So tired of watching *Fat Mare TV*

[Nikita]

and she's not even technically overdue yet. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif But the on again off again waxing and dripping milk is just to drive me insane isn't it?

I'm DEFINITELY going to get whatever I need next year to have online foaling cams so you guys can sit up all night and watch and just phone me when you see a foot. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

This will be me next year => http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif

http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif


"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[Nikita]

and she's not even technically overdue yet. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif But the on again off again waxing and dripping milk is just to drive me insane isn't it?

I'm DEFINITELY going to get whatever I need next year to have online foaling cams so you guys can sit up all night and watch and just phone me when you see a foot. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

This will be me next year => http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif

http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif


"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[graystonefarm]

Nikita, have you tested her milk? That was really helpful for us. We were up only 2 nights. We missed it anyway. We both dozed off around 5 am and woke up at 6:40 and she had just been born. I swear Raissa knew we were watching her and she was waiting until we weren't looking. Sneaky mare! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sherry White
Graystone Farm Sporthorses
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[Bugs-n-Frodo]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nikita:

I'm DEFINITELY going to get whatever I need next year to have online foaling cams so you guys can sit up all night and watch and just phone me when you see a foot. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

This will be me next year =&gt; http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif

http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey, no fair cheating! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif Keep us posted on her "progress"! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

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Cute as a Bugsear (Bugs) 1986 JC OTTTB (Isella x Annie Somebody)
Pippen (Frodo) 2003 ATA Anglo Trakehner (Paramoure x Cute as a Bugsear)

[Spot]

oh dear ... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

Here I thought that I would wake up, after a very restful night of sleep, to pictures of the 2nd palomino & white sabino TB foal and news of the little darling!
Guess not, huh?! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Oh well ... I had one born on Easter day (Johnny Onna Spot) - maybe that's what she is waiting for???

"Spot"

[renee]

i am in the same boat with my mare who generally foals at 324, 326 , 328 days . she is now 332 days and had wax for 5 days and so huge and sunken, i keep saying oh its tonite. i am starting to worry because my friends think she is overly huge and she was ultrasounded 3 x and only one was found, , but i have a friend who did the same and her mare just foaled twins, and they died. i am so nervous.

[HFSH]

I haven't even started the Mare Stare yet. Have 4 to foal out. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

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[Nikita]

338 1/2 days and counting..... This is the longest I have had one bake in 7 years. And the longest I've watched one. I've been spoiled. I can't even begin to imagine when people post that their horses are at 360+ days. I'd be looking for a gun to shoot myself. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

And Spot, I'm thinking Sunday night or Monday. After calling Alicia on Tuesday night and telling her this is going to be IT.... and it wasn't http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif she told Liz to wait until she got back from Vegas on Sunday. Liz is probably listening. They're all trying to get me back. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

Who took the remote?? I want to change the channel. I want to watch *YOUNG STUD TV* instead!

Good luck to everyone who is also watching and waiting.

graystone - no I haven't, I've never done that and have been very lucky with just being able to tell without much watching. I guess I'm due to not have it easy.

Bugs - next year you get your group together and I'll send you my phone number. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif Cheating is GOOD!

stonefieldfarm - believe me those thoughts have gone through my head at times too! This started off as a twin pregnancy and the mare is HUGE! Ask Spot, she saw her last week and couldn't believe how massive she is. All of it just adds to the gut wrenching. I want it over!

HFSH - 4?? Ouch! Two is enough thanks. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Best wishes!!

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[flypony74]

Were on day 353 and mine is in NO hurry to drop this baby. I'm watching the big four-legged potato on webcam right now. I think I'm going to go nuts if she doesn't have it soon!

I finally set up a photo album...take a look!
http://community.webshots.com/user/flypony74

[Home Again Farm]

I have one at 349 today. She has just started to build some bag and I can barely express a few drops of clear liquid. I would be going crazy if I didn't know that she carried her first two for over 355 days.

When I have enough to do a milk test I should have a better idea of how much longer she plans to hang onto her munchkin. I am impatient for this one though as it is my first foal from her. She's a states premium Hanoverian mare in foal to Regazzoni. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[Spot]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I have one at 349 today <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

And there was the other one that someone posted about that went to 381 days http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif and Nikita is complaining about 338 1/2 days ??? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Ya got a WHOLE lot more days to foal watch yet Sis! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

"Spot"

[HFSH]

I know I've mentioned this before, but some lady in WI years ago had a mare go 401 days.

She named him 401(k).

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[Spot]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I know I've mentioned this before, but some lady in WI years ago had a mare go 401 days <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

HAH!!! Nikita http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Only 62 1/2 more days to go to TIE that record! You'd be more of a babbling idiot if you were on foal watch another 2+ months with her http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

"Spot"

[hunt_jump]

So Nikita which mare are you on watch for? Is it Vegas' dam? Good Luck!

~ hunt_jump ~

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[Spot]

Nikita must be propped up in a corner sleeping somewhere ... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

It is the Elizabeth Victoria mare - Vegas' dam. In foal to Sato. The next mare - Special Lady is next to go. While they were originally about 4 weeks apart, now if Lizzie is 2 weeks late and Carly is 2 weeks early, Carly may well beat her to it, or Nikita will have the 2 foals back to back!

What fun! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

I think Nikita is going to look into a foal cam for next year so she can sleep, and the nice COTH'ers from around the world can watch the monitor for her and call her once the water has broken, and she can get some nice sleep and let others stay up instead!

Good plan if it works ... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

"Spot"

[Home Again Farm]

Nikita is at the store buying a baby monitor -- and her mare is probably having the baby while she is gone. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

Whoops -- I am wrong. Barn Brat is buying the monitor. Where IS Nikita??!!

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[Spot]

Nikita has a camera - she doesnt NEED a monitor!

She's playing on Off Course - on the Canadian Invasion from EMG thread.

Plus - waiting for "2" new arrivals today. I definate, 1 still obviously up in the air!

"Spot"

[Hidden Treasure]

Perhaps I am a light sleeper, or just lucky. The last foal that I had, I had a baby monitor. I slept through all of the normal horse noises, but when her water broke, it was like an alarm went off.

Now I have a camera. I just sleep in front of the TV with the sound up high, and I am hoping that I will hear her when she becomes restless. I wake up several tmes a night anyways, and just look up at the TV. Sure beats running out to the barn to check everytime!

[Spot]

Nikita wont be back for awhile. Said that mare is VERY uncomfortable and streaming milk right now.
So - one would assume that she will go tonight.

Palomino & white sabino ... palomino and white sabino ... and of course healthy and happy - both the mare AND the foal!

Hopefully the next update will be one with pictures of the new arrival! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

"Spot"

[arnika]

I just checked in to find the updates, http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif.

Good luck Nikita! I'll check back in a while.

[onetempies]

shipping baby birthing vibes to Nikita. Heck... Sass went 342. I think I'd DIE if I had a mare go 401... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

"Wax on.... Wax off...wax on wax off..." http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

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[TouchstoneAcres]

Sigh. 349 here. Got milk and very iuncomfortable but tail isn't soft enough. Not tonight. Maybe an Easter Bunny?

[miraclewelsh]

I've got one at 332 days, and I'm staying up to watch her tonight, since she's showing enough signs to convince me that she may be ready to go.... We'll see!

****************************
Miracle Welsh Ponies & Cobs
Phelps, Wisconsin
http://www.miraclewelsh.com

[Nikita]

Is there a 'banging your head against the wall' smilie? I think the Breeding Board needs that one. One more day of this and I'm getting a plunger and going in after it.
http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif
.....so tired

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[Black & Tan]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by graystonefarm:
I swear Raissa knew we were watching her and she was waiting until we weren't looking. Sneaky mare! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Sherry White
Graystone Farm Sporthorses
http://www.graystonefarm.com&lt;HR&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt; (http://www.graystonefarm.com<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>)


Now, where have I heard that story before? Oh my mistake. It was a colt trying to nurse story. I remember now!

