Mare ready to foal?

[Lindi-loo]

Aww thank you Anna we really enjoyed it too..sounds like you had fun to Eagle thats what life is all about eh

..poor Suzie still waiting..amazing that we were talking about a pony (Suzie) across the other side of the world earlier here in wales..the internet is an amazing thing at times and its great that we have made friends through the ponies..come on Suzie its time to get down to buisiness girl and show us that baby

 

[cassie]

hi everyone

glad everyone had such a great day!! Lindi I didn't realise you and Anna lived so close together

haha poor Suzie yes she is still cooking that baby!

ok I have some pics.... they don't really show that much I'm wondering if maybe I'm not really feeling that much change.... but it does seem as though its harder to get into the crevice in between, where suzie loves to be scratched! and well the pics will speak for themselves, I'm still hoping that I will go out each morning to a huge udder! but so far it hasn't happened....

n technically its the middle of August here today

come on baby girl! please have you foal soon!!!

hope everyone has a great night sleep!

back to work today! have to put all our naughty debtors on stop credit today

always a fun job then I have to ring them constantly for the rest of the month lol as well as everything else hehe the joys of being in account!!

 

[bannerminis]

Had a quiet day and my friend came for a visit so she isnt gone long.

I have had Suzie up but there was nothing to report.

Forgive me for not posting a lot these days but have a lot to do at the moment but I am still keeping a close eye on our little Suzie

 

[cassie]

no worries karina

thanks for still watching Suzie, this has been going on for forever!!

how is Tilly going?

 

[cassie]

well Suzie has been walking a fair bit today, she also hasn't laid down at all... yet.

she is moulting like crazy! I spent almost 20 minutes brushing her with the curry comb and I could still get masses amount of hair off her

lol

i might have a go at clipping her a little bit but if she stresses out from it then I won't continue, I don't want her stressing this close to foaling!

 

[AnnaC]

Morning all.

You are right Cassie, Suzie is pretty active round her paddock, plus doing her 'itches' (must be that coat of hers really starting to shift)

Glad to hear that you had a good day yesterday Renee - hope you are feeling a bit better? We didn't get time to take pics yesterday, but a friend was taking some (mind you her Mum says that she's useless with a camera, so I dont hold out much hope!)

I'm a bit busy this morning - gotta get down the Docs for my rgular 'fasting' blood test - no food or drink after 9pm last night - am absolutely gasping for a cuppa and feeling a bit ligh headed, so will be careful how I drive! Of course the stupid Do never takes into consideration that one has animals to do and expects me down there at 8.30am, so the boys will just get their breakfast and some hay, and will have to wait until I get back to get put out! Two very cross boys.

Cathy will be over later, bringing back 2 of the yearling fillies and two of the mares she has already covered (we are being very strict this year and just covering mares for one of their seasons they either take or they dont!). Then she is collecting two 2 year old fillies belonging to a friend, who have been chomping onour grass here with the mares since before last Christmas, they are returning back to friend, but on the way back the lorry will stop in at Cathy's farm to pick up little black Sweep, who has been with Cathy for the weekend so he could hitch a lift to the show yesterday.

While Cathy is here we are going to move the mare herd off the 25 acres of our 'dell' fields and bring them up near the house to eat off a rapidly growing 5 acres - and I shall be able to see them all from my window as I 'play' on my laptop and watch Suzie, I love having them all in this field!

Trouble is that we have to herd/persuade the whole lot to pass through our 'winter grass' field. LOL!! There will be lots of shouts of 'this way girls', 'ignore the hay length grass', 'keep your mouths shut', 'lots of nice juicy grass through this gate, come come!', plus lots of hand clapping etc etc!

Mostly they are pretty good, but they do get very excited and travel everywhere at a mad gallop!! Plus there are always one or two pesky girls who zoom off elsewhere and refuse to leave the new grass! Guess a couple of halters might be useful just in case!!

At last the clock has ticked round and I can set off for the Docs and a marvellous cuppa on my return!! Catch you later.

