Anyone have foals due this month?
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Anyone have foals due this month?
Yep, an American Ideal and a Sutter Hanover, both mares served on the same day, both due on the same day, probably won't happen however. Should be on the deck in about 2-3 weeks time.
quite a few, but no signs of any action yet
We sold the one mare that was due in September.
MightyMo,
Do you own Three Eagles NZ? If yes who is this years foals sire and who is she breeding to?
Hi Justdoit
I just took a look at Three Eagles and she is due to foal a full brother or sister to Fly Like An Eagle.
A Bettors Delight due on 13th. Lots of movement going on.
I have only 1 mare in foal this season, and she is due in 3 - 4 weeks. Hoping for a Somebeachsomewhere colt this year, as the mares last 3 foals were fillies.Quote:
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Regards,
LOC
Awaiting a full sibling to Fly Like an Eagle. As for her next consort, still tossing up between going to Mach Three again, or Rocknroll Heaven
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Somebeachsomewhere, watch this race.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bMpnDsbDDA
For Three Eagles?
I'm fascinated by the sheer girth of some soon to foals mares. The two mares due this month are fairly big I guess, nothing out of the ordinary though but then there's another that's due in mid November & she's absolutely HUGE now...looks like a block of flats.
We have a maiden mare due in a months time, she has become as fat as mud. Despite trying our best to stop her gaining more weight(fat) she has become massive.
She was bred with in weeks of coming off the track and to look at her now you would never imagine that she could run?:)
At last my first foal has arrived.
A mach three colt from falcons guest which makes him a full brother to Fiery falcon.
Apparently, a very nice good sized foal too.
I can only dream that they will all be like this!:):)
Hi Mightmo
Congrat's and if you get some pics later on post them so we can have a look.
Congrats Mightymo. That's a really good result. You must be thrilled.
Just did the feet of and yarded two mares that are due in the next week or so and they both look like they'll go on or close to time too. One's a pain in the arse, the other's pretty much user friendly but you never know how they'll react when push comes to PUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSH. Haven't foaled down either of them before so it'll be a learning experience for all concerned.
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That's be right. Pain in the arse mare bagging up & waxing up first. Not long now.
Good luck Triple!!
My mare all ready to go but about 24 hours away I reckon. Son's school concert on tomorrow night and me horse in at Melton (R4 N6) and have to go support him as he lead singer in school band. Tipping he wins and I miss it and mare has foal and I miss that too.
Nuffin compared to what justdoit been copping..
Congrats mightymo!!
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Its a lot of dreams to fit into something so small.Quote:
Apparently, a very nice good sized foal too.
I can only dream that
they will all be like this!:):)
Hey Toohard
Seen the pic's of Mightymo's foal and it is a cracker, when it strengthens up it is going to be a real good size foal.
Pain in the arse mare waxed up & bagged up, walked the fences most of the night, I thought for sure she would flop down and get on with it...but she did sweet FA. Passed out for an hour or so, ducked out for a hose about 2am, other mare had flopped down and stretched out flat out on the ground...I stood quietly and waited...she started making odd noises...I wandered over with a hopeful heart and armed with a torch to investigate...she was gone for all money and snoring like a truckdriver that had been smashing down Red since lunchtime yesterday. No foal anywhere near making a debut. :(
Home at 6am empty handed. Batton now passed to Brother for tonight's watch. Fair chance that I'll make a rapid and unexplained exit from work at some point this evening.:rolleyes:
TripleV123, do you use any type of foaling alarm on your mares?
For sure, always...but I'm one of those paranoid foal watch people with a significant distrust of technology who doze off for a half hour or an hour, wake up with a start & get up & go out with my trust torch to have a look anyway. Ours is a Magic Breed Alarm. It works of course. Never given me any reason to think otherwise. I just can't help myself, mostly because if something happened and I could have fixed it but wasn't there I would never forgive myself. Hopeless, I know.
We have the same foaling alarm and its by far the best on the market. IMO
Though you can't go past a good set of eyes.
My brother did foal watch last night...I finished work about 3:30 am and drove out there, woke the poor bastard up to ask where the torch was and went for an exploratory wander. You know what's going to happen? Despite all this attention...I reckon she'll wait until I go in and make a cup of coffee and grab a biscuit or two and while I'm away she'll foal standing up so the alarm doesn't go off. That's the sort of pain in the arse she is. :p
How do those broodmare alarms work? How much do they cost?
I have heard of maiden mares foaling while standing up, but never had/seen one do it myself...
I have never seen a mare foal standing up and i've never heard of it and i've seen hundred's you learn something new everyday
A friend had a foal alarm and every time the mare lay down it went off so he threw it in the dam.
I have never had the need to use an alarm myself as i know 9 times out of 10 when they'll foal as we lock the mares in a little paddock next to the house
and when anybody get's up during the night just flick on the light's and have a look
A good tip is when they start to foal if nothing has happened in 1/2 hour their is something wrong
so best of luck to everyone with foal's coming this year i hope no-one has any real problem's.
I've seen a mare foal whilst standing up and the previous owner did tell my mate when he borrowed her that she did and we laughed but true to his word she did.
Does the foal thud to the ground like a giraffe - I've seen those things "foal" or whatever the term is. Poor thing hit the ground (mum is a LONG way up!) with a terrible sounding thud!!
Hi Flashing
Yes it did thud to the ground but thankfully it didn't have the big drop like a giraffe does and from there on thing's were normal.
Irish Town foaled Gracie Wilkes whilst she was standing up. John Gibson wrapped her up in his arms as she made her debut & last season my brother caught a Four Starzzz Shark filly who's dam decided to the business whilst upright. You must have all the well mannered mares out there Greg.
Here's a bit of trivia. A Vet mate of mine told me this. The long drop to the deck that Giraffes have actually serves to wake the baby up/clear its lungs and get its heart beating properly. How about them apples eh?
PS. The old bag is still hangin' on. Hopefully today...tonight.
...and Sunday night it was.
An American Ideal colt. Delivered him too so I'm already a bit more attached to him than most of the others.
Tall, long bodied, well conformed front and back, long legs, he's a really classy foal. Dark brown, has a head like his sire including a big star. His stable name is 'Justin' after Justin Bieber.
First time for the mare to a Western Hanover / Western Ideal line sire. Am VERY pleased. My brother is very happy too. He has always had a great deal of faith in this colt's sire (below) and he stuck to his guns to serve this mare. Couldn't have asked for a better result.
http://www.nyahharness.com.au/attach...an_Ideal_1.jpg
Congratulations to you TripleV123 and family.
Great result.
Well done to you all. Good stuff.
Woohoo! :)
Don't think any of ours are due until November :'( 1 Art Major, 1 American Ideal, 1 Sir Galvinator (had 1 to Flashing Red but the mare died of colic a couple of months ago).
G'day Troops & thanks to you all.
Now it's a few days down the track and I've been able to compose myself enough so...I got the fright of my life, my blood rang cold, when I went around to her back end and all that I saw was 1 leg sticking out up to the knee...and nothing else.
I got down on the ground and put my arm in up to the elbow, waited for the contraction to stop and pushed the foal back just a little piece, fished around a bit & located what I thought was the offside front (thankfully it was) so then I flipped it forward from the knee then from the fetlock & it went into line with the nearside front then I got the head back into the right position & it appeared as expected. Our friend Anne cleared the foal's nose/face of the bag etc. & with the next contraction I pulled down towards the mare's heels...& bugger me, out he came. It all happened so fast, it was over in a matter of minutes, I was on auto-pilot & did what I thought had to be done at the time, thankfully it was the right thing. It wasn't until about 6 or 7 hrs later when all was fine and dandy and I was driving back home that it really dawned on me as to how close we had come to a real mess...and that's when the wheels fell off.
You see, last year our mares knocked them all out like a Gum Ball machine dispenses chewing gum and it's easy to get to thinking all's rosey & it will always be so. This year, a nice old reality check, 1st cab off the rank was all my nightmares in one go. Everything I had dreaded was there. Leg back, head coming 3/4's on etc. I was very proud that I was able to fix it but it wasn't an experience that I'd like to repeat any time soon, if ever. That being said, having faced it and got it squared away, I'm a more confident foal watcher than I was Sunday night at about 10:59, a minute or so before the foaling alarm went off. You've got to be there when they foal, I can't understand anyone letting them foal alone by choice. We've had mares go early & totally unexpectedly/without any warning, I'm sure everyone has, it happens despite the best planning...but being there's a must if you possibly can. We'd have lost the mare & her foal for sure & it would have been for something that was, perhaps not easily but at least able to be corrected relatively quickly. Instead, we've got a lovely foal and a healthy mare and that makes all of the hopeful wandering around in the dark with a torch worth while.
Awesome work TripleV123,
This time of year really scares me, any unassisted foalings should not happen and anyone that has a foal born in this way are just lucky if it goes well.
Don't get me started on unassisted foalings.... some people do not seem to place the same importance on it as me.
And well done, give yourself a pat on the back :) I could never do something like that (don't know enough about foaling myself).Quote:
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Nah, I'm sure you could do it Flashing, anyone could if they were faced with that same situation. You just take a breath and do what you have to do at the time & worry about what might have happened later. That's the first time I've ever had to actively assist a mare in any meaningful way. Never has to go reaching around before. I just tried to visualise what the situation might look like inside there and then did it. Btw, the foal's a bellringer. I'll post some photos when they come through.