You need to watch a couple of really, good scary movies to keep you awake. Mind you, you'd never go into the barn in the middle of the night either then. Baaaaaad idea - never mind. Aw, what the hell, go get Gothika.

Sending mega doses of wakey-wakies your way. Foal mama, foal mama.

I suppose eating during the next couple of weeks is out of the question?

By the way, isn't my little boy looking good these days?

Poor you. Wish I could help. Let me know if there is anything I can do. Bring you coffee, send you emails, let you know what the real world looks like. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

"Your only purpose in life may be to serve as a warning to others."

[Faiths CremelloWB]

From Spots last post I thought it was going to be tonight... I was planning my trip over first thing in the morning. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif To get some phots of Satos first Palomino Sabino foal.

I can assits with the Plunger http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif Let me know and I will be over...

Doing the foaling dance here for you... it is still early and maybe she was tring to fool ya so that you would go in and get some rest. Then when you wake, it would be there looking into the camera at you...

Good luck this morning....

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[Silly Mommy]

The vet was out today, and I BEGGED him to induce to no avail. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

I'm not sleeping tonight. Roz has been down once, thought I saw white coming out, run out there.

Note to self: If she doesn't foal tonight, use a DARK tailwrap tomorrow http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

Lots of activity in the flank area earlier, fully waxed, but not dripping, tail at 1/2 mast for the most part... We'll see.

Most people who go around fanning the flames of crises are themselves the problem.

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[Spot]

well - Im glad that I didnt make the hour long trek out there last night to stay on foal watch with you.
Geez - between dripping for days and STREAMING milk last night, and Nikita said as she was leading her in, her back end was almost collapsing (so it looked like labour had already started) one WOULD think that last night was "the" night! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Do you remember the movie "The Exorcist"?
They kept saying "come to the light" "come to the light..."
Maybe, just MAYBE, if you go in behind her and shine a flashlight "down there" and keep chanting "come to the light" "come to the light", maybe that will work and the little darling will pop out.

No worse a suggestion than a plunger and a foaling dance ... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

And I planned on coming out this morning to see April's buckskin filly and your new foal. No luck, huh?!

"Spot"

[Nikita]

Well you're not gonna believe this. Yes a little girl arrived last night. But it's a black & white tobiano.
http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[arnika]

OMG Spot, I snorted my tea on that one! Good thing I'm home this morning............. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Uh, I believe you're thinking of "Poltergeist". http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif The Exorcist is the one where her head spins around.........yuck http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif.

Good luck Nikita and try to get some sleep today in case it's another long one tonight.

I just saw your post, Nikita. That is one of the cutest piles of fluff I've seen in a while. You had time to go dog shopping in the middle of the night????? Just kidding. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
Too cute! Now you have someone else to stay up with you tonight. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

[Nikita]

The scary thing about Spot is....... well there are many but ONE scary thing about Spot..
Her lovely child was a few days overdue. Her husband called me and told me Spot had lost it (the surprising part being that he hadn't noticed that before) because she was lying on the bed, shining a flashlight, er... well 'up there' and telling the kid to 'go towards the light'.
http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

Me? I'm not foal watching anymore. They're on their own. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Yeah, puppy's flight arrived last night. It was too darn quiet around here. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[arnika]

Spot it's a wonderful thing to have a sister to tell all of one's darkest secrets, isn't it? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

You guys sound like mine. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif I think I should be grateful they don't post here!

[Spot]

No phone calls. No emails from Nikita. No "Guess Who's Here!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif) pictures sitting in my inbasket or on the COTH board, so I guess it doesnt take a genius to figure out that the mare didnt foal last night either ... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

Johnny Onna Spot was an Easter Sunday baby - I guess this one will be as well! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

"Spot"

PS - need any more toothpicks for your eyes Nikita???
Poor thing - she doesnt drink coffee either, or I'd bring her over a triple espresso! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Spot it's a wonderful thing to have a sister to tell all of one's darkest secrets, isn't it? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

yeah - I'd love to return the favor too, only thing was Nikita was Miss Goody Two Shoes growing up and I was the Hellion! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

Ok folks. Sorry about the delay, but I am here with the plunger for Nikita. I am the pluger queen! Just ask the COTH Foal Watchers. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Nikita, my mare went 353 days but she was textbook. I was lucky as she did everything the way she was supposed to and I only spent the night at the barn one night. She bagged, she waxed for 48 hours, she dripped and acted like a looney tune and I stayed that night...Frodo was born at 3:25am. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif That is my good...errrr...awsome mare! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif Sending foaling vibes and plunger to Nikita!!!!

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Amy
Cute as a Bugsear (Bugs) 1986 JC OTTTB (Isella x Annie Somebody)
Pippen (Frodo) 2003 ATA Anglo Trakehner (Paramoure x Cute as a Bugsear)

[Nikita]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Spot:
yeah - I'd love to return the favor too, only thing was Nikita was Miss Goody Two Shoes growing up and I was the Hellion! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Let's see... Spot came after an older brother that returned home neater and cleaner than when he left in the morning. Parents thought 'This is EASY to raise a lovely child' and cut Spot lots of slack.

Spot was a child from hell. I agree. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif
Older brother flew planes. Spot jumped out of them.http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif
Older brother drove a car very carefully. Spot raced them. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif
Older brother was anally neat. Spot got into poo ball fights at the barn. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif
Older brother and younger sister were sweet and polite. Spot beat up all of their friends and anyone else that was around. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif
Spot flaunted it and challenged authority every minute. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Then came Nikita. Nikita wasn't allowed to do anything for fear that *IT* would happen again. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif Nikita had to be nice. Nikita had to hide her less than stellar moments VERY well. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

The End.

Oh yeah, no *&%#ing foal. Her milk has changed colour though, does that count? When I fell asleep and fell out of my chair about 2am I decided that enough was enough. Mare was snoozing, no major body changes... I took new puppy out so she wouldn't wake me early and went to sleep. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Puppy then proceeded to whine and yelp non-stop until 7am when I just couldn't take it anymore and took her out. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Who would have ever thought that much noise could come out of something so tiny??

Mare is HUGLY (deliberate- HUGE & UGLY) crabby. I'm about the same.

Consider yourself more updated than you ever expected. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

Hey Bugs.. totally understood! You were busy stripping poor Frodo of his manhood. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Glad to hear he's ok. (Well except for the carrot incident http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif )

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[flypony74]

I'm right there with you Nikita. I'm not sleeping in the barn yet, but I'm trudging out there every few hours during the night just to be safe. My horses think it's great, because they get to mug me for treats at 3:30 am!

Yesterday we had some significant udder changes and I was able to express a STREAM (rather than a drop or dribble, as I had previously) of thin clear, but slightly cloudy fluid. I'm watching for color and viscosity changes, and she should wax (she did last time), so at that time I'll be in the barn 24/7 for the most part. I think we're got a few days to go, at least.

We're on day 355, and I'm ready for the baby to come! I've been glued to this webcam long enough!

I finally set up a photo album...take a look!
http://community.webshots.com/user/flypony74

[This message was edited by flypony74 on Apr. 10, 2004 at 12:05 PM.]

[hunt_jump]

What, NO FOAL??? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif I was really sick last night and thought for sure when I got home this morning there would be a new foal!

Hmm, me thinks a nice early morning Easter baby. Palomino and white of course and cute as can be. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif Do we have names picked out yet Nikita? You sure have had enough time to think while on foal watch.

