Congratulations, @Sparrowette!
Congrats @Sparrowette! Mom was stingy with the bling! Adorable filly!
Now if everyone elseās mares could go!
@EventerAJ I donāt envy you right now. I wonder what could be the root of this lately?
Baby Bogo is NQR. The slightest of fevers, elevated SAA, lost her pep in her step, but otherwise nursing with not much else outwardly wrong. Vet was out yesterday and we started ceftiofur and equioxx. Looks a little brighter today maybe? Hoping we intervened early enough that we avoid another hospital trip.
Well Delia gave me a beautiful GRAY FILLY!! at 2am this morning. I watched her on the camera from the house until I could clearly see contractionsā¦then walked outā¦her water broke while I was walking out (only like 500 feet from the house to the barn) she had moved and had her butt against the wall so we had to move herā¦after that everything was textbookā¦foal out in less than 30 minutes up and nursing within an hour. Placenta fell out 100% intact when Delia stood up. Iām completely in love with this little one!!
Iāve also never seen a foal present gray so clearly thisbyoungā¦20220426_050211|375x500
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Congratulations!
Our filly did exactly the same thing (she was 7-10 days old). The vet guessed maybe a little bacteria had gotten in through the umbilicus and put her on SMZs. She snapped right back. I hope yours does too!
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@cripplecreekfrm congratulations!
We had a colt born that color several years ago. He was light gray by the time he was 6 months old.
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Weird about mares not getting in foal well this spring! What did you end up doing with Enticed?
Darnā¦I hope she stays darker for longer than that but oh well I still adore her. Hoping they can get some outside time before the storms roll in this afternoon.
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Congrats to all the new mamas! Busy week!
They got to go out for a little bit while I cleaned their stallā¦the gnats were horrible so I didnāt leave them out for longā¦
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Congratulations!
Entice came up open. Culture is clean, but she has some weird stuff going onā¦vet suspects calcium carbonate build up in her uterus from urine crystals. She will need lots of flushing and some creative treatment to get her cleaned up. We will probably find a commercial KY stallion for her, but it depends on if it gets too late in the season.
Congrats!!!
Iām patiently* waiting for Gracie to foal. Last year she went 369 
Today is 326. Good news is that this foal sold in-utero! Cheering on Gracieās paternal half-brothers, Tsetserleg TSF and Vandiver, at LRK3DE this weekend along with Reddy or Not (damsire is Gracieās sire).
If anyone wants to follow along with Gracie and her filly from last year, feel free to follow on Instagram at bay.trak.mare
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Baby Bogo Bee continues to be the worldās most expensive foal I didnāt ask for. After appearing to respond to antibiotics yesterday AM, I came home from work last night to find her lame on her left front (but nothing externally wrong and no response to palpation). Off to the hospital we went.
After a crap ton of diagnostics, bloodwork, imaging, etc., we have no idea what is wrong. Bloodwork indicates infection but they canāt find the origin. Ultrasound turned up a few flecks in her shoulder joint, so they are going to tap that next.
When I think about the costs I have accrued with my cheap standardbred adoption over the past couple months, I want to puke.
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Oh, Iām so sorry. 
I hope your foal lives to be a stunner that you can sell for a huge amount of money to a harness trainer. 
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Oh, geeze, @Texarkana. It seems thatās always how it goes with āfreeā horses. I hope BOGO turns the corner soon and gives you some relief.
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No good news here. My foal was born but we had a partial failure of passive transfer. Foal and mare are both at the clinic. The mare is not producing much milk at all. They gave banamine, lutalyze, oxytocin, nd started domperidone. Mare was not real affectionate to foal, but she is now much better at allowing him to suckle. Still not much milk output. The vet has milk replacer. She did not think I need to order some, but Iām worried and think I should get some, as I couldnāt find any locally. It needs to be ordered online. What do you think?
Iām real concerned about infection. His fetlocks were very slightly swollen in the back. CBC looked good from 10 am this morning. He has been a real fighter. Non stop trying to nurse, not sleeping much. They gave fluids. The vets didnāt seem as concerned as I am about the lack of milk production in the mare. No exposure to fescue. The hay is locally grown coastal and perennial peanut y( Florida)I donāt know why sheās not producing more milk.
I had the vet up the first day foal was born because I was really worried. The vet said everything looked good and made an appointment for this morning. By this morning things were definitely not good. Baby was drinking water from the trough because he was thirsty. I could barely express milk from the mare.
IGG level was 400. I donāt want to lose this foal and am worrying myslf sick.
I am angry my vet did not tell me to use colostrum, as I had found some the first day but the vet seemed confident we didnāt need it. If she had said we needed it, I would have moved heaven and earth to get some. It took almost 5 hours to get the mare to accept the foal for nursing. I told the vet I didnāt think she had enough milk. The vet thought they were fine.
Nope definitely not fine. My mare is a lovely horse. I think she was trying to tell me there just was not enough milk. She would squeal and kick out without touching baby. Clearly she cared for the baby, because she definitely was avoiding hitting him. She is not an aggressive horse by nature. This was incredibly unusual behavior for her. She is no longer squealing or kicking at the clinic after the drug protocol.
This is my first experience breeding. Not sure I ever want to do this again.
Edited to add, they did fluids and plasma. Not just fluids.
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@4horses Iām sorry you are going through this. If itās any consolation, Iām in the same boat. Misery loves company. Jingles for our foals.
Not all vets have great foaling advice, either, unfortunately. Iām not saying that to bash vets, they are human. My regular vet told me, and I kid you not, āthere is nothing you can do about placentitis.ā Um, I love my vet, but that is just not true. So mare went to a capable breeder friend with a different vet team so we could get her treated, and ultimately ended up foaling at the hospital.
Many years ago my barn owners had a surprise foal in the field; septic dummy and the mare retained part of the placenta. Their terrible vet told them everything was fine! If it wasnāt for my urging to go to the hospital, they would have potentially lost both mare and foal.
