Marlanoc Foal Thread, All Foaled! 4 colts, 1 filly

[Wings]

Also I probably won't be very active between now and the next weekend, between the mares I'm also at a clinic this weekend, family over the next day and the following weekend I have a stall at an expo, with a jumping comp to arrange so my brain is in overload mode

Of course the following weekend should be beauty day for Storm and Sterling and the following weekend is a show

:rofl It doesn't end!!!

Bring on October! When no mares should be due and I have one show and one family thing!

I'll still be in with updates and I'll be following all the threads when I have a minute so someone better pop out a foal so I have an excuse to stop working!

 

[cassie]

well good luck with everything Bree sounds like a very busy time for you!

hope your girls foal soon so we have a playmate for Picasso! hopefully a little filly or three!!! LOL

 

[countrymini]

Also I probably won't be very active between now and the next weekend, between the mares I'm also at a clinic this weekend, family over the next day and the following weekend I have a stall at an expo, with a jumping comp to arrange so my brain is in overload mode

Of course the following weekend should be beauty day for Storm and Sterling and the following weekend is a show

:rofl It doesn't end!!!

Bring on October! When no mares should be due and I have one show and one family thing!

I'll still be in with updates and I'll be following all the threads when I have a minute so someone better pop out a foal so I have an excuse to stop working!

Reading about your busy schedule has made me exhausted

Random comment but I was actually thinking of doing a weird thing with the breeding, tell me if this is a totally stupid and impractical idea. I'm putting Wazza in with Sweety for next heat (she's just finished one) and letting him stay till end of oct. Then if she hasn't fallen to put him back in with her for March and April next year. I know this is a bit odd, but I want to make sure Oct - Jan is free.

 

[cassie]

hmmm, its up to you when you decide to breed them... the only problem I think and Bree can add her own comments. with March april is that it could either be really hot or really cold. and also your new baby will be very young coming into the winter months and might not handle the cold as well as a 3-4 month old... I am planning to always breed my girls in October maybe early november late September... but thats just me

good luck with breeding her!

 

[Wings]

My To Do list is very scary at the moment

I wouldn't put her back in March through April, you'd have a very late season foal and Jan/Feb is some of the worst weather to be foaling in, the heat is horrid and much harder to work around then the cold is. If she doesn't take over September/October best to wait for the following year and try again

 

[countrymini]

Thats true, didn't take the weather into account, it is a bit awful then. Ok well, she gets over sept/oct and hopefully she falls. I knew I was smart to ask you guys!

 

[cassie]

Thats true, didn't take the weather into account, it is a bit awful then. Ok well, she gets over sept/oct and hopefully she falls. I knew I was smart to ask you guys!

good luck with breeding!

hope she goes into foal for you!

 

[Wings]

You could always try hand serving her a few times over her first heat and then turning her out, that's what I've been doing and it looks like the only one Tinker missed on his hand serving days was Beauty, the other girl's have lined up nicely with the hand serving dates.

Good luck!

 

[countrymini]

Ok, you've opened a can of worms here, I'll show you my lot lol

This is my boy Wazza, bit of a winter feral atm (leopard appy bay dun)



Sweety (grey pintaloosa)



My other mare, Bindi, that is due in Dec, f she is pregnant lol (chestnut tobiano)



And my newest, not quiet mine yet, Nikita. Put a deposit on her and will have her early next year and will try her for a 2014 baby.(taffy but she has a bit of black in her tail so possibly silver bay?)



Ok, think i've done enough sabotaging Bree's thread, back to her foaling lol.

 

[Wings]

No you're allowed to share because you have Nikita!!! She's a Mirrindel baby like my stunning appie gelding Special and my black mare Belle!

Colourwise remember there is no such thing as a taffy/silver chestnut

So she's either chestnut with flaxen or a very vibrant silver bay. Who is she by? You could probably just test her for red, if she's chestnut she won't be taffy but if she's bay then she is.

 

[countrymini]

Awesome, its like one big family lol

Can't remember their names (I'm hopeless) but this is her sire. Her mother I think was a beautiful black appy

 

[countrymini]

Sires name is Mirrendel Showman

 

[cassie]

gorgeous mini's! I really hope you get that baby in December! and can't wait till you get Nikita! she is beautiful! and her Daddy WOW!

Bree how are your girls this morning? and your gorgeous little Picasso?

 

[Wings]

Tiny Toy Snippets Showman actually

half brother to my Firewalker Tinker's Toy Boy.

I think your girl is flaxen chestnut then, I believe Showman was a confirmed chestnut tobi and with a black appie mother there is nowhere for the silver to come from.

I know WAY too much about my friend's horses

Mind you I'm a huge fan of the Mirrindel herd so I do pay attention to it

They have a gelding I want sooooo badly, a bay possibly appie out of Speh's half sister, he is Special in bay! Would adore him so someone should go get him and remove the temptation

There's an awful icy wind blowing today, thankfully Picasso is far enough along now that it doesn't bother him. He does a lot more running around now but avoids me, his mother's possesivness is not helping with that but I think it will fix itself when the other foals arrive.

Dreamy is day 319 and has the feel of an udder starting.

Beauty is day no-one-knows-because-she-is-evil-and-I-don't-like-her-anymore but woudl be between 338 and 342 based on the dates I have. Mayeb sorta feels like an udder but I'm sure I am imagining things because-she-is-evil-and-I-don't-like-her-anymore.

Rivain is day 319 - 324 and I haven't checked her udder today but as of last night it did not exist.

 

[countrymini]

I was told that was his name, but no wonder I couldn't find him recorded anywhere lol.

Sounds like you need some of our sunny warm weather, I'll see what I can organise

(Note to Beauty: be kind to your mumma!

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[Wings]

Diane I love your new pic

:ThumbUp

Here's Nikita and Picasso's grand sire (Showman and Tinker's sire) http://www.tinytoy.com.au/TTSilverado.html

The grand sire of Beauty and Dreamy's foals as well, he has and always will be one of my favourite imports and his loss was a huge one. Having one of his son's is a real treat for me and Tinker has so much of his sire in him.

Oh, Showman is also the sire of my mare Belle's last foal, Mirrindel Irresistabelle.

 

[countrymini]

Thanks for the link. Such a shame he's no longer around. I can't believe for not knowing much about miniatures how I've managed to stumble on pretty good lines to start with lol. Wazza's sire is Double Dee Little Warrior who seems to produce pretty good foals.

 

[cassie]

yay for Dreamy thinking about starting her udder!

Love all those lines!

oooh Bree you should definitley get him!!!

he sounds to die for!!!

 

[Wings]

:rofl No bad Cassie! No making Bree want another gelding!

 

[AnnaC]

WOW!! Beautiful horses pictured here over the last few pages and I love the way you can find the 'connections' running through your breeding lines!

Bree, I hope your girls start doing something constructive with their udder areas to give you an idea of their plans over the next few weeks!