I actually went out this afternoon to specifically test this for you. Lol. I couldn’t remember if the feeling was what I’d classify as “pitting” or not, since I don’t usually squeeze much, just wipe clean. But @EventerAJ beat me to the punch on answering. 
Arielle is 305 days today and definitely reaching the miserable stage. Poor thing - it’s hard to be 13.2, short-backed, and 10 months pregnant!
Yeah she is shedding a boatload. I actually stopped trying to get it all because I knew her skin was going to get irritated first. I’ll give her another quick one today. Shes very sweet and quiet.
I didnt squeeze, just pushed on the side. She wasnt thrilled with me up there so I didnt linger. They do need cleaned though, so maybe I’ll stuff some of my baby wipes inside my jacket so they arent cold and give them a wipe down today if shes amenable.
I do this as part of my daily grooming routine, and my girls (both pregnant and not) LOVE it! Be cautious if she’s touchy about being handled there, of course, but once they figure out how good it feels, they usually come around quickly.
Have any of you ever had a late-term broodie develop hock sores?
Since I brought Arielle home in July, I have never seen her lie down outside to sleep (only to roll). In the last week, though, she’s started taking a long recumbent nap for an hour or two every day. She’s getting a small hock sore on her right hock from the hard ground.
I’m on top of treating/dressing it, but I feel badly for her. I’m afraid to put a bag of shavings down in her paddock for fear of creating a mud pit when it rains and/or the horses urinating in it (my boarder filly will come in to a stall from the far end of the paddock to pee, if given the opportunity). She’s still got about a month to go. 
No hock sores here, too much soft sand! I have heard of people using a simple duct tape patch over the hairless spot to help it heal.
My foals are doing great. The three oldest colts are now in a big paddock together. Khozan colt is nearly 4 weeks younger than the other two, but he is insanely arrogant and fearless. I’m glad he has someone else to entertain him, as he has become a real handful…he is cunning and vicious with teeth and feet. I’m hoping we sell him as a weanling, because I don’t want to prep this one as a yearling!
Entice’s St Patrick’s Day colt is really nice. He’s going to be a BIG horse when he grows up…should look nice for the sales but honestly may end up too big to be fast. I hope he can come back to me someday as a sport horse!
Bella’s filly (nicknamed “Taco”) is like a little delicate fawn, a carbon copy of herself. Very correct, just small and refined. She is a bit timid and shy, but extremely sweet. I’m curious to see how she comes out of her shell when she is old enough to go out with the other colt’s. Bella will be the herd boss, so it should give her filly some confidence.
Lucky you! That’s the one thing I miss about living in southern AL. Our Tennessee clay is brutally hard when it’s dry and skating rink slick when it’s wet. Ugh.
I have heard of the duct tape solution for hock sores. Arielle’s hasn’t reached that point (yet); right now I’m just keeping it clean and using a new silver/honey cream one of our vendors sent me. It already seems to be healing, so I’m pretty impressed by this cream!
Arielle is 307 days today and bagging up noticeably. Not in an alarming way, but she’s definitely making marked, steady progress. Her belly shape also changed/dropped pretty dramatically over the weekend. I suspect she’s going to go on the early end of the normal range, assuming she doesn’t stall out on me. The vet is coming Tuesday morning to give her pre-foaling vaccines.
Healthy Landkoenig colt born tonight to my maiden Widmark mare. (328 days).
After last year’s tragic ending, I just wanted something healthy. So far mom and baby are doing great.
Congratulations! PS, we’ve met in person and I had no idea. You bought some TC Senior off of me at Tamarack. It’s a small world!
Congratulations!!
Congrats! Beautiful looking mama!
I remember that! Small world indeed!
Beautiful mama and baby 
Arielle is at 310 days today, and her camera/baby monitor is up and running. This particular view showcases how enormous she is.
She’s bagging up steadily and rapidly losing tail tone. No expressable fluid in her udder yet, and the test strips I ordered have been lost somewhere in California since the 2nd (thanks, USPS). So I may be going on a hunt Saturday to see if I can find any locally at this rate.
Here’s a picture of the little one’s first time outside.
He’s bay, even though for all the world he looks like a chestnut. (so what do we think he’ll end up? Very light/blood bay?)
“L” name suggestions welcome 
Wild bay is my vote.
He’s a cutie. Congratulations!
Maybe, but bay foals are usually born without black legs, and the legs gradually darken over the first 1-2 years. So wild bay is a possibility, but we won’t know for many months.
But most bay foals are still more “normal” bay body colored when they’re born, though many of them have a dorsal stripe (like this colt has) that fades/disappears, usually when they’re mature. This colt is sooo washed out in his body color and his mane and tail aren’t uniform black. That’s what I think is unusual, and why many people assume he’s chestnut or dun.
Well, Arielle is 313 days today and steadily progressing. First “milk” (still pretty thin and yellow) test tonight at ~250 ppm Ca and pH 7.8. I’m guessing at this point that she’s a couple of weeks out, give or take. I mean, she’s a mare, so she could very well decide to hold out for another month+ and make a fool of me, but it doesn’t look like that is a likely scenario at the moment.
I stocked up on straw and foaling supplies today, so she’ll probably stall out now, right?
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