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Re: [RC] Awaiting Baby - Chris PausWe're starting the foal watch here too. One of my mares is due April 30, but I'm pretty sure she'll go a couple weeks early... every mare and every pregnancy is different. This particular mare has had one foal early, her first, and one foal late, her second. This will be her third. My other mare has foaled early, late and on time! Both mares will start the bagging up process about 3 weeks before foaling. About 3 days before foaling their udders get really big and heavy and they start dripping milk, so much that their legs get sticky! That's when I know a foal is imminent. Of course, either of these mares could surprise me and foal without dripping first, but this has been their history... chris --- Beth Bennett <endurance4me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi all! Well, the waiting game is on. My mare Paanache is due at the end of April, but I swear I think she'll go earlier. This is her first foal, but she is already bagging up and dripping colostrum (I think). It is yellowish sticky stuff right - at least that's how I remember it to be in humans. Bless her heart she just stands there eating her hay and groaning. Man do I remember that feeling. Here's a question for all those who have experience in breeding. How many have had maiden mares foal early/late/on time? I know that every horse is different, as is every foaling experience. The anticipation is just killing me! I'm going to start sleeping in the barn this weekend I think. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to ensure that you actually witness the birth? You guys can email me privately if you want, as I know that this subject has been belabored in the recent past. Thanks. Beth Bennett, Paanache and fetus Chickamauga, GA _________________________________________________________________ Free up your inbox with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Multiple plans available. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ ============================================================ REAL endurance is taking your non-horsey family to a ridecamp with you! ~ Heidi Sowards ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ One would think that logic would prevail. But then, if logic did prevail, men would ride sidesaddle. ~ Bob Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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