Live webcam of shire mare giving birth

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her bum area looks more sticky-outy to me

but then,i have no idea what it ought to look like
i might be making it up

oh move out of that corner you bad horse!

What on earth is she doing? Is she scratching her arse on the wall?

i prefer to think that she is doing some "swaying"... her NCT teacher probably told her it would help

Disasterpiece,....she had it! It is a colt and it is just off getting weighed right now!!

Hee Hee

oh i thought that was it, but it was just a poo lol

Do horses always lie down to foal? I am SURE I just saw something black when she turned around.

oooh look at her!

I think it was the inside of her leg (well, I am pretty blind!)

Deffo think she's in labour though with the amount of arse scratching she's doing, she just lifted her tail up to do it.

*littlepushka I almost believed you until you got the foal mixed up with a human baby. Have you ever tried to get a foal on a set of scales?

Amystake I think the majority of them do but they can have them stood up too.

oh look look look!!!!

she's asleep in the corner again

you know what, youd have though that those Two who came in could have just quickly picked up those poos.

You know when she looks up like that, I feel as if she knows we are watching her

Couldn't help myself disaster piece!! By the way, that has to be the quickest pit stop a baby has ever had! Is he doing the change himself??!!

Hes not a baby, hes 19 months, He has kidney problems, ureterostomies so needs his pad and nappy changing, I can do this really quick without waking him up, then he needs feeding which he does himself. I prod him, pass it to him, he guzzles it, chucks the bottle out of the cot then rolls over and nods off again.

We could put the F1 pit stop guys to shame with our quick change routine

And I had a wee and got a drink

It's like waiting for the penguins to jump in the water at the zoo.

That horse is deffo not in labour IMO.

Oh bloody hell, she's back in the corner sleeping.

Shes not, shes asleep now.

Why didn't they pick up the poo when they were checking on her? She's eating poo hay :(

i've been reading this and i am now actually an expert on foaling

see how i mentioned her butt looked more sticky-outy... well it says that a swollen vulva happens before labour! could be a while to go still tho

also that in early labour they can get all agitated and then "cool" off a few times... so you never know, tonight could be the night

Amy DO you now anything about horses? I honestly dont mean that to sound as shitty as it does, just wondering if youve just come along for the show iykiwm.

Its just shes not eating pooey hay. The stable floor is full of straw where she has pood and where she will lie. She wont lie in the poo though.

They are supposed to eat hay, lots of greedy mares will also eat straw but wont ever eat pooey hay, just as they wont eat pooey grass in the field.

thisisyesterday Yes her vulva will look a bit swollen, I thought you meant her bum as in bum cheeks looked bigger

Nope I know nothing about horses . I'm here for the show. I missed the piglets but I don't want to miss this one.

Why is the sire not there holding her hoof and wiping her forelock out of her eyes,...eh?

lots of looking backwards towards her rump. Cows and sheep do that when they labour.