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Today Fly seems to be gettting serious about being next up. she's at day 321 and her udder is huge, nipples are filling, milk is yellow, medium sticky, starting to feel oily. Buffy's at day 326, but her udder is not big enough yet, and no milk to test at all. Nellie is at day 317 and has...

I thought I'd better let you all know I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, but I've been sleeping alot trying to catch up. Buffy is at day 326 and has a decent udder and no milk to test at all. Fly at day 321 had a very large udder, but not firm and nipples not filled and milk is not...

Since Dream is my Therapy horse, there is great excitement from the special needs people who we visit about this new baby. One of them got a chance to come to the barn when Fox (the new baby) was 2 days old. Her name is also Amanda coincidentally and she adores Dream and fell in love...

To me it looks like her nipples are filling, and that seems to be too much of an udder for a non-pregnant mare. I'm the owner of Dream, the mare that took 4 days from no udder at all to full and waxing and then foaling. My girl was 350 days along when she foaled. Keep watching her, she looks...

Sorry it took me so long to get back, Ive been sleeping up a storm as I have 3 more mares coming up in a week so need to catch up fast. It seems to me that I've had about 40% of my foalings be red bags. I've got to go back and count, but it sure is close to routine here for me now. Dream went...

Udder on day 350, hard to believe 3 days ago she had no real udder at all. Milk is turning whiter, pH is about 6.4 at 430pm today. I'm guessing later on tonight.

Moving along at a rapid rate. pH went from around 7.4 this morning to 6.8 this afternoon. Milk is turning whitish and I can express a ton with each pull. BAby will do just fine for his first meal. So relieved about that. Can't wait for this stubborn little bundle .

Udder is looking lovely now, her milk is bright yellow, sticky, and oily. woo hoo. Not too long now, maybe tonight the way she's moving along. Excited to see this little one now that I know he'll/she'll have food to eat. Bring it on Dream, I'm way ready!!! Day 349. pH is ~7.5, hardness...

Woohoo, so I'm sure Dream's udder has started now! I'm so excited to know she will have milk for her baby when it decides to come. Yesterday And today, day 347

News, was doing evening udder checks and noticed that Fly's udder is starting to have the rubbery, shiny look and is very firm. So expressed some 'milk' and it was fairly sticky, so I took a sample into the house and tested it. pH is at 6.8 and hardness only 100. But it is definitely time to...

Well Diane we are creeping slowly towards a year for poor Dream. I see filling and can definitely feel it, but surely she'll go quickly at this point. LOL, wishful thinking on my part. She'll likely take another two weeks to fill completely. Here is her udder yesterday and today.

Nothing new to report today. I wonder if anyone has had a mare that never foaled? Day 345

Thanks guys. So here we are at day 344 for Dream and I 'think' she feels fuller and maybe you can see it in the pics? Here is day 339 and today 344 Meanwhile Fly is making a lovely huge udder at day 305 and Buffy is at day 314, so I've got to get Dream out of that foaling stall soon!!

Opps and a picture of little Ace.

Well as you all know I got a April Fools Colt, his name is Huybers Utopia Ace of Spades (Ace for his barn name). LB went down and had lots of contractions but nothing showed up, I went in and felt what I was pretty sure was the unbroken placenta. So I let her push 3 or 4 times more until I...

Thanks guys, I've been told 60 mls for a mini, 200-400 for a biggy. So I've begun collection already and have 15 mls saved so far and once she foals I'll get a bit extra too just to be certain.

Ok, ive been told 60 mls, so that is what I'll collect.

Oh my gosh, this is exactly what I'm hoping and praying I get from my appy mare Dream,, if she ever foals.

I've got a mare about to foal, lots of lovely colostrum. Likely will foal tonight according to pH and hardness measurements. I've also got a mare at day 343 today with no udder at all. So I'd like to save colostrum for the second mares baby just in case she doesn't make enough of her own. How...

Does anyone know how much colostrum I would need to save from Ladybug to give to Dream's foal just in case.