Marestare - Mare looks like she is in labour (?)

J&C - not offended LOL, am not looking forward to another long night, am just off out on Booby check to see if anything has waxed up. We don't mess about with them as much as they seem to marestare!
Ballyshan, we were meant to have the first foal in Newmarket but have none whatsoever, everything is crossing its legs. We even had the vet out to check the mare that is way over 340 days but she does usually carry for over a year so its all normal so far.
 
LadyRascasse said:
what is this world coming to! the poor mare is probably traumatised as she had to look at the poo for sooo long pmsl. i wish she would hurry up i am getting tired and still gotta go check my lad, don't want to leave just in case i have never seen a live birth!
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Its probs more traumatised the amout of times people come in and out of the stall!
Is her tail normal? its a bit crooked and its been bandaged up for days :(

Dont you just want to prod her and tell her to hurry up?! :p
 
After looking into this Elements Arabian I have closed the camera. I am not going to be adding to their numbers after reading about the extent of their interference, high level of foal deaths (vs. average), high levels of colic in mares post birth and their entire reasons behind breeding!!! Shocking.
 
MM&PP said:
After looking into this Elements Arabian I have closed the camera. I am not going to be adding to their numbers after reading about the extent of their interference, high level of foal deaths (vs. average), high levels of colic in mares post birth and their entire reasons behind breeding!!! Shocking.
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can you elaborate?? Just wondering where you got your info from.. - that's quite interesting!!! ( sad.. but interesting)
 
MM&PP said:
After looking into this Elements Arabian I have closed the camera. I am not going to be adding to their numbers after reading about the extent of their interference, high level of foal deaths (vs. average), high levels of colic in mares post birth and their entire reasons behind breeding!!! Shocking.
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Oh really? :eek:

I might do a bit of googling!
 
I can't understand why the owner would want to poo pick so quickly when the owner has stated on f.book that her mare is in the 1st stage of labour (since yesterday) the tail bandage has been on for nearly a day, and she has just tried to pull the mare out of her stable to pop out to graze, I always thought you should never disturb a mare showing signs of foaling as she can hold on to the foal... please correct me if I'm wrong :)
 
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im going agaisnt the grain. i admit to knowing nothing off breeding despite working at a stud for a year haha. but to me the mare looks as happy as she would coming in to foaling and shes obviously happy with her owners. i almost feel like people are looking for problems sometimes. to me, they look like they are doing their best, staying close incase she foals and making sure everything is going okay. but hey, as i said above. i know nothing :)
 
It is preferable to leave the mare as quiet as possible until she actually breaks waters. The shy mares will tend to 'hold' on for as long as possible if they don't feel safe. I only go in minimally at night but leave their heat lamps on so that I can see them without having to turn the white lights on.
 
I've been watching all day and the arrival doesn't seem imminant .... shes not progressed at all. (If anything she looks 'less' in labour then before!)

I too would like to know where the information about inappropriate treatment is, as I'd like to check it out, and too would turn off and go against the breeders if the accusations are correct!
 
You should never disturb a mare when she goes into stage 1 labour because at this stage the mare is able to stop labour if she decides to. I never ever ever bother my mares when they are in stage 1 but I watch them like a hawk for stage 2. The moment stage 2 comes, that's when I go to them as I know that at this stage they are unable to halt labour.

As I mentioned earlier, if they could find a quieter place in their stable, well away from all the goings on then the mare might get on with it. All this mucking out after every poo isn't helping.

I've just read on marestare that they don't milk test at Elements, I assumed they did. This mare could go on like this for days at this rate. I don't know why they don't test her and then they'd have a much better idea of when the foal will make its arrival. Oh and I wish they would plait the tail and get that tail bandage off.
 
Well this has put a real downer on it.

I was very much looking forward to the birth but not so much now.
If anyone knows of any other horses on marestare due to go into labour soon and the owners are better would love to see :)
 
It certainly surprised me how busy it all is. I did think mares were supposed to be left in peace? I have watched a video of another mare foaling here and it made me feel very uncomfortable, particularly the over-keen pulling and interference. I've now done the obligatory googling, and this woman doesn't seem to have many fans!
 
Spring Feather said:
You should never disturb a mare when she goes into stage 1 labour because at this stage the mare is able to stop labour if she decides to. I never ever ever bother my mares when they are in stage 1 but I watch them like a hawk for stage 2. The moment stage 2 comes, that's when I go to them as I know that at this stage they are unable to halt labour.

As I mentioned earlier, if they could find a quieter place in their stable, well away from all the goings on then the mare might get on with it. All this mucking out after every poo isn't helping.

I've just read on marestare that they don't milk test at Elements, I assumed they did. This mare could go on like this for days at this rate. I don't know why they don't test her and then they'd have a much better idea of when the foal will make its arrival. Oh and I wish they would plait the tail and get that tail bandage off.
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Earlier they did get a sample and then held it up to the light or something - is that milk testing?
 
This is making me angry! I hate watching factory farmed horses which is why I promise myself every year I will not watch Marestare - then I get hooked.

They are in there with her every 2 minutes. Her tail's been tightly bandaged for days and did anyone see how headshy she was?

Before anyone starts, I am not claiming to be a breeding expert, but a little common sense seems to be absent from this stud.
 
I just watched the video of her foal 2 weeks ago and I've never seen a birth before and know little about breeding but I'm sure it didn't look 'right', I've now switched off Aprils camera.
 
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