nnadams
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I decided to use the test strips to see how accurate they are in predicting the foaling time. I had been to www.crayonboxminiatures.com and www.scottcreek.com websites studying their pages on instructions in testing the mares milk with pool test strips.
[SIZE=12pt][/size]WOW!
Very accurate for my first mare! [/SIZE]
She had been testing fairly high in calcium between 500 - 1000 for a little over a week, but still fairly high in pH at around 7. Finally when I tested her milk last night, the calcium was about the same, but the pH suddenly dropped to 6.2! After posting on the forum, Kim from Crayonbox Miniatures advised me to "watch her like a hawk". By 9:30 PM last night, I was afraid to leave my mare, so I just sat outside her stall for 3 hours until she foaled at 12:30 AM. Everything went like clockwork and my 29" black mare foaled with no problems. She was bred to my 30" silver bay pinto. The result is a precious, tiny bay colt.
He will be AMHA/AMHR and has heavy Bond breeding. He has a 5 3/4" canon bone and is approx. 16" tall. It stormed all day until this afternoon. Here are a few pictures I took of him before it got to dark this evening:
My daughter put him to sleep tonight:
[SIZE=12pt][/size]WOW!
She had been testing fairly high in calcium between 500 - 1000 for a little over a week, but still fairly high in pH at around 7. Finally when I tested her milk last night, the calcium was about the same, but the pH suddenly dropped to 6.2! After posting on the forum, Kim from Crayonbox Miniatures advised me to "watch her like a hawk". By 9:30 PM last night, I was afraid to leave my mare, so I just sat outside her stall for 3 hours until she foaled at 12:30 AM. Everything went like clockwork and my 29" black mare foaled with no problems. She was bred to my 30" silver bay pinto. The result is a precious, tiny bay colt.
My daughter put him to sleep tonight:
