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[cassie]

oh I hope Honey is in foal for you

and she delivers a beautiful little baby!!! ;D

good luck with foaling Chanda!

 

[chandab]

oh I hope Honey is in foal for you

and she delivers a beautiful little baby!!! ;D

good luck with foaling Chanda!

Thank you. I hope she is too, as I'd really like a little colt from her and Che` to keep as a replacement for Che` (he's late teens, and doing good at the moment, but who knows).

 

[cassie]

Thank you. I hope she is too, as I'd really like a little colt from her and Che` to keep as a replacement for Che` (he's late teens, and doing good at the moment, but who knows).

oooh well I really hope she is cooking a gorgeous little Che colt for you as a her sire

 

[chandab]

Oh, I can't wait for the update and all the "checks" to see what's cooking out there!!!!

Oops, forgot at dinnertime, will have to check in the morning.

 

[AnnaC]

So, can we have the updates please.

 

[chandab]

Just a hint of a bag on 4 of the 5 mares, the 5th one, well I"m not sure she's even bred, but as she was pastured with the stallion to Oct, I could still have a foal much later plus she's not much for up close checks. No one was terribly interested in their check today, so will have to try for a closer look at suppertime when they are in their stalls.

 

[AnnaC]

So in approx 4 or 5 weeks you could be a bit busy!! LOL!!

Really hope Honey gives you that longed for little colt.

 

[chandab]

Actually, it might start as soon as 2 weeks from now; one mare will be 330 days two weeks from today, the other girls bred to the same stallion are 1 and 2 weeks behind her. And, the two mares pasture bred to the little stallion will be about 330 days from start of turn-out in 2 weeks. I could be so busy that I won't be able to see straight, and right now that sounds reallly good, especially if it leads to cute little foals running around my pasture.

 

[AnnaC]

Nothing better than to have a pasture of healthy babies scampering around!

 

[chandab]

Nothing better than to have a pasture of healthy babies scampering around!

I'll let you know what it feels like, when it happens.

 

[chandab]

Got a closer look and 4 of 5 mares exposed last summer look to be starting a bag. Only one is an experienced broodmare, so hopefully the start of a bag means they are pregnant and getting closer.

Time will tell, as will my nerves.

 

[chandab]

I might survive these next couple weeks while the first girl gets closer to that 330 day mark, as they are all B-size mares, I'm guessing they'll go closer to 330 or over, than under.

 

[AnnaC]

Sounds as though they are all progressing nicely - I'm sure they will be fine Chanda.

 

[cassie]

YAY!!!!! oh Diane that is SOOO exciting! can't wait to see the pictures!!!! safe foaling for the mumma to be!!!! 6 grandkiddies!!! go Diane!

 

[chandab]

Congrats! Diane.

Well, I have no idea what is normal for these mares, as 4 are maiden, and the one experienced broodmare lost her only foal while I've owned her (premature, so it didn't make it - the oldest it could have been was 315 days, if the stallion got the mare first day of turn-out); so who knows what will happen.

 

[chandab]

Honey is closest to the strips, so I tested her tonight; she tested 7.2 to 7.6 (at least I think I remember right, mostly green with a hint of blue).

 

[chandab]

Tonight, when I went out to feed, I thought I saw something shiny on Misty's udder, so... I grabbed the Foaltime strips and brought them back to the main barn. Misty's udder is dirty, but more important, she has milk and its testing at 6.4 tonight. So, how long does that mean we have to go? I can't find the rest of my test kit to read up what the different values mean.

And, I'm down to my last strip, I thought I had more than 1.5 strips left from last year, when I was unknowingly testing open mares.

Yes, I do know I can tear them, but part of one strip won't last me through 5 mares. Tried to order tonight and paypal is having trouble with the Foaltime website, so left a message with Foaltime through their contact page. [Can't really order before Monday anyway, but will have to very soon.]

 

[chandab]

I don't have new pictures of Misty or Topper, but here they are:

Misty (first this spring, so still fuzzy; and one from a few years ago, right after a bath):





And, Topper:



So, what color foal do you think they'll have?

Misty is silver black (her sire silver dapple, her dam sorrel pinto)

Topper is black bay (sire buckskin, dam black)

 

[Wings]

Foal colour could be: Silver Bay, Bay, Silver Black, Black, Chestnut

 

[chandab]

Oh, I knew the options; just thought it might be fun to guess, while we wait on her to decide how soon to show us her treasure.

I'm kind of hoping for a silver bay, not sure why. I'm guessing it'll be black-based, based on all the black-based horses in the mix.