Maple Hollow Farms 2013 Foaling Season Complete

[Maple Hollow Farm]

Hmm I wonder what has my colts panties in a bunch! Next door is a yearling colt. He might want out to play, has been so cold and windy last couple days that none of them have been out. I noticed this morning when my husband left for work that ELady seemed really restless, kept shifting her weight and didnt seem too comfy. I also noticed she doesnt have near as much manure in her stall as normal! SOOOO hoping that maybe she is finally getting more serious! Now I gotta go out and check all the others as well, get my cam set up and then try to decide who all to put under it ROFL!

 

[Eagle]

I imaged it was a colt next door,

1) cos he is tiny

2) cos only boys can have such tantrums

He was charging round and rearing up, it was a full on tantrum

 

[rubyviewminis]

You haven't met Jewel. She is a doll, but can throw a hissy fit like no other can lol. She is also quite opinionated.

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

ROFL! The part that cracks me up is "he is tiny" Im pretty sure that if I sticked him, he would be taller than ELady! he is going to be a borderline boy, he is maturing fast but still might end up a small B. He is a complete sweet heart though, love that boy and plan to have him gelded so he can be a super fun show gelding! I have to agree with rubyviewminis though as I have a lot bigger tantrums from some of my fillies . Planning to let them out later while I rearrange stalls, feels like it is going to be a bit nicer today and that is partly just due to lack of wind!

Another development as well...ELady still has an udder, still not a big one but hasnt gone away and may have grown just a small amount , I will probably totally ruin that when I move horses around later ROFL! Also Babs had a drop of white milk on the end of her nipples today! She doesnt have a full bag but clearly has milk? I am going to put her under the cam as well when I get it set up just to be safe. If I can manage a 3rd stall then I will have to make a decision as to who I think might be next or just wait until someone else looks more serious.

 

[Eagle]

ok so he isn't small and it wasn't a big tantrum, maybe I need to stop

and

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

Ok, sooo...I have my new camera that covers three stalls now, I will do my best to update whenever I move horses around. As of right now Buttons is in the left stall at 314 days and a nice sized udder, ELady is in the middle at 334 days and just started udder, and Babs is in the right stall at 314 days, she doesnt have much more of an udder than she has year round but she has been leaking a bit of milk so put her in just to be safe at least until someone else gets more serious. I have honestly never caught Babs foaling as she is very sneaky so bound determined to catch her this year LOL! I am sure they are going to be pretty upset for a day or so until they get used to their new areas so dont be surprised if they do a lot of pacing and such

 

[cassie]

Yay for the new camera!!!!( jumping up n down! I'm on my phone so no emoticons

lol )

Good idea bringing babs in definitely worth watching.... Ill try n watch as much as possible but won't be able to do the late shift tonight so I hope the girls wait at least till Sunday before deciding to foal

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Do you test their milk Melinda? Would be curious to see where babs is sitting

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

I do have test strips, I could test her later. Does anyone have any idea if distilled water goes bad, still have some from last year, was wondering if there would be any problems using what is left? Not really sure how that sort of stuff works LOL.

 

[cassie]

Hmmm I don't actually know... Ask google lol

that's my dads answer for everything ( considering he is computer illiterate lol)

 

[Eagle]

is the bottle open Melinda? if it is still sealed it should be good for 2 years.

The new cam view is great

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

It isnt as I had used it for testing last year, I have kept the lid on it and everything, my google search is two sided...Unopened pretty much unanimously is good indefinitely but opened some say is still good others say is questionable. I guess I can just test and see what happens...

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

Tested Babs and was in non foaling range...to be honest I am not truly convinced she is bred, its really hard to tell on her as she has the typical older broodmare belly. I just dont feel she is as big as normal but she sometimes looks really bred and sometimes not at all so I am just going with if she has a foal then we will know she was bred, if not then she isnt ROFL!!! Buttons isnt too happy being in a stall, she had a nice large udder when I brought her in but she walked it off. Shouldnt take her too long to settle in though. ELady is keeping a nice start to an udder though even after being moved.

 

[cassie]

wow love the cam view woohoo! can we see a pic of Babs?

E lady is currently holding up the wall...

thats not normal LOL

all three girls look really nice and settled thats awesome!

hey how are your mum's mares going?

 

[cassie]

E Lady down sternal very early tonight... 6:41pm...

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

LOL go figure that ELady is holding up the wall. At least everyone is staying where we can see them, the two edge spots do have a blind corner but not likely they would spend much time in them, at least I hope not! I dont have a current pic of Babs but here she is. Babs is bred to Monte, Buttons is bred to Echo, and ELady of course is bred to Mr Bay (owned by LKF). Moms mares are doing good, still holding out on her too lol, Susan still has a large udder but just not quite ready to let us see her baby . have a few others starting to bag as well.

I think I am gonna have to leave a couple lights on in the barn, cant really see the two edge stalls very well. Will start doing that tomorrow

 

[cassie]

awww Babs is so cute! she suits her name...

haha yeah its a bit like "spot the pony" at the moment lol. very hard to see Babs she just blends in so good... lol

E Lady must be quite happy with her new situation in the spotlight as she has been down resting quite a bit already tonight... (little minx!) maybe you need to put her to one of the side stalls so she isn't getting all the attention lol I told you, you were spoiling her too much hehe

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

ELady seems a bit restless in her sleepy ness tonight, been watching her, she keeps "rocking back" and looking at herself plus some tail wagging while she is down.

 

[AnnaC]

The new cams are great Melinda - they are all looking good - Babs was having a good butt rubbing session totally unphased by the black kitty who was sussing out the new stall arrangements. LOL!!

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

Ok I switched Babe in for Babs as I just cant even decide if Babs is bred, she normally gives at least some normal signs I will just keep an eye on her, Babe has a better udder started and is 302 days.

 

[Maple Hollow Farm]

Well ELady still has her nice start to udder, sometimes it feels a little bigger but not sure if that is just wishful thinking. Buttons' udder was a bit fuller tonight as well but she normally gets a nice full udder and even sometimes waxes so dont feel she is ready yet. Babe still has a nice start to her udder but nipples are still pointed in, she just has a bit looser looking rear sometimes and I feel a lot safer with her inside. Mom may end up with 3 foals before I even get one!!! Susan is at 310 and has had a darker red vulva and an extremely full udder with thick sticky syrupy milk (this was yesterday so dont know how her milk is today but mom says still red in the vulva), and extremely loose. Dolly is at 306 and has a full udder as well, but I havent been over there to see how her milk or rear are. With any luck they will be able to get a cam online soon