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Bette,

This particular mare has had three more foals for me
and she's always been pretty close to her due date
since then, so who knows what really happend in that
first experienced with her?

chris
--- Bette Lamore <woa@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can't always tell, Chris
> Mamma Mia, my Halynov daughter, has a gestation
> period of 10 months and 
> a week. The first time we thought she was a month
> premature but then her 
> other two babies took only 10+ months, too and none
> were small.
> Bette
> PS We also had a mare who consistently took 12
> months to hatch her 
> babies. I guess this is where that Bell curve comes
> in :-)
>
>
> Chris Paus wrote:
>
> > Hope, in my experience with broodmares, vets and
> > ultrasounds, the test is pretty darned accurate,
> BUT
> > is only as good as the operator!
> >
> > A vet once told me that my mare was not in foal
> when
> > she should have been 30 days along. We took her
> back
> > and bred her again. The mare had a foal EXACTLY 11
> > months from her FIRST due date. If she had not been
> in
> > foal the first time we checked, that baby would
> have
> > been a full month premature, and he was way too
> > developed for that...
> >
> > The vet still insists that she was right and the
> mare
> > was open when we checked the first time and that
> the
> > baby just came early and was big....
> >
> > I'm not so sure, but oh well!
> >
> > chris
> > --- hope lundquist <wwho20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >  
> >
> > > Hi Heidi & RCampers: Would you say ultrasound as a
> > > preg test is unfailing? A 
> > > Mare of course.
> > > Hope Lundquist
> > >
> > >
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> Bette Lamore
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"A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot

Chris and Star

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