In the mean time you can keep us entertained with more stories of Spot http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif I think I was a cross between the angel and the trouble maker. I was loud and rough-n-tumble (and liked to beat up on my older sister), but I was also the good one who always had good grades and was adored by the teachers. Never the hellion outside of home http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

~ hunt_jump ~

http://home.cfl.rr.com/huntjump
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[Nikita]

flypony74 - 355? Ouch? http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif
You know I really wouldn't mind if she went longer as long as she didn't look like she was ready to foal every friggin day. I can't remember who posted the Wax On Wax Off comment, but boy was it accurate!

When I checked Liz this morning her milk was definitely white, rather than cloudy. So maybe????? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

hunt_jump http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif No, no foal. I feel like I've let everyone down. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif But funny, no I don't have any names yet and I usually have a list. Any suggestions for a barn name? Zoe for a filly maybe? Heck, give me two names of each. The other mare is at 320 days today so maybe I should watch her? A sneaky, tricky maiden.

And Spot stories? Most would make your chest hair curl. Even if you don't have chest hair. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Have a great day everyone. I'm out to shovel s**t and buy a puppy gag. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[blackstallion]

Hang in there! My maiden TB went a year to the day last year and had a healthy colt - without me! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif No wax, not even a full bag. I was exhausted and came back to a dry baby! At least everything went well and she was a fabulous mother. We did have to help him pass the meconium. I think that and being a little down on the fetlocks is common in babies who stay in the oven longer than normal. But they pull up quickly.

We are wishing a quiet foaling for you before dark! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Spot]

no "Happy Easter" foal either, huh? http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

"Spot"

[TouchstoneAcres]

No baby here either, day 352. I really thought Easter would be it but she's hanging on tight. Actually her muscle tone wasn't slack enough last night. Tuesday when I go on a business trip I think.

[Nikita]

Will you guys with the mares up in the high 340's and 350's (+ http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif )please stop posting!! I don't want to be reminded that this could still go on for a while. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif Let me live in my little happy place where ALL mares foal by day 341. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

At least I gave up watching around 2ish last night and got a bit of sleep. I feel almost human.

Almost.. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[Norsire]

356 http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

There are no answers, only the search.
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[Home Again Farm]

Day 351. No significant changes. Maybe she plans on going for a record. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[Silly Mommy]

I pulled a "Nikita", and fell asleep and missed the 4am check. The mare was fed at 6:30, and my helper said she was laying down at 7:45 when she went to turn out.

This could be it tonight! Going to catch some ZZZ's so I don't miss it. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Most people who go around fanning the flames of crises are themselves the problem.

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[onthebit]

I am at day 356 with my second mare this year, who is a maiden. My other mare this year foaled at 338 with a textbook delivery. I guess I was just too lucky with that one. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

I think she is enjoying A) toying with me and B)making sure that I am thoroughly sleep deprived. Getting back at me for all of those 3am braiding sessions at the shows I guess.

[Spot]

just came home from the barn where we have a mare that was due on March 23rd.
"WAS" is the operative word here ... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

She is about 15.2hh and right now, is wider than she is tall.

Tonight she is streaming milk and both hind legs are wet and sticky. Yesterday she was dripping milk and both hind legs were wet and sticky and they were POSITIVE last night was the night. No such luck, obviously http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

Luckily for them, Easter dinner is about 100 yards further away from the barn than their house is, so they have a long range baby monitor they are using, plus are using the "take a bite of food, then jog to the barn" method of foal watch tonight with her until dinner is done.

Sneaky, evil mares ... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

"Spot"

[Black & Tan]

Mother Nature has a way of keeping us thin!

"Your only purpose in life may be to serve as a warning to others."

[Spot]

Let's do a Roll Call! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Who has "TWO" in the stall now instead on one fat mare only?!

"Spot"

[LuvTheDutch]

I've got 322 here who's putting me on an emotional rollercoaster ... Saturday she kept pulling her tail over her back and squirted a little something once and was looking at her sides... Yesterday she only ate one full ration of food between "AM" feeding and today's "AM" feeding, as well as constantly looking at sides and just looking uncomfortable... Told my friend if I went on foal watch she'd decide to give me sleepless nights until sometime after my wedding in 13 days... As of this morning, still VERY crabby, looked at sides a few times, and threatened to kick me when I looked at her udder ... So, she's threatening to kick me and everyone else is threatening to kill me if I get hurt this close to the wedding, so I'm not allowed to put my hands under this maiden mare ... If no baby, does ANYONE wanna come to lovely lower DE around April 23rd ? LoL ...

Nikita, any updates? My fiance says to me (after orginally saying no) that I should have a webcamera so I can watch it at home ... I thanked him for telling me no a few months before and by the time I was to get it, she'd foal ... He said, so, you'll have more, so, off to buy a webcamera once the wedding is over ... Does staples have something like that? Maybe I'll go pricing ...

[renee]

well i still have only one but today is only 336 days. but my mare has been waxed for 10 and sunken severly and very very fat:-(. i also noticed very scant traces of blood, just around vulva, not on hair or anything. i have been breeding 11 years and have never noticed this. A couple friends said it is the cervix breaking down or toneing down, any suggestions?

[Silly Mommy]

341, and ONE BIG FAT BLOB http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif She was up and down most of the night, when she's down, she's dribbling milk, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, much to her dismay, I've left her in for the day - it's pretty cold out and I don't want her accidentally foaling out in a field with four other mares.

Payback is a bitch - she is NOT happy to be in.

Most people who go around fanning the flames of crises are themselves the problem.

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[Hidden Treasure]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by stonefieldfarm:
well i still have only one but today is only 336 days. but my mare has been waxed for 10 and sunken severly and very very fat:-(. i also noticed very scant traces of blood, just around vulva, not on hair or anything. i have been breeding 11 years and have never noticed this. A couple friends said it is the cervix breaking down or toneing down, any suggestions?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Funny you mention that. My mare who is now at 318 days has started bagging(although small) about a month ago, and her pelvis started relaxing two weeks ago. I noticed last week that she had small traces of blood on her vulva, and I wondered too if this was some sort of sign.

[onthebit]

357 days and counting . . . http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

[traklover]

Okay Glad I am not the only one. I have a mare due on May 4 th, so 318-320 days along. She has bagged up, although not hugely so, and she also has a trace of blood around her vulva, not really a discharge persue but just a tinge, painted around the fringe..

Of course I have to go out of town wednesday night to friday afternoon and I am afraid she is thinking about spitting this foal out early!
Anybody wanna foal watch Wed night to Friday afternoon????? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

She usually goes 11 months to the day from date of conception, which for her would put her April 26-30, as opposed to the text book May 4.

http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gifugh darn mares!

[This message was edited by traklover on Apr. 12, 2004 at 06:25 PM.]

[Black & Tan]

Anyone want to tell me about "bagging up" "streaming milk" "half-mast tail" and all those other signs to look for?

"Your only purpose in life may be to serve as a warning to others."

[showjumpers66]

They may press their tushy against a wall or rub. They may wring their tail in an up-down motion. The bag should be hard and shiny (wet looking) in appearance. The teats should look like thumb tips. You may or may not see wax or milk streaming. You may see bloody show on the hind legs ... this is the mucous plug. The vulva may have a purple/bruised appearance around the inner rim and will be flacid. The croup will be very soft and tail relaxed. The flanks should be hollow in appearance and the belly should be pointed. You should not be able to view the belly when standing behind the mare. She may sweat lightly ... check behind the elbows. Body temperature may drop 2 to 3 degrees. She may circle, dig, and pace.

Quantum Leap Farm (http://www.quantumleapfarm.com/)

[showjumpers66]

Oh, and she may show these signs 2 or 3 days prior to foaling or just within hours of foaling.

Quantum Leap Farm (http://www.quantumleapfarm.com/)

[Nikita]

And she may show any combination of these signs.