 

[cassie]

hope everything goes well with the doc Anna

and that you have a good morning and your girls are good for you and Cathy!

Suzie didn't lie down at all today, thats a first for quite a while, considering also that she didn't lie down that much last night either, baby must be making her feel quite uncomfortable! poor Suz, my brother Russell n I were talking about the foal while he was helping me unload the feed from my car it was really quite funny, he usually has nothing to do with the horses oh he does love them though he always calls out Smartie waiting for Smartie to neigh at him lol but he never really pats them anyway he was talking about colours that the foal could be and he said "I hope the foal has really nice markings " and I said I hope so too but I was thinking about it, there is a fair chance that the foal could have nice markings hopefully! as both stallions have quite good markings.... oh well we still have to wait and see...

Suzies bag is a little bigger again tonight, I will take some pics tomorrow morning,

 

[cassie]

Suzie is down sternal night everyone

 

[Lindi-loo]

Suzie has a bright light shining on her back..is it the filly fairy??

hope all went well at the Dr's Anna and you enjoy your cuppa n bickies when you get home

 

[MeganH]

So great Anna and Lindi live close by and were able to have fun at the show.

Lindi-lou: Should we call you Linda, Lindi, ? Just want to make sure I get it right

Anna: Good luck at the doctors.

Cassie, I agree we need more pictures

Suzie seems to be looking out her stall door. All I see is her back, belly and bum

I got to see Ricky again yesterday and omg I am in love with him. He is super sweet, loves his scratches and is doing very very well leading. I lead him around a while and brushed him real good a bit. He loves his shoulders to be scratches.. that lip just puckers out and he's too cute. When I put him back in his corral I sat in there with him and he came right back for more scratches. He whinnied in my ear and has the sweetest voice

Can't wait to bring him home. Hubby finished the structure of his shelter and just has to hand the panels and roof. Then we finish his fence and he can come home.

He does have a bit of a belly so I'm going to have to fix that for him somehow.

Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[AnnaC]

Thanks for the good wishes my friends, no problem at the Docs (except my thirst and rumbling tummy! LOL!!). Results in on Friday, but I dont expect any suprises as this is just a regular check on things.

Megan, it sounds as though you are forming a real partnership with little Ricky.

Have you an actual date for him to come home, or does it just depend upon when you are ready? How old will he be - dont worry about him having a bit of a tummy, we will help you deal with that when you are ready.

Hi Diane, hope you are keeping ok, and all your furkids. You take care of yourself, you hear!

Suzie down and flat out, looking very relaxed - eye open as usual. LOL!!

 

[AnnaC]

LOL!! Diane. I know just what you mean - I have the 'rev up' lark down to a T. I'm so very good at the 'thinking and planning' these days - it's the 'get up and do it' bit that gets me. Mind you I'm sure I couldn't do anything at all in the sort of heat you are having, cant stand hot weather, 'comfortable' heat is what I like. This year we have had the opposite - so much RAIN!! Am so fed up with getting soaked and re-soaked several times a day!

My lawn is similar to yours I think, the mower took a dive a long while ago and went on strike, so it is now a job for the good old brush cutter and a big raking up session! I keep smiling nicely at G/son but so far he just smiles back.

 

[MeganH]

Anna- He will be ready to go most likely next weekend, but we are having to finish getting everything done before he comes home. I am really hoping its before September. He will be almost 4 months old.

We are trying to find some metal t posts on sale since they are almost $6 a piece. The wood posts we will use aren't even $4 each so we are shopping around for the best price.

This rain has our grass growing like crazy and needs to be cut asap. We hate having a sloppy yard.

 

[AnnaC]

She does seem to be having a quiet night - not so restless, mind you, all that could change!!

 

[Lindi-loo]

Aww you must be so excited Megan hes a lucky boy

..im sure your going to have so much fun with him i do love the boys they have something special..I really dont mind what you call me by the way i do answer to many names lol...granny..mum..linda..lindi-loo..and my dad has always called me yuk or yukka since i can remember lol..its not as in he thinks im horrid (i hope) lol its baby type yukka as im the baby of the family..very strange yes and have had many comments from friends n family but i guess im used to it now all these years later.

