small pony size on it's smallest ?? it should last him a while though!

 

[Bradsmum]

Thanks for the updates - it is a Friday must .

 

[ycbm]

Another groupie here
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[Laurac13]

I check in every Friday it’s lovely to see them progress even if it’s learning to sit on their bums ? x

 

[splashgirl45]

i love fridays

 

[Valadictory]

I love Foal Friday!!!

 

[milliepops]

I was forgiven for the tube of poison

cheery ponies this evening

watching the stranger danger dog walker behind the fence she's growing into her head a bit now, it went through a bit of a bumpy stage but seems to be evening out again! bless her. she's the product of 2 fairly chunky horses so I guess she will have these coarse periods.

(I think mum is beautiful tho )

 

[View]

Another Foal Friday groupie here. Wonderful to see these updates each week.

 

[SashaBabe]

Another foal Friday groupie here

 

[Surbie]

I love Foal Friday!

 

[Dizzy socks]

Yet again, late to the party. I was holding onto it instead of taking pics Friday. Farrier came to trim her toes! She wasn't too convinced but it's done now. View attachment 54162She is a pain to take pics of and the flies were horrid today. Anyone good at removing flies from pictures?

Very late, but I had a go at doing one of the other photos

Edit - I'm going to have to resize the file actually.

 

[Snow Falcon]

That is fab. Thank you ?

 

[J&S]

Salty does have a very refined head. Hera will be noble!

 

[milliepops]

Haha yeah noble sounds better than coarse! OH says she's fugly ? I can only think its because he doesn't see her beautiful personality shining through ?

 

[lme]

Late as usual. Oz is such an odd colour atm.

 

[milliepops]

she was 100 days old yesterday nearly grown out her birth hooves due another trim this weekend.

 

[milliepops]

it's interesting scrolling back on these threads, even last week she still had lots of light coloured fluff on her legs. I thought last night she looked pretty smart with her black points and hadn't twigged they've only just appeared!

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

it's interesting scrolling back on these threads, even last week she still had lots of light coloured fluff on her legs. I thought last night she looked pretty smart with her black points and hadn't twigged they've only just appeared!

That's the joy of keeping a week by week diary - you don't always see the changes day to day but they change so much so quickly!

Except for Dum Dum ... he still likes climbing on his mother! And you still can't get a half decent pic as he is so in your face ... but he is growing up and out slowly but surely!



The second I crouch down to get a pic where he is standing nicely he comes charging over! And this is the end result!

 

[milliepops]

haha, I have the same problem, crouch down.... HI SCRATCH MEEEEEEE

 

[Bradsmum]

MP I was going to comment last week on her black points. Seems like they just appeared! Gotta luv Dum Dum, what a character.

 

[McFluff]

Love, love, love this thread.
Thank you all for sharing your foals journeys with us.

 

[Snow Falcon]

Madam and friends have been let into the other field which they were extremely happy about!

 

[Bradsmum]

Lovely pics. Love the fact the foals are exploring while the mare grazes

 

[Errin Paddywack]

MP, hasn't she got lovely straight legs, no sign of any deviation of any sort, just gorgeous.

 

[milliepops]

MP, hasn't she got lovely straight legs, no sign of any deviation of any sort, just gorgeous.

yup, best pins of all my gang I reckon! she was quite lax behind when she was born particularly on the white leg but she seems nice and strong now