B&T Do yourself a favour and if you plan on breeding your new girl at some time, buy her *The Book* http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif The biggest trouble I've found is that most mares haven't read 'The Book' and get it all wrong. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[Spot]

Roll Call please! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

We know that Silly Mommy is no longer watching Fat Mare TV, Graystone and Flypony have also stopped watching - who does that leave other than Nikita???

Geez - every time you say "Tonight's the Night" those darned sneaky mares fool you yet again!

Nikita has taken to spraying her with Windex to try and hurry things along a bit-wonder if it has worked at all??? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif

"Spot"

[pintofoal]

well add me to the list night 5 of watching "fat mare" tv. My stupid mare, Deco's Favorite, bred to Spectrum has had waxicles now for 4 days I thought surely she would do it last night. I even slept (if you can call it that) with all my clothes on, (socks, bra, etc.) and do we have a baby this morning NOOOOOOOOO http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif Shes at 349 days today.

Liz Hall silverwoodfarm.com (http://silverwoodfarm.com) Warmblood Pintos

[Fred]

well, SM, I think that was most civilized of Roz - I bet you were in bed by midnight!
I'm not watching anyone yet.. I don't have any due until end of May....http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
However, just to cheer you up. A certain beloved horse mine was born after 375 days of gestation. yes one year and ten days. I know this because I trailered the mare to be LC and held her while she was bred and trailered her home...
This mare showed NO SIGNS.. not a full udder, no wax, no dripping...
Her foal previous to that one was one year less 2 days.....the one before that was just short of a year gestation too...
and this was in the days before we had tv monitors.. just fisher price and a alarm clock...
and all babies were perfect!
good luck everyone!
pintofoal, there is an Art Deco mare in foal to A Fine Romance due very soon! I am so excited about this one http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[TouchstoneAcres]

Still waiting; day 354. Going out of town overnight so maybe tonight's the night.

[Oldenburg Mom]

I loff this thread. I read every single post.

I think my favourite was "stud TV" and of course "the plunger" ... and a new item ... "the flashlight" and GO TO THE LIGHT.

You guys are great!

&lt;KT applauds the CoTH foalwatchers. They are brave. They are constant. They are extraordinarily adept at subtle humour. Wild cheers are heard. Whoopwhoopwhoop.&gt;

8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
Sixteen Things That it Took Me over 50 Years to Learn by Dave Barry
KT
P.S. The more people I know, the more I love my horse.

[Norsire]

It use to be when my mare's milk turned completely white they foaled within 48 hours..this year, I've had them go 3 to 4 days after the milk turns white....very strange this year. Last year I had my one mare Our White Lady, have completely WHITE milk for 3 WEEKS!!! By the end of the three weeks when she foaled, I could have taken a hammer to her for keeping my up for 3 WEEKS...thank god she was the last mare of the year last year to foal. She is coming up in May...oh I can't wait. This rain crap is getting depressing too...more until Friday, before we see the sun!

There are no answers, only the search.
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[onthebit]

358 days and counting. For the last three days heavy waxing, very relaxed vulva, mushy hind end, and no foal. I have to go out of town Thurs-Sunday so I guess we all know when the blessed event will occur. Everybody pray that she produces a baby tonight! This is my TB mare in foal to Landkonig. My SWB mare produced a beautiful filly by Budweiser 2.5 weeks ago at day 338.

[Home Again Farm]

353 days and have finally gotten some progress. mama mare's milk was 65ppm last night on the Chemetrics test. I'm waiting to see if she shows a large jump in calcium this evening.

Waiting VERY impatiently for my first foal from this lady.

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[Spot]

Mary Lou - you are NO fun! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

Here we expected to see a FAT MARE picture, looking she was about to pop, and there you go posting a GORGEOUS picture of her, sans belly! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

No Fair! This is the "FAT MARE" thread!

"Spot"

[Home Again Farm]

Sorry. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif That was from October when she was six months pregnant. But this mare doesn't show all that much anyway. My sweet little Rohanna looked like she had swallowed a Buick and foaled at 319 days this year. Madame Blanche, on the other hand, is full in the flanks and round and slightly dropped, but not huge. But she is nearly 17h and has lots of room to hide a baby.

Besides, my girls are vain. They made me promise that I wouldn't post fat and ugly pics of them and that they would have beautiful fillies for me. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I can't go back on my word, can I?? I thought it was a pretty good deal.

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[Hidden Treasure]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by traklover:
Okay Glad I am not the only one. I have a mare due on May 4 th, so 318-320 days along. She has bagged up, although not hugely so, and she also has a trace of blood around her vulva, not really a discharge persue but just a tinge, painted around the fringe..

Of course I have to go out of town wednesday night to friday afternoon and I am afraid she is thinking about spitting this foal out early!
Anybody wanna foal watch Wed night to Friday afternoon????? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

She usually goes 11 months to the day from date of conception, which for her would put her April 26-30, as opposed to the text book May 4.

http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gifugh darn mares!

[This message was edited by traklover on Apr. 12, 2004 at 06:25 PM.]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

It looks like our girls are both due on the same day (Bred May 30) and they both want to foal out early. It should be interesting to see who goes first.

I am sort of watching mare TV. I sleep with it in front of my face every night. She has not waxed yet. She doesn't really have much of a bag. But because she is a maiden, and showing lots of other signs, I think I am going to start watching a little more seriously now. Her bag was quite a bit bigger this morning.

[traklover]

Hi Hidden treasure yup it sounds like our girls are due at the same time! This will be Mandy's third foal. She is usually one year to the day on the last two foals, both born on friday nights too lol. The breeder called me on May 30th to say she had been bred, as sort of a birthday present lol as its my birthday.

Lets see who goes first.

Foal pool anyone????? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[LuvTheDutch]

Still watching and will be for some time I bet ... Day 323 (I think, lost count, hehe), no real changes in her bag, very loose etc in the hind end, definately rubbing her tail/hind end on the stall, moody as all hell, and won't keep her tail wraps on for nothing ... When will this rain quit, she wants to go out ...

[murph]

YAAHHOOOOO!!! My mare just foaled at 6:30 PM!! How incredibly nice of her!! Awesome...I can finally sleep tonight http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif She was 342 days, we got a lovely bay colt with a huge blaze. This is the first foal by our stallion so doubly exciting to see what we were gonna get http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Whew, after several sleepness nights I almost missed the whole thing too. Was just heading out the door to run to the store and thought I would peek in on her. It was raining today so she was in the barn all day. When I went in she was jetting milk with every step. So hauled kids back out of the car and went in to watch the foal cam. Water broke about 20 mins later! What a relief as my husband was pretty freaked that maybe she would foal when I wasn't here. For once my chronically late personality actually paid off (was supposed to leave about 1 hr earlier lol). This was her second foal so was really expecting her to hold it till the middle of the night.

One down, 3 more to go....http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Good luck to all you other foal watchers. I know I got off easy at 342 days, yikes I would go nuts with all these 355-375 day babies!

[bdzaugis]

We had one go 361 day last year!

though she would never foal. But fortunatley she was just waiting for warmer weather . hang in there everone. Our mare just foals last night at 3am. Lovely tall dutch colt byt Goodtimes (frozen semen)

So happy I can finally get some sleep.

By the way we use the milk titrat test foal watch. I think chemmetircs. It has been a gods send to us. I have not had the last 4 mares wax up and yet the test jumped from someing nearly nothing to with in 24 hours in 2 days and sure enough with in 12 hours on each. I dont think I would ever foal watch with out it.

beth
stonerosefarm.com

[Nikita]

Congratulations Murph! Talk about a totally civilized time. I had one mare that used to foal between 7 to 7:30am - during morning feed. She'd lie down, have the foal, get up and finish breakfast. Gotta love that!
Don't forget to post your new baby pictures!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Well I have so had it. We're back to streaming milk, kicking at her belly, squirrely tail... same as every other night. But her vulva has relaxed considerably since morning, so maybe????? Maybe sometime this month? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Now Carly is at day 323 and she's bagged up. I thought Liz would have had hers before I had to start watching Carly. One camera + 2 preggos = a dilema. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

Hey Bugs, where's that damn plunger? You sent it regular post didn't you? First you cheat Frodo out of his carrot birthday cake and now you scrimp on the postage. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif Good BB help is so hard to find these days.

