Darla's official foaling thread.

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They sound like a screaming girl?? yuck.
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Yes, it's quite creepy. On a quiet fall or winter night when the air is real clear, they like to get going and where my house sits, the sound echos all around. Freaks my dogs out but the horses are completely not impressed.
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I'm bummed I missed the performance by your daughter Jess, LOL!
 
I think they sound like old ladies moaning...really is creepy! I just got the camera logged on at work....it looks terrible. I have to run a few calls this morning..will go by and fix it!
 
It's so amazing to see Darla now, then when you come in her stall. she looks like a HUGE horse, then you come in, and it almost looks like a carnival mirror.
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She's instantly small again. That must be some GREAT confirmation she has
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Oh Darla no foal
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I was sure youd have your new baby by the time i got back today..at least im back in the run to get to watch again
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She certainly looks more settled than she did a couple of days ago.
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Still not too happy on her feet though - how does she move when she's outside Jess, is she still slow or pretty active? It is perfectly possible to have a touch of laminitis without having heat in the feet, and she is pretty shifty footed when in her stable, plus her continual chewing and yawning can indicate pain of some sort. Mares can get an unexpected attack of laminitis close to foaling/at actual foaling, not sure what causes it, but it is not necessarily food related. She also seems to be flucuating somewhat in her temperature, but have no idea what this means or could indicate, if anything?

Hope she will have her foal before too long, then she can relax and take things easy again, bless her.
 
Darla looks unsettled again, lots of yawning and lifting her feet. I wander if you could get her looked at by a vet Jessi just to be safe. Jmho
 
it has been a crazy day at work and i have been away from my desk for most of the day...so glad that d was boring to watch today! Her hooves are being trimmed today. Lets see if that helps. She actually moves very well in the pasture. There are also tons of flies in the barn, and I noticed that (even tho i put fly spray on her) there seem to be ALOT getting on her legs. I am wondering if that has something to do with it? Maybe she is just trying to get the flies off? I bought two more fly traps today and am planning to put them in her stall this afternoon. If those two things dont help then I will def. have the vet come out and check!
 
Afternoon udder pic. Temp 99.3. Ph has dropped a little!

o...and darla is out until in the pasture for a while!

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Definite changes!! Yay

The flies could be part of your prob! What sort of fly spray do you use?? Strange question everyone... Would flay spray on the mare hurt the foal if it was "sucking" mum tummy n such?? Just thought of it as I put fly spray on my ponies when they get bad too... Sorry Jess should have put it on my thread :s
 
No prob cass! I have the dumor fly spray. It seems to do ok when i first put it on, but wears off really quickly. I alway wipe her udder off with a baby wipe after i spray her. The flies are HORRIBLE. I spray it on a face brush and put it on her face. I hate to see flies around her eyes.
 
Ah Jess, it could well be the flies - on the other hand, do you still have flies around at nights, because it was her seeming to be having foot problems during that very restless night, that caused some of us to think laminitis.

How was she while having her feet trimmed, did she appear uncomfortable at all when standing on one of her front legs while the other was being trimmed - and how were her back ones?

Her udder's looking good - she's progressing.
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I'd guess at the moment that it is a race between Darla and Rivain, I hope they foal soon!

On the fox issue we have them around here, we've even seen on big mature one tracking across the paddocks
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That said after being near murdered by my large appaloosa gelding it seems to have learnt to stay out of the occupied paddocks. I have a mare running with my in foal girls who will happily stomp whatever comes into the paddock when there is a foal around, if a fox approached a foaling mare then my money would be on my cranky mare. But it is one of the other reasons I like to be there when foaling, just in case.
 
Darla is out of her stall now. Hope her trimming goes/went well.

It's been crazy around here today so I am glad nothing serious was going on with any of the horses. I had the cams up and Darla was yawning looking uncomfortable a bit still but not as bad as before.

Now to catch up on the others
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Trimming went well. Her hooves are very dry and very hard. He told me to start using hooflex. She has shed the frogs of both front feet and they are tender where it is growing back....so i think maybe a combonation of that and the flies. in about 2hours my fly trap has caught about 100 flies! I took some cute new pics of D this afternoon. Will post a few later!
 
I'd guess at the moment that it is a race between Darla and Rivain, I hope they foal soon!

On the fox issue we have them around here, we've even seen on big mature one tracking across the paddocks
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That said after being near murdered by my large appaloosa gelding it seems to have learnt to stay out of the occupied paddocks. I have a mare running with my in foal girls who will happily stomp whatever comes into the paddock when there is a foal around, if a fox approached a foaling mare then my money would be on my cranky mare. But it is one of the other reasons I like to be there when foaling, just in case.
Can anyone post Rivain's marestare link?
 
Rivain's not on marestare since she's foaling out in the paddock. She's on my 'Marlanoc Foal Thread' though with lots of pictures.
 
yeah Kara, we have tried but not succeeded with Bree going on marestare LOL
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oh well maybe next year hey Bree?! LOL

glad Darla was such a good girl for you Jess!! the shedding frogs (LOL sorry sounds SO FUNNY!!!! )

and flies are prob whats making her antsy on her feet.... good girl Darla! won't be long now!!
 
pics from today! the last one is her udder...she was laying down. i love the booty shot. i know she is preggo, but seriously....check out the badonka donk on her!

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