Darla's official foaling thread.

[jessj]

will see if there is enough light to take udder pic when I look at her vulva!

ps. this is everyones official warning. I am wearing pajama pants and an old t shirt, my hair is in a pony tail and i have on NO MAKEUP. There will be no taking pics of this to share on facebook!

 

[jessj]

That is the momma hen to the youngest chicks...and she is very aggressive when it comes to food! Darla has actually pawed her for being in the food dish! Her and the chicks sleep in D's stall sometimes and she doesnt mind...as long as they arent too close to her dinner!

 

[cassie]

haha no worries Jess who cares anyways lol not me, I wake up and head straight out there lol def not makeup or hair done, lol we don't mind

http://www.marestare.com/barnalarm/

here is the link! barn alarm is my best friend hehe, you just have it open in the background or minimised and when a low or high alert comes on (with any marestare horses/ donkeys ) it has a horse trotting (low alert) or horse neighing (high alert) on the barn alarm page there is a tester so you can see how it sounds, I have scared quite a few ppl by having it up n leaving my computer lol woops!! our IT guy thought there was something wrong with my computer hehe best joke EVER!! LOL

 

[jessj]

a...my desktop doesnt have sound!!! If yall see ANYTHING CALL ME!!!

 

[cassie]

oh how frustrating!!! can you get some cheap usb speakers to put in?? they work perfectly!!

 

[jessj]

Is there a way to put a message on darla's camera page that says my barn alarm doesnt work so please call me ??

 

[cassie]

send an email to Heather. I'm sure she can put something up for you!

 

[anyssapark]

Yay!

Hello miss Darla

I see you

Ill be watching when im infront of my computer Jess.

Interesting about the discharge. Do you mean from her vulva or her udder? (Im assuming vulva?)

 

[jessj]

Discharge was from vulva. There was a alot of it when I brought her in. When is checked again just now I didnt see quite as much, but when i tried to check the color inside the vulva it was (i dont know how to describe this) almost like the discharge is sticky and it was a little harder to open...does that make sense? Inside vulva is still light pink.

 

[anyssapark]

Darla has had her check over, finished her dinner, and straight to laying down sternal while the chickens to the dishes

 

[cassie]

hmmm, could it be the mucous plug? I have no idea but these lovely breeders will

haha oh how cute!!! what a good girl!

 

[anyssapark]

Hmmm... interesting.

I guess it could be the start of the mucus plug coming away, but i've never heard of it being clear before.

 

[jessj]

This discharge was clear, but when I bathed her today she had quite a bit of reddish brown discharge that I washed away.

 

[jessj]

Here is the udder pic that i took...it isnt great because i had to use the flashlight! I am also posting some pics that i took of her today. She still doesnt have a huge V. I have read that sometimes minis (especially maidens) tend to "hide" their foals...is that what's going on with her?

 

[cassie]

well, it could be it... she is down sternal. went down flat the back sternal...

 

[wingnut]

I can see her! I can see her!!!

Now, the question is: do I stay up all night and watch?

 

[LittleBittyBritches]

I see Darla! She is so beautiful! I am excited to watch, I hope I can get some sleep tongiht!

 

[cassie]

how long after they have the mucous plug do they usually foal?

Joy do you have barn alarm up? so if we hit low or high alert u can wake up and watch?

 

[anyssapark]

Was the reddish brown the same sticky consistancy as the clear is?

If so, then i HAVE had a reddish/brown mucous plug

 

[anyssapark]

The mares that i have had foal that i have seen a mucous plug on have foaled within 24 hours, but i do know that some mares can go upto 5-6 days.

Have you ever checked out the crayonbox minis site? They have great foaling signs info on htere, and they have a pic of a mucous plug. Is this similar to what Darla had? (Although i could have dried by the time you found it i guess)

http://www.crayonboxminiatures.com/Foalingsigns.html