And just for Spot who wants fatty mare pictures. This was Liz a month ago before she got very big. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif Anybody else with fat mare pics?

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[Silly Mommy]

Someone take my camera(s) away!!!!

Because my schedule is so screwed up, I can't sleep, and am having too much fun watching the newborns!!!

This colt is really burning up the stall tonight, and the pony filly, well she's JUST a little hellion princess!

Most people who go around fanning the flames of crises are themselves the problem.

www.wolfdenfarm.org (http://www.wolfdenfarm.org)

[Silly Mommy]

Oh and Nikita,

I'm sorry, but when he naps, I'll get some real sleep http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif.

Anyone ever see Gumby buck?(NOT Pokey, Gumby) It is hillarious!

Most people who go around fanning the flames of crises are themselves the problem.

www.wolfdenfarm.org (http://www.wolfdenfarm.org)

[camohn]

Well...the "TV" here quit working 2 days after purchase so we are at teh old fashioned run out to the barn and check a lot with the flashlight. I was sure Momma would pick last night because she is due on the 16th and there was a huge nasty storm last night to make my life miserable. Didn't lose TOO much sleep (just a couple checks) since it didn't look like she was doing anything anyway.Tonight the storm just let up. She is off her feed a bit and looking cranky (very unlike her usual placid self) so we'll lose more sleep and hope she does not hang out for the next 2 weeks looking cranky!

Providence Farm

[camohn]

I guess you folks on Fat Mare TV Detail will kill me. My mare foaled less than one hour into foalwatch! Yeah!

Providence Farm

[Spot]

Roll call for this morning!

Camohn is off foal watch - big congrats! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

... and ... so is Nikita! (on Mare #1 anyhow http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif - soon to start on Mare #2)

her camera batteries died last night (go figure http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif ) so pictures will be posted as soon as she hauls her a$$ out of bed and goes to the store and gets more batteries!

Congrats to all!

"Spot"

[Galileo1998]

You can't tell us that one of Nikita's mare had a baby and not tell us all about the foal!!! Not fair!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Faiths CremelloWB]

Will be heading over to Nikita's today to see the little one. Will get some pictures of it if she still has not gone out to get batteries http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[jilltx]

Spot and FCWB... consider yourselves FINED for not sharing information about Nikita's foal that is VITAL to us foalcam addicts!!

I scream FOUL!!!!!!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
~Jilltx~

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"You've gotta get in to get out" ~Peter Gabriel

[Spot]

you know - the BIG problem is, sometimes things aren't as they first seemed ... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

The "official" word at 4:00am was " HUGE chestnut filly, lots of white, maybe the belly spot qualifies her for dual APHA registration. Can you come over and check for me and see what you think? "

The truth ????

I guess we need to stay tuned for Nikita to get up and get batteries and then post pictures! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif And then we will ALL know what the truth is! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

"Spot"

[Home Again Farm]

Day 354. Slight waxing. Picky about food. Last night at 2AM Chemetrics test was still only 90. Maybe tonight???

It is windy enough today that even fat preggy mares need to be tethered to the ground. My three week old filly keeps flying around on her little filly wings. I think I am delirious and need some sleep. PLEASE TONIGHT???!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[onthebit]

Well, 359 days and counting. She has looked like she might go at any second for two days now. Dripping milk, mushy hing end, soft tail, very relaxed vulva (even looks slightly dilated). Unfortunately I have to go out of town tomorrow so I will be moving her to Warioto Farm this afternoon where she will stay through Monday. She could not be in better hands so I am happy about that although I hate having to move her at this point. But it seems the much better choice over leaving her at home with the very high probability that should she foal in the next few days it will be unattended. I can't believe that in six days she will have carried this baby for a year! My guess is that she foals tonight before I actually go out of town just to get one last laugh in at me. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Spot]

onthebit - good call. Warioto Farms is first rate and as much as you hate to move her this close to foaling - ANYWHERE! - what can you do?

Have a safe trip and I'm sure that you'll come home to a happy and healthy foal http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

"Spot"

[camohn]

For those of you feeling sorry for yourselves: the lady sending a mare to Boomer had that momma go 2 weeks over. Her OTHER mare just foaled this morning (with the rest of the baby herd!) one at 378 DAYS!!!!!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif Talk about sleep deprived!! Said colt is HUGE at being a month+ of overbaked. He is a cremello AQHA colt. She really wanted a filly......so he's for sale and she'll try again. Last year she went 365 days, but that is horrible http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Providence Farm

[TouchstoneAcres]

It's a filly on day 355! See separate post.

[Nikita]

Just checking in to make sure nobody took my place. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif I'm at day 325 with mare #2. It seems as though we lost a lot of people in the last 2 or 3 days! Huge congratulations all around!

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[Hidden Treasure]

I'm still here. My mare is at 321. It seemed like she was too close for a while, but now everything seems to be on hold. Thank God! I was worried for a while there that she was going to foal to early. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif

[renee]

my mare is at 339 today.

[Home Again Farm]

Day 355. Chemetrics test was 150 this AM. Please let her finish this tonight. I have almost run out of patience. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[ltw]

We are at 355 days as well here. The "Fat Mare TV screen" now looks like a volkswagon on legs. I am so tired of listening to horses bang feed buckets, fart, poop, pee and run their teeth over the bars of the stall fronts all night long for the last 3 weeks!

And everyone in this family including the non horsey members are very tired of taking turns watching FAT Mare TV while the human mom gets other things done on and off the farm.

Good Luck for Healthy Foals and Mares to everyone,

Laura W.

[onthebit]

Well, 360 days and counting. Got the mare settled in at Warioto last night. Although I hated to move her I gotta admit it was nice to sleep through the night last night and not be awakened by the noises from the Fat Mare TV monitor!

How much longer can she possibly drag this out??

[Home Again Farm]

Day 356. Bag full, tight and as shiny as a chestnut's can get. Milk opaque white -- 250ppm on Chemetrics test, easy to express. Vulva extremely relaxed, swollen looking. Mare pretty placid, with brief moments of unrest.

I am hopeful that we are down to the final stretch. Wish me (us) luck. I always worry when we get to this point. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[TouchstoneAcres]

Good luck Home ASgain. Hope she does it tonight.

[Nikita]

Good luck Home Again! I'll do a little 'baby dance' for you tonight. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif Now there's a scary thought! Uh.... me dancing, not the baby. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

I'm going to sneak in one more uninterupted night of sleep before I start to really watch Carly. No changes on her so I hope it's an ok call.

And good luck to all the other's with mare still hanging on. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Hee hee... volkswagon on legs http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I like that!

[renee]

well day 341 , my mare finally foaled and it is one baby. a very big dark bay colt with 2 hind white socks. will post pictures soon.

[Spot]

Oh stonefieldfarm - what great news! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Who are the sire and dam?

"Spot"

[TouchstoneAcres]

Congratulations Stonefield, he sounds nice! Pictures please. So it's not an all filly year! Glad the filly fairy came to us though.

[Bugs-n-Frodo]

Congratulations. Be sure to post pics on a new thread, he deserves one. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

************************************************** *
Amy
Cute as a Bugsear (Bugs) 1986 JC OTTTB (Isella x Annie Somebody)
Pippen (Frodo) 2003 ATA Anglo Trakehner (Paramoure x Cute as a Bugsear)

[renee]

thanks everybody i will start a new thread with picture. He is out of my pinto dutch mare by domino who is na/wpn registered, and by the Dutch stallion 007.

