Foal Monday

[PurBee]

All a rainy dreary day needs is some foal pics to cheer us all up….cuteness overload - sooo gorgeous! ?

 

[Abi90]

Oh god I’m a bad horse mum already. He still has his shoe on but stud said he would be fine in a small paddock (which he’s in) as before they had their pen their farrier had them out in small paddocks

My farrier spoke to their farrier who said the pen was fine but paddocks are too bumpy. So tomorrow he’s in the trailer the mile up the road to the yard to be in indefinitely.

minor hiccough

 

[Abi90]

Moved back into “wonky prison” as I’m now calling it!

Travelled in a trailer, picked all 4 feet up and had a headcollar on for the first time I totally love him. He’s so chilled out.

He also said hello to the children and he loved them

 

[DabDab]

He's scrumptious Abi

 

[Abi90]

He's scrumptious Abi

Thank you. I’m so smitten with him and it’s so lovely to have him home.

 

[Asha]

He’s really grown ! Going to be a tall lad , a very handsome tall lad ?

 

[Jeni the dragon]

He is just so cute! Love the lying down pictures!

 

[Abi90]

I’m rubbish at sticking to Monday but foal spam was allowed. Out in the outdoor wonky prison this afternoon for a leg stretch. He’s turning into a very smart little fella

 

[Jeni the dragon]

What a little stunner! Definitely the more pictures the better!

 

[ycbm]

Very nice!
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[SaddlePsych'D]

Aww! Every day should be foal day!

 

[Wishfilly]

Such gorgeous foals, please keep the photos coming!

 

[Asha]

We have another photo over the gate . But it does show how much she’s grown. She had her first trim yesterday and was a very good girl. My farrier keeps winding me up saying with the size of her knees she’s going to make 17.2 .. this is not an option and I’ve made it perfectly clear that she is to stop at 16.1 . Im going to try and get some action shots over the weekend . She’s got a very good buck in her so would be great to capture that . ?

 

[Asha]

I tried to get action shots , but Amara couldn’t be bothered . She was a bit too distracted with the flies . But got a couple of nice photos . 10weeks old now and shes really chunking out ?

 

[Abi90]

She is lovely and look at those lovely knees!!

 

[Asha]

She is lovely and look at those lovely knees!!

Thanks Abi90. They are big arent they. I cant believe how much bone shes put on , and even better i actually posted in the right day

 

[Abi90]

Well it’s Monday. We tried leading today. He’s alright in the field or stable but leading to/from field is problematic as he wants to be in front of Mum. Going forwards is not a problem, it’s stopping too much forward!

he slipped on the concrete going back into the stable, bounced off the wall and landed in a heap on the floor. He appears to have emerged unscathed. He’s now not talking to me, he was like “touch me if you will but I shall not enjoy it” with a real haughty expression on his face. We made up though when I found a good scratchy spot

He was not unsupervised with the headcollar on

 

[Tiddlypom]

He's absolutely lovely.

Sorry to be the one, but the electric rope fencing gives me the ab dabs. It can do so much damage with de gloving injuries and worse. There's a temptingly large gap between the strands for him to try and climb through.

 

[Abi90]

He's absolutely lovely.

Sorry to be the one, but the electric rope fencing gives me the ab dabs. It can do so much damage with de gloving injuries and worse. There's a temptingly large gap between the strands for him to try and climb through.

Yep and I would agree but he was never supposed to come back to the main yard. He should be out in a suitably fenced paddock right now but unfortunately the field shelter floor was not deemed suitably flat enough for his wonky leg so he’s back stabled.

He is only out in there for short periods whilst constantly supervised (and I do mean constantly) because I don’t trust the fencing either but don’t have much choice

ETA - I’m genuinely not being all defensive because I totally agree but he’s also never unsupervised in there

 

[Tiddlypom]

Ah ok, I see.

He's a cracker.

 

[Abi90]

Ah ok, I see.

He's a cracker.

Thank you. It’s not ideal I know but he’s stabled for 23 hours a day at the moment because of his wonky leg so it’s literally restricted supervised turnout But I cannot wait to get him to the more suitably fenced paddock

 

[Asha]

He looks really great now . He looks very straight . How long before he can go out more ?

 

[Abi90]

He looks really great now . He looks very straight . How long before he can go out more ?

Farrier is back on the 26th July and I hope then but he’s being very cautious. I’m sending him photos twice a week as he’s off work because of a hernia op. He was very pleased with this week’s progress so hoping the cuff can come off and he can go back out on the 26th. He needs to, there’s a lot of energy in the wee man

 

[Asha]

Fingers crossed for 26th . Theres nothing more bouncy than a foal that’s on box rest !

 

[Abi90]

That’s how he fell over. Bouncing into the stable and slipped. He blamed me for that, he’s inherited his mother’s ability to hold a grudge it seems

 

[milliepops]

Bless him. Hope you're able to let him have his freeeeeeeeedom soon ?

 

[Apercrumbie]

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Thank you so much for posting, I love seeing them each week.

Feel free to ignore a potentially de-railing question, but I've always wondered why the advice for wonky foal legs is to restrict movement? I'm not questioning expert advice, I would just genuinely like to understand the theory/logic behind it.

 

[Abi90]

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. Thank you so much for posting, I love seeing them each week.

Feel free to ignore a potentially de-railing question, but I've always wondered why the advice for wonky foal legs is to restrict movement? I'm not questioning expert advice, I would just genuinely like to understand the theory/logic behind it.

I’m not 100% sure but from what my farrier was saying it’s more to do with how flat the surface is rather than the space. Rutted surfaces would cause him to roll on his foot when we want him planting it straight.

I think it’s also usually to do with tendons and soft tissues not being particularly strong but he’s as strong as an ox

 

[Abi90]

Not the best photos today as it was just too bright.

I wish they weren’t still in wonky prison. The stable is so hot and the only paddock they are allowed in has no shade. It’s worrying me but they seem fine. I have seen Percy drink loads, both milk and water so he’s taking enough on board

 

[Asha]

Sorry I’m late ! But had hoped to have some nice photos from the grading this morning , but as it was getting warmer we didn’t hang around . They did have a photographer there so will hopefully get some soon.
It was a great first outing for the girls . Nice , quiet and very low key . They both behaved impeccably .
Aria ( mum ) graded into the main stud book and Amara graded . We wont get the actual scores / comments for a few days as they have to go to HO for double checking apparently. Photo was taken at home just before we turned them out . Very proud of them both