saffires foaling thread

[lucky lodge]

can you think of any special names

one name i thought off was

little lucky touch and go

but i reackon you girls can come up with something better

 

[cassie]

hmmm,

well its a bit hard cos the baby isn't born yet... but what is mum and dad's name again?

 

[AnnaC]

Little Lucky Comin' up Trumps.

Little Lucky Steppin' up to Life.

Little Lucky Wednesday's Child/Thursday's Child/Friday's Child etc etc!

Little Lucky Zest for Life.

Little Lucky Special Delivery.

Little Lucky Prize Parcel.

Little Lucky Saffire's Gift.

Little Lucky Flight of Fancy.

Little Lucky Fancy Pants.

 

[Eagle]

"Little Lucky Told You So" aka so so

 

[cassie]

Haha renee lol

Oh Anna!! I love saffires gift! Nice!

 

[a mini dream come true]

"Little Lucky Told You So" aka so so

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:rofl TOO CUTE!! I like this one

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[lucky lodge]

dads name

glenrowan lucky warrior

saffires name

tiny toy snippets saffire

 

[lucky lodge]

up date on saffire its 9.30pm here and saffires doing some tail swishing and back feet stomping but no real action

 

[lucky lodge]

saffire,s getting boring she,s having a lay down now LOL

 

[Eagle]

Laying down is good as long as she pushes

 

[Lindi-loo]

Saffire Im not impressed..I needed an excuse tonigh to have a few more JD's but looks like im outta luck

 

[Riverrose28]

Mares are so funny, I have sweetwater mare that delivers always at 1:35 either AM or PM, and there are no signs of labor, but this is what she does, she lays down and takes a good sleep usually an hour or an hour and a half, gets up stomps a few times, swishes her tail a time or two, lays down, and starts pushing. All of her four foals have been this way. Watching and waiting for Saffire.

 

[AnnaC]

LOL!! Brilliant Renee - and So So is just perfect too (although I can see Jenny outside standing there shouting "Come on you little So and So, lets be seeing you" LOL!!

Oh Terry, aren't these mares just wonderful!! I must tell you a tale that you really wont believe - stop reading now Jenny, this is NOT going to happen with Saffire!

A friend asked me to have her experienced thoroughbred brood mare to foal down one Spring, warning me that the mare would require a full haynet to be given if she looked like foaling, plus she always foaled standing up and eating the hay!! "Pull the other one" I said. However as far as I'm comcerned, what the owner wants the owner gets (as long as it is not dangerous). So I watched and waited and when one evening the mare came in from the field, ate her feed but showed no interest in the hay on the floor, I waited some more and as she got more restless I took the required haynet to her. Ater stuffing her face for around 10 minutes, she suddenly started pushing and I rushed in to catch her new son before he hit the floor!! She never paused in her munching and never moved from the spot until she saw him struggle to his feet, whereupon she became the most perfect, loving and concerned Momma instantly. I removed the haynet and when she was ready to eat again, she happily munched at what was on the floor!!

Blessed are the broodmares. LOL!!

 

[Eagle]

Anna, that is hilarious, these mares sure are wonderful entertainment.

 

[Riverrose28]

OMG! I have a mare that has had three foals all delivered standing, thank God for cameras! When I see the bubble I must spring into action. I also have an older mare, in her 20's that never lets you know shes in labor, she doesn't even get a full bag, just a small hard one. She will eat dinner, lay down, deliver, get up and go nuzzle the foal, and go back to eating dinner. She's my favorite though, and I've had her for 15 years, and never seen her deliver. I always feed her, go look at her in the camera and she's eating and there's a foal in there too. She'll leave the food, go talk to the foal and go back to eating. She will also guide the foal to the milk bar. She is so experienced she doesn't need me. God Bless the Brood Mares.

 

[AnnaC]

LOL!! Oh they do know how to keep us entertained dont they - and on our toes!!

I have one old girl here who when having her last foal did it while,out eating the grass. Driving home from the shops I looked across the field to see her eating away with a little white bubble forming. Stopped the car, jumped out and raced across the field as he was slowly dropping to the ground - mare still grazing of course. He plopped down and she turned her head as if to say 'goodness, did I do a pile of poo without knowing!'. Her expression when she saw the foal was absolutely classic!! "Where on earth did that come from?" After a sniff or two she decided that he was hers and set about being a Mom. LOL!!

 

[Riverrose28]

LOL!! Oh they do know how to keep us entertained dont they - and on our toes!!

I have one old girl here who when having her last foal did it while,out eating the grass. Driving home from the shops I looked across the field to see her eating away with a little white bubble forming. Stopped the car, jumped out and raced across the field as he was slowly dropping to the ground - mare still grazing of course. He plopped down and she turned her head as if to say 'goodness, did I do a pile of poo without knowing!'. Her expression when she saw the foal was absolutely classic!! "Where on earth did that come from?" After a sniff or two she decided that he was hers and set about being a Mom. LOL!!

Only a mini mare of course, the big girls would never do this!

:arg!

 

[Wings]

Mares can be such funny things

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I won't help name until it's on the ground and up, I believe it's bad luck to name before then

All of mine have been named after the first drink and poop and often after the vet has given them the all clear!

 

[lucky lodge]

OMG some great stories ,,,,,,well still no foal we keep saying she must be waiting for xmas LOL

 

[lucky lodge]

6.00pm here and she all tucked up in her stable and yard....saffire has had big hard warm udders all day

she, all soft around the bum vulva looks long and puffy belly has droped...all sytems go, tonights the night

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