[Spot]

Neat - 007 is *the* hot stallion of the moment, isnt he?

"Spot"

[Home Again Farm]

Finally.

At 9:30 AM Saturday (day 357) Blanche delivered a large chestnut colt with chrome all over the place. Long, long legs. He was upside down, but I got her up a few times and he turned. I think we'll call him Rokstar. Will post picks when these spider legs unfold.

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[TouchstoneAcres]

Yay! On a weekend yet; how nice. Congrats. He sounds very fancy.

[onthebit]

It's a GIRL!!!

FINALLY, on day 361, Bridget delivered a healthy filly. I am soooo glad I ended up having her at Warioto as the baby was very large and her being a maiden she actually required the assistance of two people to get the job done. "Lexi" is a bay filly by Landkonig with a star and stripe, two white socks up front, and a high white stocking on her left hind. She was so developed when she came out she even had a couple of teeth!! They said her legs were just "gorgeous."

I can't wait to get back in town to see her on Monday. Thank you for all of the cyber support!

[Spot]

Homeagain and ONTheBit - Yeah!!!

What great news!

"Spot"

[ltw]

Yeah! We got our foal last night. A very, stunning, leggy, leggy black colt (so black he looks blue) by Ruffian (Rubinstein/Inshallah) out of SPS Mayflower (Matcho/Pik Konig). Beautiful, healthy, elegant, strong, correct foal. Up and nursing. Text book delivery. All went very well. Mom and beautiful boy are doing great.
Now we get to change the camera, sew in the foal alert and start watching next mare due in 9 days!!!

Good Luck to everyone for healthy babies!

Laura

[TouchstoneAcres]

Congratulations onthebit and itw. Can't wait to see pictures!

[Nikita]

tap.. tap.. tap.. tap.. tap...

C'mon ltw, we're waiting! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[ltw]

Here is the best I could do tonight before sunset. Lighting is not so good. Taken at 18 hrs old

[ltw]

Here is one more of Mayflower and baby boy on first outing! He was born on my husband's and my 16th wedding anniversary!

[Nikita]

Oh SURE, edit your post so I look silly. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

ltw he's gorgeous and he looks like a really big boy. Congratulations!

"He's a nice horse, he's just a little special in the head."

[ltw]

Hi Nikita:
Sorry, I had tried to load the pic but the file was too big and did not squeeze through the pipe. The colt was 15 days overdue so he is well developed and strong. He is tall I think because he had so much extra time to bake. But I love the leg to body ratio as it makes him quite elegant. Not too heavy in the body or bone.

So, the Fat Mare TV show continues with round two. We are 8 days and counting for EM Donatella.

[TouchstoneAcres]

He's gorgeous! so elegant. We'll have to start a follow up thread for all our tuurnout pictures.

[Hidden Treasure]

Is anybody still waiting? My maiden is at 333 days today. She has been trying to trick me. I was worried three weeks ago that she was going to have a premie. She shows the signs WELL in advance! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[TouchstoneAcres]

HT I am looking forward to my 2nd this spring, a May baby from my maiden Lipizzan, due 5/26. Not exactly watching tv yet. Good luck!

[Faiths CremelloWB]

Yes, we are still waiting http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Only 3 more to go. One in 4 days and another in 6 days and our last one in 3 weeks but she doesn't look like she'll hold out that long. They are all showing signs that they could go anytime but our last couple mares did that for 2 weeks so we could be here a while still watching our fat mare tv. Wouldn't it be nice if they all went on the same night!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Only one Mirabeau baby left for the year and still awaiting the arrival of our very first Arts Aero foals... the anticipation is killing us. Will they be pintos? http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif Lets keep our fingers crossed!

Will post pics as soon as they arrive http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[Home Again Farm]

I'll be getting my TV warmed up again within a couple of weeks for an ET foal from my young mare Wintermaske. The foal is due late May, but ET mare shows every sign of going earlier. I can hardly wait!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[ltw]

Yes, the Fat Mare TV is back on again at Shadow Fox Farm. Donatella (Donnershlag/Wenzel) is due today to Rhodes Scholar. My vet says it is a filly. I hope he is right! It would be her first out of 5.

She is waxed and looks ready.

Laura
www.studbook.com/shadowfox (http://www.studbook.com/shadowfox)

[Home Again Farm]

Wishing you a filly, ltw. Good luck!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Last week we had a colt -- our first one since 1998. Our count is 3 colts, 10 fillies to date. I'm hoping the next one is a filly, too.

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[Hidden Treasure]

Ho Hum....twiddle twiddle twiddle. Still waiting..... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

Wasn't there someone a while back that started a thread about being worried that thier maiden mare might foal too early? Oh yah, I remember it was me. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif Guess I was wrong!! We're now at 335 and counting.

[TouchstoneAcres]

I think I should move my maiden to the foaling environment this weekend, for 3+ weeks to build antibodies. She is sooo big at day 313. I am sending her to a foaling out farm as work is getting inthe way of fun this month and I want her safe.

[Faiths CremelloWB]

http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gifLooks like tonight could be the night!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

Our mare Holly that is in foal to Arts Aero has been very unhappy with ther little one inside today. I feel so bad for her, she is so stocked up that we had to wrap all four of her legs today! Poor girl... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

But hey she is only 2 days from her due date; one of the mares this year acted like this for 2 weeks so I guess we could still be here for a while! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif Let's hope not!

Anyone else's just about to pop!

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[unrequited]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Hidden Treasure:
Ho Hum....twiddle twiddle twiddle. Still waiting..... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

Wasn't there someone a while back that started a thread about being worried that thier maiden mare might foal too early? Oh yah, I remember it was me. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif Guess I was wrong!! We're now at 335 and counting.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Guess your not waiting anymore Hidden Treasure!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

News just in: HT's maiden mare had a beautiful bay colt. She of course decided to wait until the middle of the afternoon when the TV was off and HT was at work. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif Fortunately HT's mom was home, to monitor things.

As it turns out the mare did require assistance, so an experienced neighbour was called in. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif As a show of appreciation HT is nameing the colt (barn name), after the kind neighbour. She's such a sap. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sadsmile.gif

Congrats Hidden Treasure.

[LEN]

I don't know why I never called it that befor.At Sandys Nursemare Service farm, We watch Fat mare TV,starting late Dec. right through June. With about 40 mares foaling and then some, we have our moments.Sandy can sleep and jump up when she hears that certain noise. Then she watches the fat mare TV and runs to the barn. Women have that gift. Me, I have to stay awake or I miss the whole thing, from start to finish. Foal, horse what barn? what do you mean I am at the farm?

[Nikita]

Babies, babies and more babies! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif Congrats Hidden Treasure and PICS PLEASE!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Good luck FCWB and geez LEN really, it will be over soon! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif You'll get a 3 or 4 month break. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

Best baby wishes to those still watching.

[unrequited]

My last phone call to Hidden Treasure revealed that she was having one of those 'it's okay to really crash now' naps. Not for long though, 'cause the teeth floating guy was on his way over to do his thing. LOL. No rest for the wicked.

Next item on the agenda for HT, my mare. She started to bag up two days ago....tee hee hee.

[Hidden Treasure]

I am now up from my short but sweet power nap. I will feed up for the night, and then go to bed for real! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Yes, as it turns out I am very lucky to have people watching out for me. My Mom noticed they mare having trouble and called the neighbour cowboy from down the road. My mare "Watch Me!" had two legs and a bit of a nose showing but couldn't get beyond that stage. Apparently she was hopelessly pushing for about fourty minutes before the neighbour started pulling. He is my hero! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

Also I am glad that I asked all of the oxytocin questions! My girl decided to hang on to her placenta and needed a little help. It took four hours for her to pass it with the help of Dr. O.

