Eagle
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Yeah Cassie sounds good to me, Odette foaled at 343 days 2 years ago so who knows
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cassie
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cool thanks
headed to bed now... will prob set her up on marestare next week... as I'm hoping she will start making some changes, she seemed really wide tonight... wish I had my camera with me LOL
Finn is doing well... though still a little miserable, poor baby he was trying to play with his ball a little and I have put Penny back in with them again and he was following her like always so at least he is interested in the others
goodnight/morning all headed to bed now...
Finn is doing well... though still a little miserable, poor baby he was trying to play with his ball a little and I have put Penny back in with them again and he was following her like always so at least he is interested in the others
goodnight/morning all headed to bed now...
cassie
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Thanks girls yeah he is doing well now
I have been slowly cleaning up that paddock, as I said he has been in the cattle yard unless in the stable... Yesterday I was cleaning up a lot of the weeds in there n today I'm hoping to start taking the firewood out... It's just been so hard with the rain. No excuse I know but I have been trying.
Megan: thanks for the advice on the dates
Under normal circumstances I would have penny up on cam already but because I dnt really know her dates or if she IS in foal I wanted to wait for udder development I'm hoping next week she will start bagging up... Maybe over the weekend I will set up marestare n then put her up
I have been slowly cleaning up that paddock, as I said he has been in the cattle yard unless in the stable... Yesterday I was cleaning up a lot of the weeds in there n today I'm hoping to start taking the firewood out... It's just been so hard with the rain. No excuse I know but I have been trying.
Megan: thanks for the advice on the dates
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I expect little Finn's tummy is still feeling a bit sore and out of sorts, so hopefully another day or two will see him completely recovered.
Oh and dont forget the moist food/grass for Penny as well, coz she needs it as she gets closer to foaling.
Oh and dont forget the moist food/grass for Penny as well, coz she needs it as she gets closer to foaling.
cassie
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Thanks Anna, going to let them into a new part of the cattle yard today that has lots of nice grass
How far in advance to foaling do you start giving the mares moist food and hay? I don't know how well the grass will be in by the time Laney is getting close so I will probably give her hay as well- so should I make it damp? Do you just spray it down a few minutes before feeding?
Eagle
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I don't know how the others do it but I can't wet hay here as it is way too cold and the hay would freeze but I feed soaked beet with their grain and I also give them a few carrots each meal which are moist too.
bannerminis
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I havent been posting much lately as there just arent enough hrs in the day but I do tune in to check up on the different ladies.
So delighted that you might be getting another baby soon.
Will have everything crossed for you and Penny.
She reminds me of how Slaney looked last yr. Slaney went from looking like she was having twins to hardly looking pregnant. Funny these mares lol
So delighted that you might be getting another baby soon.
Will have everything crossed for you and Penny.
She reminds me of how Slaney looked last yr. Slaney went from looking like she was having twins to hardly looking pregnant. Funny these mares lol
cassie
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Hi Karina!!!
have missed you my friend how have you been?
lol obviously busy by the sounds of it... have you got any babies due this year?
Thanks, yeah I am very excited too!! especially after seeing some of the cute babies already born this year!!
oh really? yeah these mares like to keep us on our toes LOL
Thanks for the reminder about soaking the feed... lol will start that again tonight... (although our grass is wet enough already we don't really need it LOL
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Penny has quite a pregnant look about her today... lol don't know if she stuffed herself on grass overnight or if baby is getting bigger and moving around hoping for the second LOL
she was quite relaxed behind today too... nothing really happening with the udder... but her teats are back together again, what do you think that means???
lol (could it be that her udder might make little changes like that before she starts bagging up?? lol I still have no clue
lol obviously busy by the sounds of it... have you got any babies due this year?
Thanks, yeah I am very excited too!! especially after seeing some of the cute babies already born this year!!
oh really? yeah these mares like to keep us on our toes LOL
Thanks for the reminder about soaking the feed... lol will start that again tonight... (although our grass is wet enough already we don't really need it LOL
Penny has quite a pregnant look about her today... lol don't know if she stuffed herself on grass overnight or if baby is getting bigger and moving around hoping for the second LOL
she was quite relaxed behind today too... nothing really happening with the udder... but her teats are back together again, what do you think that means???
bannerminis
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I am well Thank You Cassie just really busy. The day is just all go. I dont tend to turn on the computer now till around 5 in the evening.
Shimmer and Slaney should be due their foals the end of June early July. So my babies are a while off yet. BUT I do have one big surprise to announce in April. Cant say anything yet as I dont want to jinx it but its of the 4 legged variety
Just thought I would show you a couple of pics of Slaney.
