It's foal watch time!

We've had at least 3 inches of rain the past few days. It fell on ground that is still frozen so we have lots and lots of standing water and some mud. The horses are not very happy about the situation at all. I think that even Maggie and Portia would accept staying inside -- that means it has to be horrid because neither of them likes to be inside.


Maggie and Grania are the mares that are "due" earliest and both are very large. I can't tell if they are waddling yet because of their size or from the water they are living in. Grania is the largest I've seen her but it's only baby number three. Maggie is pregnant with baby number 10 so I expect her to be large -- she has to have been stretched out some! Grania and Maggie are expecting the first foals from our Tristan.


Rachel is very large but then she's large all of the time. We don't currently have a Jenny Craig paddock so she just eats and eats and eats some more. Since she experienced a dystocia last year, I'm playing it safe and planning to take her to our vet's clinic for her birth this year. Rachel is expecting a Silver Granite foal.


Alanna is due at the end of April with a Silver Granite foal. She isn't very large at all but still definitely looks in foal. She had one other pregnancy where she never got very big -- I'm thinking that it was the gestation that resulted in her filly Lia (Padi's Classic Design).


Portia is humongous -- she is so much like her dam it is remarkable. She carries her babies the same way as her momma did. She if very wide and her belly is sinking down. She has been uncomfortable all winter. This foal is wild and very active. Poor Portia has taken a real beating and actually stopped eating for a short time until she was able to reposition the foal at least three times. I am putting my neck out and predicting that she has a big colt. She is due the day after Alanna with a Tristan foal.


Another year and more foals. My favorite time of year.