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We have milk!!!

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chocolatecakeystuff · 20/05/2013 19:16

Just squidged the mares boobies & out came milk...

Foal in the morning you think?

Eeeeeeek excited!!

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SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 11/06/2013 21:33

Oh No! Sad

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ExitPursuedByABear · 11/06/2013 20:24

Shame.

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WouldBeHarrietVane · 11/06/2013 19:21

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chocolatecakeystuff · 11/06/2013 19:16

&E:verything was fine, mum & foal are fine, shan't be posting anymore as got outed & things I've said have upset people xx

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MimsyBorogroves · 10/06/2013 20:39

Hoping everything went okay.

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pandaptogether · 10/06/2013 14:13

what happened? hope they were both ok

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mrslaughan · 04/06/2013 20:24

I am starting to get worried......

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mrslaughan · 04/06/2013 17:23

Anything?

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mrslaughan · 04/06/2013 17:23

Anything?

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WouldBeHarrietVane · 02/06/2013 10:20

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FrankellyMyDearIDontGiveADamn · 02/06/2013 10:04

????

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GoSuckEggs · 31/05/2013 22:09

ohh exciting!

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ExitPursuedByABear · 31/05/2013 20:16

Any news?

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chocolatecakeystuff · 30/05/2013 18:59

Day 11 of being waxed - still no foal.

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FrankellyMyDearIDontGiveADamn · 29/05/2013 23:12

The TBs are worth too much money to let them foal unaided. I've known a small handful go in the day, but 99% foal at night in the stable. They get plenty of turnout, at least 6 hours a day and once the foals are about 4 months old, they all live out 24 hours a day until the autumn.

The TB studs are big operations, the first stud I worked on foaled about 100 mares per year and the second about 250, though they were divided up into different sections to prevent disease outbreaks. My part of the stud foaled about 40 that year.

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chocolatecakeystuff · 29/05/2013 22:29

Yeah I agree they're better off foaling out. Unfortunatly girly doesn't seem very settled in her paddock & wants to be in, so kind of letting her make the choice, trust her to be a pain in the watsit!

Think my little wild section a went to a stud from the sales, but they couldn't tame her so muggins here ended up with the pretty little pony no one could get near. Funny enough she's actually a really sweet little mare now. Despite trying to.murder me on the way in from the field today.

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SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 29/05/2013 22:21

I worked on a Sec A stud. They all foal out, and its very laid back. They are observed regularly, and the groom can tell just by looking who is going to drop next. Bizarrely enough, a lot of them foaled in daylight hours! Confused I couldn't cope with the constant box watching. It just seems unnatural to me!

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chocolatecakeystuff · 29/05/2013 22:14

Impatient doesn't cut it!!!! Bouncing on the spot & sleeing with mobile by my pillow! Farmer doing the midnight check - then I'll be up at 5 to check on her.

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WouldBeHarrietVane · 29/05/2013 22:10

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chocolatecakeystuff · 29/05/2013 22:09

Yeah I think alot of studs are like that.

I work on a hunt yard so foaling isn't something we come across.

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