Belle 2021

[Laura&HerMinis]

Okay so obviously her udder is still tiny. But it’s bigger than what it shrunk to after that first explosion of growth lol.

Oh yeah it does look bigger!

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Her udder is a tiny bit bigger this morning but she’s dropped a lot now. Got a decent V going.

 

[Laura&HerMinis]

Her udder is a tiny bit bigger this morning but she’s dropped a lot now. Got a decent V going.

Oooh maybe soon!! Very exciting!

 

[Cayuse]

I wonder if she'll have a black foal. I may have said this before but I hope she does ! I tried to check out the mare watcher site but my lap top wouldn't support it :-(

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Sorry it wouldn’t work for you! I’m having to do some work as I think one part may need to be replaced. These are the color possibilities! Her last foal from this same cross was a solid black TINYcolt (I included a pic of him). At 18 months he’s still under 27 inches tall.

 

[Cayuse]

He's so darn cute, are you going to show him? If Belle scoffs at black this time, tell her I'll put an order in for silver bay

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Haha will do, I’m kinda rooting for a tiny silver black tobiano filly lol. I’ve had 3 straight colts. Ready for a filly. I hope to show him next year!

 

[Willow Flats]

I've been able to see her. Just saw her biting her side.

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Made a tiny improvement in her udder last night. Long ways to go still.

 

[Cayuse]

Just got the link to work but she must be outside, I saw a bit of a tail swishing through a gap in the stall.

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Great! I’ll probably bring her in in 3-4 hrs. You’re probably seeing her or her 2020 baby who is very bonded with her. Also he’s not gelded yet so I can’t throw him out with the mares lol.

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Still just tiny changes in her udder. But she sure is getting pointy right now in the belly. Never got a v last year….

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Well today is 310 since I last saw her in heat. She’s taking her sweet time though. Small fluctuations in her udder. Nothing to be excited about yet. She has been dropped a lot lately although not as much tonight. She’s also doing a fair amount of rolling trying to position the foal. Her hindquarters are very soft. You can even see how relaxed they are in the pictures. Still has control of her tail head thigh. This is very different from her last pregnancy where she had a small udder by 290 days and foaled at 345.

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Udder is a bit bigger now. Still a long ways to go but at least moving in the right direction now.

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Still having connection issues but we’re working on it daily. Belle is odd tonight. Spending a lot of time laying down. Breathing harder. She’s had some sloppy manure and foal is riding very low. Markedly reduced resistance in her tail head and more elongation. Udder still leaves a lot to be desired although it’s progressing. The foal is already giving Belle grief lol. Don’t look at pics if you’re squeamish or eating lol. But it’s helpful to track progress.
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[Capriole]

How exciting! That's a lot of possible colors!!

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Belle is still playing with me. Back and forth with her udder. Keeping me guessing if she’s actually starting to consider getting serious. Wince the last pics, her udder went back down to nothing. But back up this morning. Still a lot of udder to go. For reference, this is her foaling udder. But I’ll take it for now lol. Lets just hope she continues to progress instead of yo-yoing.

 

[Taz]

Good luck on that, They like playing mind games with us!

 

[Laura&HerMinis]

Belle is still playing with me. Back and forth with her udder. Keeping me guessing if she’s actually starting to consider getting serious. Wince the last pics, her udder went back down to nothing. But back up this morning. Still a lot of udder to go. For reference, this is her foaling udder. But I’ll take it for now lol. Lets just hope she continues to progress instead of yo-yoing.

Well I will say, you already know this but you’ve DEFINITELY got a foal there. You’re super lucky being able to know that haha Indi just keeps me guessing and guessing…I’ve not had her two weeks yet and I’m already going crazy. Her udder right now sure looks very similar to my Indi.
Belle’s definitely is more chunky but they look sorta similar

 

[elizabeth.conder]

Similar shape but Indi has not started filling yet. Look here, I brightened up your photo a bit and compiled it next to Belles