Watch Me! and little Grover seem to be doing very well. I will have to watch Mom for more bleeding in the next few days.

Now to get ready to breed her on her thirty day heat! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_razz.gif

I will take some pictures tomorrow after work. Would anyone like to volunteer to post them for me?

Nighty Night! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif

[Nikita]

No problem... email me at lao @look.ca just remove the space between my initials and the @ sign.

"My husband said it was him or the horses ... I miss him sometimes." http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Faiths CremelloWB]

http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gifStill waiting... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sigh.gif

One at day 340 http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/uhoh.gif
One at day 338 http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif
One at only 317 http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

Please let one go tonight so we can catch a few http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif's...

Will post as soon as they arrive.

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[Nikita]

So Miss May 24th didn't go tonight? Geez, she sure looks ready.. REALLY ready. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

"My husband said it was him or the horses ... I miss him sometimes." http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[arnika]

I haven't been checking this thread as much as I should and just wanted to say congrats to all who've had their foals lately! ltw, that ruffian colt is just beautiful, and Mary Lou, how did I miss your last one? A colt, surprise http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif. Hidden Treasure, also congratulations, and glad it all turned out well.

FCWB, good luck on your next one and same to you, ltw. I'm just gearing up for Fat Mare TV. My maiden is at 313 days but I'm getting antsy. Happy foaling to all that are left. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[showjumpers66]

Yes, congrats everyone!

I am about ready to join everyone in watching "FAT MARE TV" again. Reno is 322 days and Kix is 314 days. The last couple of weeks is the worse!!! Reno typically goes early and hopefully Kix will follow her dam's suit even though she is maiden.

Quantum Leap Farm (http://www.quantumleapfarm.com/)

[sid]

Just checking into this thread...congrats Laura and everyone.

I'm bleary-eyed waiting for a Boleem baby. This will be my last "homebred", though I will continue to breed to outside mares -- so this foaling and foal will be extra special!

Susan Doner, Little Bull Run Farm. Standing Boleem, Argosy and King's Camelot. www.littlebullrun.com (http://www.littlebullrun.com)

[Home Again Farm]

Well I have hurt my back so badly that muscle relaxants and pain pills aren't doing it. I am PRAYING that my ET mare (312 days) waits a couple of weeks to do her thing. This is where I find myself every spring -- and have to ask myself why in the heck I do this. Right now there is so much that needs to be done and I can't lift anything heavier than a glass of water.http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gifhttp://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

Good luck to all and please let my mare keep her legs crossed for a while! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[Faiths CremelloWB]

Tapping on broodmares tummies....&lt;&lt;knock, knock, knock&gt;&gt;

"Anyone in there?"

Maybe tonight will be the night??? http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[Oakleigh]

Geesh Mary Lou!!! This is the worst time of the year to hurt your back! You should have saved it for July or August when we stay inside anyway...

Anything I can do to help?

Feel better soon!!! Carey is down for the count like you. She landed on her back last weekend, NOT off one of mine though... thankfully.

