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I literally have no idea! She was “a yearling that had never been around a stud” so basically I’m just figuring her due date is between now and September 😅

While I’m definitely not experienced when it comes to foaling (I’m expecting my first and most likely last foal!) her udder does look suspicious to me. BUT I have a full sized Pintaloosa rescue that looked pregnant in the belly (she was even lopsided), rather large udder, had the vet out and she...

So excited for all these babies! My little one is driving me crazy and I don’t think she’s even that close yet lol

Taz: Aww poor little soul, I’m glad she’s all fixed up now! A friend of mine did the clipping and it took a good while to even get it to the stage it’s at! She’s not a show pony or anything so it was more for her comfort than anything given that the weather was warming up faster than her winter...

I don’t have a camera up yet, I was going to sort that “closer to the time” but I will likely sort it soon as with her being a maiden mare, she could trick me as to how ready she actually is! I got her on September 20th so she has to be coming up to 9 months at minimum as I know she did not get...

Taz, as frustrating as this whole process is for you, your experience is giving me some comfort! My little girl seemed like she was starting to get puffy in front of her teats about a month ago, so I took that to possibly be the beginnings of an udder and have been monitoring it. But since then...

Her teats look fuller in the second picture for sure!

Aww he’s so cute!! Congratulations! So happy everything went well :)

I hope you both have safe deliveries of healthy foals, and that you don’t have to wait much longer! We may have the beginnings of some udder development happening, so in a month or so I’ll probably be in the same boat you ladies are!

Hi Sandra! There’s lots of really useful information pinned at the top of this forum. I too am expecting my first foal so hopefully we all go through this together with happy, healthy mamas and foals at the end of it all! I found this video to be really informative While I myself don’t have any...

I have to agree with Taz, while I’m inexperienced, your girl does look to have the bulge on the one side that my girl has. And yes that’s understandable about the vet, but good that you’re prepared in case some babies should start popping out! For a bit of fun you could do the ring on the string...

Thank you for your reply Maryann. I’ve been keeping an eye on her back end too given that udder development isn’t always a given in maidens. I just wish we had a better idea how far along she is! So far she’s still good and firm around her tail and there doesn’t seem to be any elongation of her...

Aww sounds like they’re in a good home with you now. I don’t know about the safety of older horses in foal as I’m not experienced one little bit when it comes to breeding! Rosie (the one in the picture) was confirmed in foal last month and this will be my first foal, and most likely last! (I...

Lol that made me chuckle as it is exactly the kind of thing I would do! With the picture from behind, you could try standing quite far back, crouch right down to her level and take the photo like that. Then you can crop it so it’s easier to see. Something like this angle... Then you can see...

Hi everyone! I know this forum is full of very experienced and knowledgeable people, so I’m hoping someone will be able to help me out. As some of you may know, I have a mini maiden mare that I picked up at auction last September, and she was confirmed in foal last month. As the vet didn’t have...

Hoping you have a safe delivery of a healthy foal! It was such a wonderful and educational experience watching Belle foal so fingers crossed I get to see this girl foal too!

Hopefully she doesn’t hold out on you too much longer!

Any updates Elizabeth? The first thing my 7 year old said to me this morning was “Did Belle have her baby? I need to check on her” lol

Well in true Manitoba style, the lovely spring weather we were having has changed into a blizzard so Rosie looks like a drowned rat! Why they insist on being outside in a snow storm when they have access to a barn never ceases to amaze me. However, her winter fluff was flattened down a lot so we...

Absolutely, I’ll take some pics this evening and post them. I wish I had looked at her udders back when we first got her so that I could compare, but I guess that fluffy picture will have to be the starting point lol