GUESS WHAT WINGS HAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
here I'll give you some space
enough space?
:HappyBounce
:HappyBounce
:HappyBounce
Marlanoc is so very proud to announce the arrival of Marlanoc SP Over The Moon, bay colt with white star born at 2:50 in the morning under the ecellent lighting of a full moon!
Much like her previous birth I was only there at the end, this mare shoots them out FAST! He had torn his own sac, still had hind legs in his mum. I rubbed him down with the careful attentions of Fantasy and Ashanti while Twinky recovered, often turning to snuffle her new bub.
When Twinkles stood the cord broke and I quickly treated the stump, I then tied the trailing ends of the placenta in knots so she couldn't step on it. I like this trick because it keeps the weight on it while removing the risk! At this point Lyric came over to see what the fuss was about, previously she'd been trying to open the foaling kit, was promptly unimpresses and declared herself to be much cuter. Twinkles politly asked us all to back off while the little guy started to think about his legs
When he didn't get it at once Twinkles took the opportunity to get somthing else out of the way, dropped neatly to the ground and passed the placenta with no effort.
Back to her feet and her son was almost there! Lyric returned with some helpful hints for her little half brother and they must of worked because he was standing! It seems that once he worked out that standing part nothing could stop him and Twinky had to follow him up to each mare as he said hello.
Knowing how Twinky is about fussing I packed my kit back up, retrieved the placenta and took the kit back to the gate. The other mares and Lyric assisted leave Twinky and her son alone. From a distance I could see he was in feeding position but of course could not see if he had found and latched on but before I even got back to him they'd gone back to his foaling spot and he flopped down for a quick nap. Twinky had found him the perfect spot amongst the tree roots to shelter from the wind, I watched her groom him while he snoozed.
Then back to his feet and two more trips to the milk bar, I wish I could see what he was doing! But I trust Twinky more then I trust myself, she does a lot to position herself perfectly for him
Convincing myself that I should leave them to it, I'd been out for 45 minutes (how time flies with a foal!) and I would check back in an hour I decided it was time to come in and announce it and start looking for paddock names!!!
