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Thank you so much for all your words of kindness. I know this situation is not typical, I just wanted that reassurance that it has happened to other breeders before. That we did every thing we could do. I'm sorry if I've caused worry in those of you waiting for your first foals. I can see how...

I have some extremely sad news to report. Vickie went into labor this morning around 4 am. She wasn't making progress and it appeared she had a malpresentation so we called out the vet. The foal was already dead, and completely transverse, with his back to the vaginal opening. To make matters...

Update 2/27/13 We have started using pool water Ph strips, what is everyone's opinion on this? Also, there seems to be more than one ratio to use. Some say 1 ml milk and 6 ml distilled water, others say 3 ml milk and 5 ml water for mini's. Also, I can't find a thing on how red or purple the...

Good morning Aunties! Thank you for your help! Vickies tail head is the only bony part on her. They've definitely been eating a LOT more lately! we are so excited, we got our barn camera up. We bought a Lerox security camera off Ebay for $100.00 and it works fabulously. The girls are so...

Hello all! We have a nasty storm coming and spent the day insulating the foaling stalls and sealing cracks etc. We are working on installing our barn cam too and hopefully we can foal watch from the house (fingers crossed!) Here is Vickie today, bag about the same, but her tail head feels very...

Thank you all for the words of welcome. I was just reading back through my posts, I forgot to mention that the girls also get about 25% alfalfa added to their diets. Tonight, I squirted milk into a container from Vickie, and it's still a thin pale white color, but definitely white. Her tail head...

Also, Pearl, the mother of the deceased foal, had no bag at all the night before and is estimated to have given birth at about 4 am, her milk must have com ein with delivery? The night before, she had two tiny little teats and a hint of skin flap.

The girls have free choice Orchard Grass/Timothy mix, Dumor mare and foal feed, a little beet pulp and free choice minerals. They are all at good weights. I have Vickie and Midnight inside, in the two fully enclosed stalls with heat lamps and thick straw, but it's still so cold. We are working...

We're just so concerned, we want to make sure we don't lose another, if possible. Losing this little filly was devastating for all of us. Here is Babydoll, due sometime next month (I think, but we have a sheisty stallion).

Here is Midnight, she is the sister to the mare that had a stillborn foal a few days ago. It's our belief she was bred about the same time. The first pic is the foal we lost, mama had no signs of labor, just came down to the barn in the morning to a dead foal. Midnight would not stand still for...

Thank you guys so much! I kinda figured after doing some research that I was going to have to start over. As for Vickie, her milk was milky yesterday, now today her bag has gone down, and it's more opaque??? Her tail head is pretty firm, inside of vulva is pink. I tried to get an udder shot...

So, even if the vulva being pale pink if the milk is white she is close? I have been checking her vulva every few hours. By the way, my employer, who is also my friend, is right here every step of the way on this forum! ;-)

The first pic is Vickie, our youngest mare, taken last summer. Second pic is the stallion, who is quite crafty when it comes to breeding mares.

Hello everyone, I'm so happy to be able to join this forum. I've been lurking for quite some time and enjoy reading everyone's posts. I've been breeding horses for over a decade, but this is my very first year with miniature horses. I work for a small breeding operation as ranch manager. When...