Oakleigh

~~~~&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;****~~*~~****&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;~~~~
Breeder of Superior Sport Horse Prospects.
Oakleigh Sporthorses (http://hometown.aol.com/psulli1002/page1.html)

[Home Again Farm]

Pat,

My back only does this during foaling season -- and this makes three years in a row. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

I am doing the bare minimum and hubby and a friend are helping out. Tonight we check a mare for breeding, so all I need to do is hold a horse -- which I can do. Thank heavens for drugs. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

But if that ET mare foals any time soon, I am in deep, deep trouble. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif Thanks for the sympathy -- it helps.

Mary Lou

http://www.homeagainfarm.com

[maple_brook]

Does tapping on the tummy work? I'm getting desperate! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

My maiden mare is at day 352. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

We have been listening to fat mare radio via a baby monitor for weeks now. This will be our first foal born at home and I'm getting impatient! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Linda
Proud Mom of R.A.J.J.I.B.S
http://www.geocities.com/maple_brook

[arnika]

Mary Lou if you need any help with a foaling, you can feel free to call me. I'm only what, 20 min. away? Just email me if you need my number. Heck, I'm up most of the nights now anyway. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

Terry

[Faiths CremelloWB]

Still waiting on THREE maidens... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

Now at days...343,341, and lastly 320.

Hopefully we don't fall asleep and miss one http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Anyone else joined the fat mare TV club lately?

Well it's my turn to catch some... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/sleepy.gif bet once I fall asleep I'll hear
"WAKE UP SHE'S DOWN!!!!" http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/no.gif

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[ltw]

I am back. We had another colt Friday night! A chesnut colt, clone of Dad, Rhodes Scholar out of Donatella. This one looks very uphill, compact, solid, apple rearend. I see Rhodes Scholar and Donnerhall in him. He is correct and very sweet. All is fine here. The Fat Mare TV was put away for the season today!!

That makes my statistics about 80% colts! What is the deal! I want fillies!

Good Luck to everyone for healthy foals. I am heading out of town for a horse show and leaving husband with umbilicus dipping and temperature taking duties for the rest of the week!

Will post pics of the new colt after he gets the pigment around his eyes! You know how it is with chesnuts!

Laura
www.studbook.com/shadowfox (http://www.studbook.com/shadowfox)

[showjumpers66]

Congrats, ltw! I seem to get the short end of the stick with fillies, too. Urgh ... I am so tired of getting colts!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_mad.gif

Quantum Leap Farm (http://www.quantumleapfarm.com/)

[maple_brook]

Our maiden mare is at day 354. I have gotten so used to hearing her over the baby monitor that I question whether we will be able to fall asleep without the sound of her munching hay. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Although she looks like she has started to progress again. So we are hoping in the next day or two...maybe by Mother's Day? Please? http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

Linda
Proud Mom of R.A.J.J.I.B.S
http://www.geocities.com/maple_brook

[showjumpers66]

Reno is 325 days. She is coming right along and I want her to SLOW DOWN! She has a very large bag. I'll start milk testing tonight. Abby and her colt are still in the stall and my husband is frantically trying to finish two more stalls. Hopefully, we will have a 12 x 12 stall ready for Abby and Riesen tomorrow and I can clean the 12 x 24 stall for Reno. It is going to be close ... I bet Reno foals before 340 days. Kix is 317 days and we need to finish a 12 x 24 stall for her by next week. I will be so glad when the barn is done (maybe sometime in the next 10 years at this rate http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_redface.gif )!

Quantum Leap Farm (http://www.quantumleapfarm.com/)

[Faiths CremelloWB]

Finally!!!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif We had the birth of our first foal by Arts Aero. It is a bay filly http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif with two hind socks, a star and white hairs on each side of her tail... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_confused.gif She was up and walking around before the dam got up.
Will post photos in the morning.

Still two more to go...

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[Spot]

Congrats April!
You're in the home stretch now with only 2 to go! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

"Spot"

[TouchstoneAcres]

Congratulations! Pictures please! My next mare to go is at 322 today.

[Faiths CremelloWB]

http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif YES!! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Only two days between foals this time. Our last Mirabeau foal came last night at midnight. The mare literally sneezed and out came the baby. YET ANOTHER BUCKSKIN FILLY!!! We seemed to be blessed with fillies this year. Only one colt so far and the rest all little girls! Couldn't be happier, we just love fillies. Now only one more mare to go until we can put away our fat mare TV. Thank goodnes!! Only about a month to go until we can both get a full nights sleep. Our little orphan is only eating every 4 hours now... http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif So one of us is up every other 4 hours.

Hoping everyone else is having better luck with their foalings I know it's been a tough year for us all. Will post photos of both of the new fillies as soon as we take some. http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

http://www.blazingcoloursfarm.com

[Norsire]

Geezzz, I'm on day 357 with my Dutch mare...who has never carried more than 342 days out of 11 foals so far and now she is on marrothon watch. I too am so sick of Fat Mare TV I can hardly stand it. I kept her in yesterday all day after putting her out for a bit and she just stood and stared into empty space in the middle of the field away from all the mare..so now she is out today and I have to check her very 30 minutes..I think she is trying to sneak her foal out on me in the field. Our White Lady, tried it this year in the field, but luckily it was feeding time and we catch her!! Sneaky old mares! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

There are no answers, only the search.
Home to the stallions Zillionair, Issue of Gold, Gold Card, and Pure White Gold.
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[Faiths CremelloWB]

Looks like today could be the day for our final foal of the year. Our black TB mare is definately ready to pop... she looks like she's been ready for weeks. Everyone that has come by thought that she was the first due to foal but she still isn't due until the 24th, sure would be nice if we could have one in the afternoon http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif, so far they've all gone after midnight! Keeping our fingers crossed that all goes well with the delivery. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

Will post pics as soon as "SHE" arrives... Yeah I know, now were getting greedy... http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif so far 4 out of 5 have been fillies...Keep em coming!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/winkgrin.gif

&lt;&lt;Breeder of Coloured Warmblood Sporthorses&gt;&gt;

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[traklover]

My mare is "due" around the 24th as well. This is her third foal. She started to wax a little wednesday, but has been a little drippy and lots of wax since thursday night.

I am hoping she goes soon and does not keep me sleepless for another 2 weeks! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/dead.gif

Congratulations Faiths....yours are both adorable!

I hope you didn't snafu and fill Ontario filly quota for the month! I would like one too! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/lol.gif

My other mare is due June 10th.

So I will be on here for awhile.

[Hidden Treasure]

I am officialy signing back on for Fat Mare TV duties. Our second mare is at day 333 today. She has been slowly giving me lots of warning signs. Her milk changed tonight at 1:00 am when I did a final check for the night. So here I am still up watching the TV. Anyone else out there still on Fat Mare TV duty?

[sprucie]

I will be on fat mare TV watch soon. My mare is at 226, and I'll be hooking up the camera today. She's thinking about foaling sometime this year, and hopefully she gets it over with soon.

[carosello]

My mare is 333 today too. She is huge and its hot. I tried a milk test on her this past monday and she was at 50 ppm...so I will check her again either friday or saturday. My other mare went from 50ppm to 250 in less then 4 days!

[Hidden Treasure]

Well, I noticed wax today at about 12 noon. She has spent the whole day looking uncomfortable. Lip curling and belly kicking. I think it is going to be a very long and sleepless night.

[Norsire]

I'm back on the Fat Mare channel!!! My last mare is on day 332. She has had two full sibblings to the expected foal on day 325, one full sibbling 335 and one 347...so we are beyond the 325 and approaching the 335. But, the 347 one was the only filly out of the four full sibblings to expected foal...so maybe she is going to keep me waiting and have my cremello filly this year! Boy, aren't I getting carried away and setting myself up for disappointment! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif Plus with the Upperville Breed show on Sunday, I should be completely wiped out by then with staying up and sleeping with my Fat Mare channel on! Well, I'm off to a night of torcher. Her milk does not look anywhere near ready, but last year it did not look ready either and had I not been there for the foaling, the foal would have most likely died! I actually was watching my Dutch mare last year in the foaling stall, when at 5:00 AM my wonder dog Nico, bugged the life out of me until 5:30 AM to go out...I let him out and he kept running from me to the mare across the isleway which was Deb, I walked up to her stall and at that very moment her water broke..so a scramble to switch the mares around, so Deb would be in the foaling stall with all the straw. So, I have my dog to thank for saving that foal...the mare did not produce a foal at all for 30 minutes after the water broke, so Vet on the way, finally after 45 minutes a foal started coming out and it was not right at all. But, all worked out in the end and the filly was fine..but would not have been had my dog not alerted me to the fact that the wrong mare was in the foaling stall. I have always wondered how he knows this stuff!!! He amazes me!!! I have been awaken by him to go out and he will lead me to a horse in a feed pen, that I forgot to let out...now how he knows this?????

[sprucie]

Norsire, you are very lucky to have such a wonderful dog!

[Norsire]

Yes Sprucie, I am a very lucky girl to have my Nico boy!

[Norsire]

Oppss..meant to post this one of the wonder foaling dog.

[sprucie]

He sure is a handsome boy, and very helpful!

[Norsire]

Yes, isn't he adorable with this latex gloves and enemas already to foal out the next mare!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

[Hidden Treasure]

I haven't had a chance to get back on the board to update everyone until now. Our mare foaled Friday morning at about 6:30 am. She is a beautiful bay filly with three socks and a nifty crooked blaze. Very pretty feminine features. She seems a little small considering that her mom was as big as a house! Although she is quite down in the pasturns which makes her seem shorter.

I had to help the mare out a little and pull Rikki out. Then she was a little slow getting on her feet. After an hour I assisted her with this too. Then she needed help finding the milk bar. She finally was attracted to the right area, but wanted to suck on the side of momma's udder. Ater two hours I realized that I need to get some colostrum into her. So I milked out about 5 oz out of mom and fed it to Rikki.

Now the bad news. Around 1:00am on Saturday morning Rikki developed stinky yellow diarreah. This scares me because I had this happen last year with another foal who didn't make it beyond three days. I did get 2cc of penicillan into her just before the scours started. I did this on my vets recomendations, as he felt it is a good thing to do with the ones who are a little slow to get nursing. He said after they are finished sucking on everything in sight, they quite often pick up a bug. Well, he was right! She was treated all last night and today with Fortified Pepto (has antibiotics in it). After no improvement and after last years disaster, I told my vet that I wish to treat this more aggressively. So, as of tonight I started her on a combination of 3cc of Penicillan and 1.5cc of Amiglyde. Apparently this combination is suppossed to kill bugs dead!

Please jingle for little Rikki. I sure hope we end with better results than last year!!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/cry.gif

[sprucie]

Jingles for little Rikki!

[Home Again Farm]

Hope your baby pulls through HT. I'm jingling!! http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif

[TouchstoneAcres]

Jingles for Rikki! I hope she's all better soon. She sounds lovely.

[Hidden Treasure]

Well aready we see an improvment in Rikki. Last night at about 1:00am, the diarrhea stopped. I think she will pull through. http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[TouchstoneAcres]

Yay! She'll be fine I bet.

[Quinn]

We're at day 357 and counting. Lily appears to be fine, fat and quite happy.

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[carosello]

Jingles for Rikki from us also.

Well my mare is due this week and testing 110ppm. I would be surprised if we went past next weekend. (knock on wood)

[sprucie]

Congratulations on the improvement with little Rikki. Hopefully she will continue in that direction http://chronicleforums.com/images/custom_smilies/yes.gif.

My husband swore that my mare was definitely going to have her foal today, and stayed home from work to be here when the big event happened. He didn't appreciate it when I came home and told him that she is not that close to foaling, and probably has a few more days to go. I can't wait for the big event myself. I'm tired of seeing bucket "babies" in the stall every couple of hours http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_eek.gif.

[Hidden Treasure]

Thanks for all the well wishes on Rikki. She seems to be fine now! http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I am continuing with her treatment anyway though. She gets another 2 shots tonight, and then again tomorrow night. I really hate making her a pin cushion. Last night when I gave her her needles, she let out this long heart wrenching squeal as I pushed on the plunger. I thought I was slowly killing her! She tenses her little muscles so much that she is bending the needle!

[carosello]

Its a boy! More info later, still trying to get the bugger up!

[sprucie]

Congratulations Carosello http://chronicleforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif