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Discussion on Talk about a surprise
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Karent
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Posted on Wednesday, Sep 6, 2006 - 1:29 pm:
The Quarab mare I rescued a few months is doing great. She is responding very well to training and is so eager to please.
However, I am almost positive she is in foal and probably due within the next 2-3 months. My Vet will be coming out next week and I will find out for sure. I called her previous owner and asked him if she could possibly be in foal. His exact words were "I did run her with 9 & 10 month old stud colts, but the two studs next door (both quarter horses)have jumped the fence a number of times and she could have bred with one of them. Then he said, I wish I would have known so I could have charged you more money, as these quarter studs are beautiful with small pretty heads". It took all my willpower to keep my mouth shut. This idiot has over 30 horses between the ages of 4 months up to 6 years of age. None have been vaccinated, there has been no hoof care, worming, etc. The only good part of this guys operation is that he has many acres of land with lush grass so the horses are at least well nourished.
I hope she's not in foal, as she is too young IMO to be a mother, she just turned 3 in May. Thankfully, I have a friend who would love to take the foal after it's weaned and I know this baby will have a great home.
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Boomer
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 7, 2006 - 7:26 pm:
What a real jerk.
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Erika
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Posted on Thursday, Sep 7, 2006 - 9:08 pm:
Tell the jerk you're charging him board for the "extra horse" he threw your way !
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Green007
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Posted on Friday, Sep 8, 2006 - 11:18 am:
He is a jerk! Three is very young to be a mommy, but it can be successful. If she turns out to be pregnant, enjoy the process anyway!
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Karent
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Posted on Friday, Sep 8, 2006 - 11:34 am:
I just went through the process. I have a 6 month old TWH filly. She has been weaned now for 2 months and is finally at the point where I can put her in a pasture next to her Mom and mom won't let her even try to nurse. Rio (the filly) has a little hair missing from the side of her mouth from getting cow kicked trying to nurse. I going to wait at least another month before I put Rio and her companion horse back in the big pasture with the other horses.
I really hope Sage isn't pregnant, but if she is, I'm ready to go through the process again.
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Boomer
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Posted on Friday, Sep 8, 2006 - 12:02 pm:
I have a 5 month old as well. The process is really exciting enjoy and I'm happy that she's with you rather than with that jerk.
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Karent
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Posted on Friday, Sep 15, 2006 - 12:57 am:
The Vet came out today, did a rectal on Sage and verified her pregnancy. The Vet seems to think she is about 6-7 months pregnant. She is already so huge I can't imagine how much larger she is going to get.
This foal is due in Jan or Feb which are the most cold and icy months we have here in Taos.
I have a nice foaling stall, but it's filled right now with 9 1500lb bales of grass hay for winter. This is the time I really wish I had a tractor. Oh well, I have a few months to figure out what I'm going to do.
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Boomer
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Posted on Friday, Sep 15, 2006 - 10:44 pm:
I feel for you. That's heavy stuff. Jan/Feb is a hard time to have a new one it's the coldest time of the year. Can you rent a tractor somewhere or have a friend that has one? Tractors are worth their weight in gold I know...another subject, I've always wanted to see Taos! I bet it's beautiful
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Karent
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 16, 2006 - 10:31 am:
It is beautiful here. We have 8 acres and our next door neighbor (who also has 8 acres) doesn't have any animals, so we have free access to his pasture as well as ours. We are lucky that we live in a marshy area so we have always have plenty of green grass (mostly timothy) from spring through most of fall.
My husband and I plan on buying a tractor, but are waiting for the "good deal" to come our way (if there is one out there).
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Mrose
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 16, 2006 - 10:56 am:
Do you have a foal blanket for newborn foals? When we lived in the Sierra's I used them on the new foals if we had any born early in the year, or had a real cold snap hit. Most of the catalogs have them; they run from $29 up to around $50 depending on they type and material. You can also use a large dog coat. I only used one while the foals were very young. After a few weeks it seemed like they were warm enough just shut in the stall with mom at night.
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Christel
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Posted on Saturday, Sep 16, 2006 - 1:41 pm:
Karen, very envious of you living in Taos- it is one of my favorite places.
Sara gives good advise on the blanket, I have another that may help too. I have seen several grown horses minus part of their ears, due to be being born in freezing temps. After the foal is several days old and their blood is circulating better it is not quite the concern. I have heard of others making ear wraps out of tube socks, you will have to use your imagination as I have only 'heard' of it being used. I am sure someone on here knows how to make them to stay on. Also when you get closer to foaling, lots of bedding (grass hay is normally what I use) will help the foal stay warmer- it has an insulating effect when the foal lays in it and gets covered up by some of it.
Good luck on finding the tractor, none are cheap, I too am constantly looking for that buy of the year on a tractor- seems Im always a day late and usually a dollar or two short.
Chris
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Karent
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 17, 2006 - 9:30 am:
My foaling stall is inside the barn, it's about 40'x40'. The filly I had last year was born the first part of March, it was pretty cold about 5 deg at 10:30 in the evening. It is so dry here that it only feels cold when the wind blows.
I do have a foal blanket and will use it if I need to. When my filly was born, it was warm enough in the foaling stall that I never needed the blanket. I'm hoping this next year will be the same, but I will be prepared one way or the other.
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Corinne
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 17, 2006 - 11:44 am:
Karen.....don't you just love people who are out to make a buck? I wish you and your going to be new Mom good luck!
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Karent
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Posted on Sunday, Sep 17, 2006 - 12:41 pm:
I called the guy I bought Sage from and asked if he had any idea who the stud could be. He narrowed it down to this.... well, she was running with 9-11 month old stud colts, or the two paint studs next door could have done it through the fence, or my white arab was tied up in the pen with her one day and she was winking at him, so I think it probably might be him, but I really don't know. He then said I guess you will have to wait and see. If it's a paint, then it was one of the paints next door, if it was my arab it will be white, if it was one of the stud colts it could be any color.... I had to laugh, it was truly a funny conversation, but you had to be there to appreciate how he tried to explain that he really has no idea in a round about way. I just hope it's not one of her brothers (I know her sire is dead so I know he wasn't the guilty party).
So lets see, Sage's dam was arab, saddlebred & TWH, her sire was a paint (this is what he told me, but who knows) so this baby is definately going to be a mixture of who knows what!!! Oh well, she will be loved no matter what she is. I will keep you posted.
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