Pacific Pintos Miniature Horses Foaling Cams

[Sandy B]

Wow! She is a beauty!!! Congrats on another gorgeous baby!

 

[Joanne]

The last two foals will remain in the barn at night for at least another week or two. They need more weight and hair before going outside with the herd.

 

[MBhorses]

o my she is pretty.What color is the last foal?

 

[Joanne]

Strawberry's filly is a black calico pinto. Each day more spots are appearing as she has time out in the sun. She certainly has sabino from her dad, but I suspect she also will have splash and frame.

 

[kay56649]

Wow!!!! What a stunning and beautiful little baby!! I love the name too!!!

 

[Joanne]

Annie and Candy are still a ways off. By the end of this month, I would guess.

Candy is a maiden and is bred to our stallion Color Prints.

 

[Joanne]

Ultrasounds ar this point just let you know the position, not the age of the foal.We confirmed her in foal on arrival and now just have to watch and wait. Her belly has dropped and she has started making enough changes that we think she will foal later this month. She certainly could do what our last two mares have done and bag up fast and foal. She has had previous foals and always foaled outside at her last home in Kansas.

She is a do it yourself kind of mare and we do not know how she will take to any assistance at foaling.

This is Annie. Annie is a homozygous for tobiano and heterozygous for splash mare. She is homozygous for black. She was bred to a solid bay stallion.

 

[Joanne]

Diane I may have been unclear. For anyone, including a veterinarian to tell you the exact gestation of the pregnancy at the point we first ultrasounded her is just not possible. You know you have a live foal and can see the position, but that is about it.

Under 60 days of gestation and you are in buisness. That is the perfect time to ultrasound and be able to know when they "should" foal.

In late gestation it is not possible to pinpoint the last bred date time period. Unfortunatly we just have to wait.

I have only bought a few bred mares in my 19 years of breeding, and when they were bred is always a hit or miss thing. I have no regrets keeping her in a stall since her arrival. She was unfamiliar with being stalled and needed time to settle in. Now she LOVES her nest!

We know we will have a black or bay tobiano foal, the splash white is a 50/50 chance. We will know soon.

 

[little lady]

Annie is gorgeous!

 

[Joanne]

Anne just arrived here Feb. 19th after the usual issues transporting animals in winter.

She immediatly latched onto Strawberry and considered herself to be Strawberry's bodyguard. Strawberry is the matriach here and before Anne's arrival she had NO IDEA she ever needed a body guard !

Anne is crushed that Strawberry has foaled out, but has risen to the occaision and now is Candy's self proclaimed body guard. Candy was unsure she wanted this service as well, but is warming to the idea.

I have never seen anything like it, so I am just observing, and going along for the ride.

Anne does not run people off (she checks to see if they have cookies in their pockets), but runs off any horses that are getting too close. EXCEPT other pregnant mares or mares and foals.

If you are an open mare or, God forbid, a yearling or two year old, you are NOT welcome near HER horse. Period. No exceptions ever.

She takes no prisoners...

 

[Joanne]

We are in the final countdown for these next two mares, Candy and Anne.

They shoudl foal in the next two weeks. Candy is very anxious this am and I am heading out to check her.

They are bioth out during the day until they show signs of being closer. Lights are on at night.

Thanks for watching when you have time.

 

[AnnaC]

Loved your story about Anne, Joanne. LOL!! Just wondering what Anne will be like when she gets her new baby to protect??

 

[Eagle]

Oh Joanne she sounds like a scream, thanks for sharing her quirks with us

I will watch them at night when I can for you.

 

[Joanne]

Candy has been making some changes, so we are keeping a halter alarm on her at night just in case she tries something sneeky.

Both mares are feeling more tired and more hungry lately.

Interesting to note is that the lighting at night is a 75 watt black light, which allows them to rest, but my B+W Phillips cams can pick up enough light from for all of us to see them well.

I hate having glaring lights on them all the time.

 

[cassie]

yay for progress, I'll have them up when I can for you Joanne

come on girls!!

yeah I agree bout the lights... camera is great

 

[Joanne]

Just watching Candy tonight. She has full udders and a small amount of colostrum.

Halter alarm is on.

Cell phone number is 707 357- 4380. You can call, TM or email and I will get them all.

Thank you.

 

[AnnaC]

Safe foaling!

 

[cassie]

all quiet at the moment 1:42am... she is grazing her stall... come on Candy!! we want to see what your cooking!

 

[Joanne]

Candy has been laying down on and off this afternoon.

We have her on a Low Alert on Mare Stare http://www.marestare.com/fcam.php?alias=pacificpintos

 

[Joanne]

Close....Very close...