Thanks my friends - she really is a cute little poppet! And I'm not ashamed to admit that, after a long phone converstaion with Cathy yesterday evening, I told her not to panic as it didn't sound as though Narcotics was likely to foal for a little while yet!! LOL!! Luckily Cathy still feels that it was her fault that Cotics' last year's foal didn't get out of the bag when born early in the field, so she kept up her close inspections. During the day she and Euros got our horse box into the middle of the barn and hooked up the electric so Cathy could use her computer while mare watching through the long nghts. And she then decided to actually shut Narcotics into her stable for the night where, up to now, she has had her door open so she can wander in for her hay or stand out in the middle corridor having a chat to Prue, Neyla and Lady (who are using the big cow pens on the opposite side of the corridor). Narcotics was not happy about having her door shut, so Cathy had to have words with her and told her in no uncertain terms that she was not going 'wandering'. She then shut up!!
After checking her over several times during the evening, looking for a puffy vulva with red colouring, Cathy phoned me again at 11pm and said 'no changes'! However she proceeded to get herself comfy in the horse box looking out over Narcotics stable instead of returning to her bed in the house. She dozed as she was not really expecting anything exciting to happen, but an hour later she woke and felt guilty about dozing instead of watching - Narcotics quietly munching her hay. So she fiddled about organising her 'bedding' along the seating in readiness for her normal 'sit up and watch out the window' position, plus getting her laptop in position. She glanced up an there was Narcotics lying down with a little foal gliding out of her rear end! LOL!!
Noted the 'last minute signs' in readiness for any future Narotics foalings - grumpy mare for 24 hours, tail a bit loose but no 'sinking' of tail head, tiny puffed area either side under tail where tail skin meets the skin at the top of the leg (either side of her anus, not her vulva), and that was it!!
Ok couple more pics from when I visited today while we had them out for an hour. Not good ones as using my phone as usual, but the sun was bright and I couldn't see what I was taking properly, also had to aim for distant shots because as soon as we got close, Narcotics had to come over to talk to us!! Hopefull Cathy will have a few better ones she can send me as she has a zoom camera! Oh andshe has already named the filly Ancaster Cocaine!!! Think I may have to object. LOL!! (but she could be called Coco?)