 

[AnnaC]

LOL!! Lindy, I must admit that I have also been known by many different/odd names throughout my life........but yukka........hummmmm, well it is certainly unique!

That Suzie makes me laugh too. This morning she was looking for a possible breakfast arriving at just gone 5.30am (Cassie time)!! Does the sun come up early where you are Cassie, just wondering because I see a small 'circle' of light appearing on Suzie/in her stable almost every morning around 5.30 -6am and from then on more light slowly floods in as time passes? It seems that Suzie starts her 'where's my breakfast' routine soon after the light appears.

Well Cathy arrived back here with just the two mares (not the yearling fillies) soon after lunch and we tramped across the fields to move the mares (in the pouring rain!) Luckily the mares where only one field away in their 25 acres, so we were able to shout and they came running. We walked back to the gate, now being jostled by excited girls - they always seem to know when we are going to change fields LOL! Opened the gate and jumped to one side as they streamed through and off to gallop madly and excitedly around the field they were not going to be staying in - too much grass! Walked down to another gate leading to our three winter fields with the hay length grass. Just got it open before one of them spotted me. Still galloping she wheeled round in a circle and made for the gate followed by her 30 friends still at a flat out gallop. Cathy following up to close the gate behind them. Off they all streamed across these three fields, going far too fast to stop and sample the grass. I got to the next gate which is the middle one of these three fields, cleverly avoiding being run down by a mad herd, who, by now had split into several groups, all going , still flat out, in different directions (how they dont crash into each other I dont know!) Got the next gate open into the field where they were going to stay, looked around for the mares - not one in sight! They were busy galloping the perimeter of the three fields (we have tree shelter belts between these fields but no fencing, so they can gallop freely from field to field via the shelter divisions) Suddenly two groups were coming along the fence, I stepped out of the gate way in front of them, waved my arm, clapped and shouted 'this way' and leapt back through the gate and safely out the way as they wheeled round, skidding in their efforts to slow down and streamed through the gate, putting on the power again as they entered the new field. Luckily the last group were coming fast on their heels and realised the gate was open, so they too shot through and charged after the others, who by now had reached the far hedge and were slowing down. The arrival of the last group set them all off again and they charged around this field in huge circles just being silly, bucking and leaping. Of course they all galloped back towards us, ready to do the whole 'race about/change fields' proceedure all over again, but we had shut the gate and were standing safely BEHIND it. LOL!! Too late, they were 'trapped' where I wanted them! As they are all overweight to put it mildly, there was a lot of heavy breathing going on, but they certainly didn't let a few extra pounds spoil their fun, bless them. Well they will now stay where they are for a few weeks until they have eaten this field down for me - hopefully they will eat slowly and not blow themselves up!!

 

[bannerminis]

Pity you didnt get some video of your little ladies running through grass that was as tall as themselves lol

 

[cassie]

Diane she was calling at me

I was making their breakfast,

haha Anna thats hilarious!! do you know the cows were doing a similar thing this morning (which of course got Suzie n Penny all stressed) they were standing in a group by the fence and then would all the sudden charge through the open gate, come right up to the stable stop look around eat some grass, (not making any noises) then all the sudden they would be off again to the other half of the paddock LOL this happened several times back n forth back n forth lol funny creatures

I think suz'ies baby must have been trying to follow them this morning boy was it active, I think it musnt have too much room in their big bulges from it at Suzie's tummy and every time it moved you could see it rippling along her tummy , lol was so cool, Suzie didn't like it of course poor baby girl!! :wackolol

 

[cassie]

pretty much 10am on the dot and Suzie is down sternal lol

 

[jessj]

lol... Darla's filly played soccer everyday last week at her afternoon feeding!! so far this week she has been pretty quiet.... (hopefully getting ready to come out and meet the world!)