Four mares up on cam now

[cassie]

WOW he is lovely!! you must be thrilled!! so you have any recent pics of him??!!

how exciting for him to have his own lot of babies soon!!!

 

[weerunner]

Cassie I will take a few pics of him tomorrow.

 

[cassie]

Cassie I will take a few pics of him tomorrow.

YAY thanks

can't wait to see him!!!

 

[Eagle]

Wow Amanda your stallion is adorable and looks tiny, how tall is he? I love Taylor too

4.00am and all is quiet. Marcella is covered in shavings so she must have been down.

 

[weerunner]

First off, for those who wanted to see an updated picture of Taylor (the brother of all these yet-to-be-born foals) Here he is at just under 2 years old. He's just under 34 inches and I hope he stays that way as he is double registered. His sire Frankie is also about 33.75 inches, so that is where I want Taylor to end up too.

And now onto the update. Everyone is about the same as yesterday except for Marcella. She's undergoing some major changes, and boy is she looking ready to pop. So uncomfortable it's painful to watch her walk around, which she doens't do much.

This was taken yesterday

And this was taken this morning

She's at day 303 or so today.

 

[Eagle]

She was quite restless last night, rolling and butt rubbing, lets hope she goes soon. Lol

 

[targetsmom]

I didn't read this whole thread but I did read page 21 where you discussed your Wee Foal results. Just wanted you to know that I, too, had false negatives last year with the Wee Foal 38, and then got positives with ultrasound or Wee Foal 120 later on. Our 3 mares are all due mid-March to April so I will be starting a thread on here very soon. Our cam is up (Mare Stare) but it has to be moved to the foaling stall! Like you, I am hoping the mares cooperate and don't foal all at the same time! Right now the stall the cam is on is empty most of the time.

I wonder if it was a bad batch of WeeFoal tests because we were probably testing our mares at about the same time. Good luck with your foaling!

 

[MeganH]

Does anyone else have any issue pulling up the cam ever? I'll go through periods where nothing loads.. and then When I try again later it is fine. It hasn't loaded for me though in a few days now when I have tried. I keep reloading and it hasn't worked this AM.

 

[weerunner]

Megan, are you trying during the day. All the horses go out to the paddock during the day and I turn off my cams.

Cams go on ~5pm and stay on until 730am each night.

 

[MeganH]

Megan, are you trying during the day. All the horses go out to the paddock during the day and I turn off my cams.

Cams go on ~5pm and stay on until 730am each night.

K maybe thats why lol. I try at different times so maybe it is just when you have them off it wont work. Silly me

I'll try this evening again when I know it should be on

 

[weerunner]

afternoon update: Marcella's udder is even firmer and fuller this afternoon than it was this am. I was watching her in the paddock and she is yawning 4-5 times in a row and then 5 minutes later she does it again. That's not something she ever does. It's looking real promising for someone to give me a February foal.

 

[Eagle]

don't let her foal outside or we will be after you

 

[weerunner]

I would never to that to my devoted marewatchers! As soon as I saw the yawning I popped them all inside. I'm sure she's just progressing nicely and has a ways to go yet, but when I see excessive yawning I go on high alert. Might not be alot of sleep here tonight. Renee and Cassie, do you go on during the day on weekends too or am I on my own tonight.

 

[MeganH]

YAY! It's up and I can see them

Things sound good for Marcella!

 

[Eagle]

Amanda I will do my best to help tonight but I can't promise all night cos I have the kids home. I might try and send them to my in laws.

I will let you know when I am watching. Night all

 

[AnnaC]

I'll be watching from now for another couple of hours - 'til my bedime.

Marcella doing a huge botty rub!

 

[weerunner]

Thanks guys. She seems to be moving fast, but I dont have a foaling history on her. She had a colt 3 years ago and he was her first. But she was not my mare at the time.

She has no milk at all yet, her tail is still resistant. But her croup and flank have that empty wiggle feel, and her vulva is looser than normal. So were headed somewhere we just dont know how long she'll take to get there.

 

[AnnaC]

6.30 pm and all hoovering quietly.

 

[Eagle]

3.00 am and the girls are down resting.

4.30 am nearly and the girls are hoovering.

5.10 am and the girls are a little restless

I am afraid I have to go out now. sorry

 

[weerunner]

Thank you Renee. I got up at 530 to check on them, so that was perfect. From here on in, I'm not so comfy leaving them unattended. I'll probably go out early and feed, can't wait to see their udder progression this morning.