Slaney at 314 days
Cant remember exactly when this was taken (would have to check the photo file but too lazy lol) but it was a couple of wks later
And 347 days (she nearly drove me mad going 17 days over)
Not sure what to make of her udder. Some mares can just spring over night. One minute there is nothing to get excited about and the next they walk spread legged behind because they have ****ies
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Fingers crossed she makes more progress soon and starts a bigger spring.
Shimmer and Slaney should be due their foals the end of June early July. So my babies are a while off yet. BUT I do have one big surprise to announce in April. Cant say anything yet as I dont want to jinx it but its of the 4 legged variety
Just thought I would show you a couple of pics of Slaney.
Slaney at 314 days
Cant remember exactly when this was taken (would have to check the photo file but too lazy lol) but it was a couple of wks later
And 347 days (she nearly drove me mad going 17 days over)
Not sure what to make of her udder. Some mares can just spring over night. One minute there is nothing to get excited about and the next they walk spread legged behind because they have ****ies
Fingers crossed she makes more progress soon and starts a bigger spring.
Hi Karina - great to hear from you! Hope all is well with you and the family, and with your furkids of course.
Megan, there is no need to damp down your hay, as long as it is reasonably soft and leafy Laney will be fine. Also Laney is getting plenty of exercise - lots of walking in your large paddock whilst grazing. Even if your grass is not that good at least she has access to it and it really wont be very long now before the Spring growth starts to appear.
You could add soaked sugar beet to her feed - just a little at a time if she hasn't had it before as it often takes them a little while to like the taste. BUT be sure to stop the sugar beet once the foal is born if there is any chance the foal might get at Laney's feed bowl - sugar beet is not good for very young foals. You will be increasing Laney's food slowly as she gets nearer to foaling, and once she has foaled you can push it up a little more to replace the sugar beet. Also from now on make sure that when she is in her stable overnight, she has her hay ad lib as she needs to be able to graze throughout the night on the hay, just as she would be doing if she was outside eating grass.
For optimum wellbeing horses need to 'graze' 20-21 hours out of the 24 and they dont 'over eat'! They get fat due to the 'quality' of what they are eating - too much lush grass or hard feed - PLUS lack of exercise. Horses are made to cover long distances either moving slowly as they graze or travelling several miles at speed if startled or frightened. Stallions use energy covering the mares and keeping watch over the herd. Youngsters race around playing. The mares use up most of the goodness in their food by carrying and feeding their foals.
Of course most of us cannot keep their horses under the above regime, even if we wanted to, but it doesn't hurt to remember the general rules of 'trickle' feeding plus as much space and freedom as we can give.
So remember plenty of hay for Laney at night and split her other feeds into at least 3 per day as you increase the amount/add sugar beet etc. Dont worry if she gains a little weight, she is 'feeding' a foal who is now growing fast, plus she needs to make milk for the foal, plus she need to build her own 'strength' for the actual act of foaling. then when all those things are done, she has got to provide food for her new baby for several months after it is born. She's a walking miracle!!
Megan, there is no need to damp down your hay, as long as it is reasonably soft and leafy Laney will be fine. Also Laney is getting plenty of exercise - lots of walking in your large paddock whilst grazing. Even if your grass is not that good at least she has access to it and it really wont be very long now before the Spring growth starts to appear.
You could add soaked sugar beet to her feed - just a little at a time if she hasn't had it before as it often takes them a little while to like the taste. BUT be sure to stop the sugar beet once the foal is born if there is any chance the foal might get at Laney's feed bowl - sugar beet is not good for very young foals. You will be increasing Laney's food slowly as she gets nearer to foaling, and once she has foaled you can push it up a little more to replace the sugar beet. Also from now on make sure that when she is in her stable overnight, she has her hay ad lib as she needs to be able to graze throughout the night on the hay, just as she would be doing if she was outside eating grass.
For optimum wellbeing horses need to 'graze' 20-21 hours out of the 24 and they dont 'over eat'! They get fat due to the 'quality' of what they are eating - too much lush grass or hard feed - PLUS lack of exercise. Horses are made to cover long distances either moving slowly as they graze or travelling several miles at speed if startled or frightened. Stallions use energy covering the mares and keeping watch over the herd. Youngsters race around playing. The mares use up most of the goodness in their food by carrying and feeding their foals.
Of course most of us cannot keep their horses under the above regime, even if we wanted to, but it doesn't hurt to remember the general rules of 'trickle' feeding plus as much space and freedom as we can give.
So remember plenty of hay for Laney at night and split her other feeds into at least 3 per day as you increase the amount/add sugar beet etc. Dont worry if she gains a little weight, she is 'feeding' a foal who is now growing fast, plus she needs to make milk for the foal, plus she need to build her own 'strength' for the actual act of foaling. then when all those things are done, she has got to provide food for her new baby for several months after it is born. She's a walking miracle!!
Oh Karina those pictures of Slaney are great - she's such a pretty girl.
