December photos/Equine Affaire: On Target Miniature 2012 foals

[bannerminis]

I always compare length of leg of the foals to their dams as a foals legs dont really grow anymore they just grow into them although someone told me they grow about 10% so if I look at a foals leg length compared to the dams then it does give me a general idea of possible height - not fool proof but still an idea of whats possible

 

[targetsmom]

While I think of it, I pulled some tail hairs from Bunny today (but may add to them tomorrow) to send off for color testing: LWO, splash, agouti and gray. I am sure she is silver, tobiano, and black based (Ee), so not bothering to test for those. If she is splash she must have gotten it from Buckshot, so that will save me having to test him! Some people think she might be silver black although most think silver bay, and of course she could be LWO from Mira and that is always useful to know.

 

[targetsmom]

Point of reference - here is Toffee with the 2010 filly Taffy (now a "normal 31") at about the same age as Clyde:

ETA photos of Max and Bunny with Mira, both at only a few days of age:

 

[bannerminis]

So here we go, its evening time and soon heading into night time. So are we taking bets on if Sox will foal tonight LOL

 

[Becky]

LOL Taking bets on when a mare will foal? LOLOL I might have better luck winning the lottery!

Is there a new picture of Sox' udder?

 

[targetsmom]

Sorry, I am way too tired to take any photos tonight and don't know what we would do different based on them. Unless she decided to regress... I will check at 10PM though, and let you know if there is anything major to report.

 

[targetsmom]

Bed check (after a nice nap): Could not get milk (again) but the udder feels ready to explode, it is so full and tight. Teats are full too. Plus there is a front coming in, I think tonight??? Hope she foals tonight or tomorrow night, because vet is coming Monday for rest of spring shots.

 

[bannerminis]

She does look a lot quieter tonight and has been spending more time back in her favorite corner. I think she is trying to fool us and then try a sneaky foaling, BUT we have eyes at the back of our heads so I am afraid Soxs that is NOT going to work

Oh and as for Bunny I am sticking to my guns. Silver Bay + Splash + Tobiano - NO Grey. I am not sure on the LWO

 

[bannerminis]

Sox is down and resting and has been for a few mins and looks fairly comfy.

I have to go and feed Rosie and all the other animals oops I mean Kids LOL

 

[targetsmom]

I am actually watching now even though she didn't set alarm off. But I may go back to sleep....

 

[Eagle]

nearly 5.00am and all is quiet

 

[cassie]

Just got back from the show and no foal

guess she might be waiting for me to watch her again

or she might foal while I'm asleep lol sorry girls won't be much of a good mare starer tonight, I'm beggered lol we woke up at 4am this morning and haven't stopped lol heading tithe shower now and then to bed! Lol night all

Wave foaling sox if you decide to foal before I wake up

 

[targetsmom]

It is supposed to rain hard today so while Sox is in her stall, we are going to try something new - anything! - to encourage her to foal. Won't affect your view at all, but we will close the bottom of the solid door and remove the stall screen so she will have more privacy. We do that after they foal anyway. I will try to get her out before it gets bad, as I am doing with the mares & foals now. Clyde and Toffee are putting on quite a show.

Some bad kids overnight: Rusty (still considered a kid at 2) had a throatlatch sweat on the floor of his stall while he was still wearing HIS! He must have pulled off Dancer's sweat through the bars in the grill of his stall.

Then I heard buckets being knocked around (common at feeding time of course) and feed Mira to find Bunny with a SOAKING WET rear end. Mira's feed bucket that is next to an almost empty water bucket is also wet.

 

[sar09006]

I was worried you were going to say they all made their stalls look like tornados went through them for me.

Maybe everyone should stop watching for 5 minutes and then she would probably foal because she likes no one to be watching.

 

[Eagle]

I am NOT watching

 

[targetsmom]

Please bear with us as the cam is down for a reason, but NOT SOX. We are back to the quad processor and 3 cams so we can watch Mira. Mira has thumps and a temp of 104 degrees. Vet just left after flushing her uterus (in case that was causing infection, but it looked OK), giving her Banamine to get the fever down and an antibiotic (Exceed (sp?) that will last for 4 days. Looking for suggestions for increasing her calcium as she already gets a supplement that is about 2.5% CA. We will be upping her alfalfa cubes which is what she is eating right now. Prayers wouldn't hurt either... and would be appreciated.

 

[Eagle]

Oh Mary I have no experience but I am praying already that this passes really fast

You gave me a mini heart attack when I pulled the cam up and there was a baby in Sox's stall

 

[AnnaC]

OMG!! Prayers being said for her Mary.

 

[targetsmom]

We will be doing that but I understand that is all for prevention not treatment. I just gave her some Tums and she is eating the alfalfa cubes. And her temp is now "down" to 102.8 from 103.8. She is still "thumping"...

 

[bannerminis]

Oh poor Mira, will be saying prayers for her