Can we see some of Shimmer too - perhaps at about the same distance from foaling as Slaney was?
Are you sure you wouldn't like to give us a little tiny hint about your 'suprise'. PLEASE!
Can we see some of Shimmer too - perhaps at about the same distance from foaling as Slaney was?
Are you sure you wouldn't like to give us a little tiny hint about your 'suprise'. PLEASE!
cassie
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WOW Karina thanks for the pics
she did stay quite small, I remember your pics from the year before... she was HUGE!!!
lol
oh yes please can we see some pics of them of present?? and their babies hehe you can post them on here as Penny isn't doing to much at present LOL
regarding the udder, her previous owner said that she bags up 1-2 weeks before... so I guess she is on track, but I would feel better if she would start bagging up LOL but I guess we all feel that way when it comes to mares
she did stay quite small, I remember your pics from the year before... she was HUGE!!!
oh yes please can we see some pics of them of present?? and their babies hehe you can post them on here as Penny isn't doing to much at present LOL
regarding the udder, her previous owner said that she bags up 1-2 weeks before... so I guess she is on track, but I would feel better if she would start bagging up LOL but I guess we all feel that way when it comes to mares
Eagle
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Hi Karina and welcome back
Come on, we need an update of your world
bannerminis
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All well here on this side of the water. Although kids seem to be like a petri dish and have been passing sickness back and forth
Hopefully with spring in the air that they will stay free of any complaints and life can be a bit more normal again.
I miss not getting to do the marestare but might make more of an effort and watch of an evening.
Going to Kenmare next week for a few days with the kids so fingers crossed the weather will be mostly dry.
My ladies are all fat and hairy but not due till the end of June so I will be like the green eyed monster watching everyones foals and waiting for mine to arrive
I hope to clip Buck in a few wks but he is a hairy dirt ball at the moment and near impossible to get a pic as he is always moving towards me you will have to wait for a pic of him.
Tilly is the BIGGEST DIVA and I know is going to be a total madam once she comes in for show training. She has an attitude that just amazes me.
This pic I think was taken in November at some stage
As requested here are a couple of pics of Shimmer
Shimmer around 300 days
Shimmer 307 days
And the day she foaled 327 days
Her udder the day she foaled
Hopefully with spring in the air that they will stay free of any complaints and life can be a bit more normal again.
I miss not getting to do the marestare but might make more of an effort and watch of an evening.
Going to Kenmare next week for a few days with the kids so fingers crossed the weather will be mostly dry.
My ladies are all fat and hairy but not due till the end of June so I will be like the green eyed monster watching everyones foals and waiting for mine to arrive
I hope to clip Buck in a few wks but he is a hairy dirt ball at the moment and near impossible to get a pic as he is always moving towards me you will have to wait for a pic of him.
Tilly is the BIGGEST DIVA and I know is going to be a total madam once she comes in for show training. She has an attitude that just amazes me.
This pic I think was taken in November at some stage
As requested here are a couple of pics of Shimmer
Shimmer around 300 days
Shimmer 307 days
And the day she foaled 327 days
Her udder the day she foaled
cassie
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Wow thanks for the pics karina
I forgot how gorgeous shimmer was!! Please update us with how your little diva goes in the sown ring
very exciting!!!
Still not much progress on penny, I so wish she would start bagging up for me... I hate this waiting not knowing if she is or not... At least with Suzie I knew she was n could feel definite movements lol but everything is so up in the air with penny
I dnt know what to do...She seems softer around her tail set... So at least that's something... Right? Lol come on penny!!
Still not much progress on penny, I so wish she would start bagging up for me... I hate this waiting not knowing if she is or not... At least with Suzie I knew she was n could feel definite movements lol but everything is so up in the air with penny
Thanks for the pictures Karina - Tilly is just gorgeous and yes, she does have that 'look at me' attitude! Shimmer looks great and you can really see the changes in her tummy as she approached foaling.
I love your girls, they always look so well and healthy - must be all that Irish Green Grass (plus of course your care and attention)
Hope you enjoy your few days away, maybe it will help the kiddies lose their dreaded lurgies and set them up for a healthy stint for the rest of the year. But try to relax and get some rest yourself!
I love your girls, they always look so well and healthy - must be all that Irish Green Grass (plus of course your care and attention)
Hope you enjoy your few days away, maybe it will help the kiddies lose their dreaded lurgies and set them up for a healthy stint for the rest of the year. But try to relax and get some rest yourself!
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Still not much progress on penny, I so wish she would start bagging up for me... I hate this waiting not knowing if she is or not... At least with Suzie I knew she was n could feel definite movements lol but everything is so up in the air with pennyI dnt know what to do...She seems softer around her tail set... So at least that's something... Right? Lol come on penny!!
I know how you feel Cassie, I'm right there with you
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