The Castle Rock MARE-TERNITY WARD
Message Boards => General Discussion => Topic started by: Chanda on September 24, 2017, 05:11:47 PM
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I bought a new little mare this weekend, and she was delivered today, she's a half-sister to the mare I lost last year.
Meet Sophia, 12 year old, grey, 34-35" AMHR mare.
She was exposed to a stallion for 2 months, so I may be creating a mare watch thread for her too, but that can wait til she settles in at least.
I have one picture, will try to get more soon.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!! She looks so much like her half-sister! I know you're excited, and you should be!!
Did they give you any information on who she was exposed to, so we can see what you (and us) might be expecting next year?
Again, congratulations!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!! She looks so much like her half-sister! I know you're excited, and you should be!!
Did they give you any information on who she was exposed to, so we can see what you (and us) might be expecting next year?
Again, congratulations!!
Thank you. I've just let her settle in this afternoon, I'll see about doing something with her starting tomorrow. She'll be in quarantine pen for a few weeks, then move in next to the mare pen to get to know the girls, then I'll try integrating her into the herd.
She's going to send me the stallion report information once she sends it in. She couldn't remember his name, as she owns him jointly with her friend and he resides at the friend's house. I believe she said he's a silver dapple pinto, but don't quote me on that.
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This mare's dam is a Roan Ranger daughter. Her all the way bottom side grand dam is a Blue Boy daughter. Her sire is Lucky C Farms Robby, a nice little palomino.
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Tonight I thought I'd try a treat with her, she doesn't like them. She wouldn't take them from my hand, so I dropped one on the ground for her, she tried and made an icky face over it. All my horses love these treats, they are apple cinnamon flavored in a flat apple shaped treat. Breakfast may be interesting, since I have an extruded feed that looks like big rice krispies and smells like bubble gum (at least it does to me). Not sure if I'll buy more treats to see if I can find one she likes, as it's easier to keep them all on the same treat. I do have some Probios treats, so I can try those, and they'd be good for her.
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Congratulations Chanda , She is lovely , she has a beautiful face :)
You may have to find another kind of treat that she will like. I remember my TB arriving and he didn't like apples.
Hope she is settling in well and that she took to the stallion :)
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She's been fed alfalfa pellets in the past. I have alfalfa pellets and a Bermuda/alfalfa blend pellet, so have something to try that I have on hand.
She was not impressed with the extruded feed this morning, so I'll mix some alfalfa pellets in sooner rather than later and see if that gets her going on it. I think, besides hay and pasture, she's only had alfalfa pellets and a bit of sweet feed (looked like COB).
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She was exposed 5/10 to 7/1 2017, so there is potential for a March baby, depending on how long she carries, which could be a tad bit early for spring's arrival around here. Should be ok, as I can use the calving barn if needed, it's warmer than the horse barn.
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Well thats exciting Chanda :) I have my fingers crossed that she took during that time.
(Ryan rereads the dates after staring weirdly at them for a moment, then realizes its clearly the month/date.) Here we do the opposite :)
With who she has been exposed too and me not being very good with colour predictions etc , any chance of that buckskin , your dreaming of ?
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What a lovely little mare Chanda. :) Hope she soon gets properly 'settled in' and that she proves to be in foal. Exciting times ahead!
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Well thats exciting Chanda :) I have my fingers crossed that she took during that time.
(Ryan rereads the dates after staring weirdly at them for a moment, then realizes its clearly the month/date.) Here we do the opposite :)
With who she has been exposed too and me not being very good with colour predictions etc , any chance of that buckskin , your dreaming of ?
She'd have to be palomino and carry agouti under her grey, which is possible with her pedigree. (Bottom side are all red based and sire is red based, so palomino under the grey is the only way it would work).
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;pray
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Congrats! Beautiful mare! Hopefully she's in foal for you.
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Congrats! Beautiful mare! Hopefully she's in foal for you.
Thank you.
She still doesn't like the extruded feed, I think I'll give up on it for now, and try her on the senior I have, it's a little sweet, so might be more to her liking.
This morning I gave her some alfalfa pellets and some of the extruded, kind of put them in two piles in her pan; she grabbed the extruded first, so didn't even look back at the alfalfa pellets.
Perhaps when she moves in with the other mares, she'll get a taste for the extruded. In the morning, they all go in seperate stalls and get the majority of their daily ration of the extruded; then, in the evening they share out of troughs in the paddock. Perhaps when she sees the others eating it, she'll want her share.
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The senior feed meets with her approval, I gave her a small helping this morning, I'll work her up to a normal ration starting tomorrow.
My BILs cows got in our yard last night, and annihilated her bale of hay, there is just enough left to get her switched over to my hay. [I had the seller bring a bale of their hay, so I could switch her over slowly; so much for that plan.]
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Glad she has warmed to the senior feed. Sorry the cows got in and demolished the hay.
You never know , she may start warming slowly to your feed over time. Shes probably in that stage of "seeing potential new friends" and the "where am I " :)
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Glad she has warmed to the senior feed. Sorry the cows got in and demolished the hay.
You never know , she may start warming slowly to your feed over time. Shes probably in that stage of "seeing potential new friends" and the "where am I " :)
She's still in quarantine at the moment, so the senior feed will work. When she moves over to the mare pen, she'll probably be more inclined to eat the extruded rather than miss out, as the girls share a meal once daily, so if you snooze, you lose.
[They also get one meal daily in their stalls, so each can get any specific supplements they might be on.]
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I was filling out her transfer and thinking of her possible pregnancy, looks like she might be a 10 monther... Her first was 6-03-11 the next was 5-10-12, only about 11 months apart, so either she took foal heat and goes 11 months, or took next one and goes 10 months.
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Dewormed everyone for Tapes today.
I expected Sophia to be difficult to catch, per previous owner's experience and being difficult to catch when I went to see her, but she wasn't bad, she made a half-hearted attempt to run circles around me, but I spoke softly and said whoa and she listened. She was also good for her deworming.
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That's great news!!
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Probably helped she's currently by herself, so no other horses to feed off of and get worried or excited because they are.
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Sounds as though she's settling in Chanda and certainly becoming more confident with you than with her previous owner. :)
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Sounds as though she's settling in Chanda and certainly becoming more confident with you than with her previous owner. :)
Thank you. Time will tell, we'll see how she acts when with the other girls.
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Hows the new arrival settling in ?
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Hows the new arrival settling in ?
So far, so good.
I think the bum calf is drinking her water, as her 6 gallon tub is empty every morning, my others don't drink that much, so I think the calf is sticking his head through the fence and drinking her water. If I move the tub it's not convenient to fill, so I'll just fill every morning for now.
I might go ahead and move her this up coming Sunday, so she is next to the mares and can get to know them. It'll only be two weeks quarantine, but she came from a clean place, so I think we'll be ok with just two weeks.
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Happy to hear she is settling in well. Im another that makes sure I quarantine when i get a new arrival.
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Very important to do, for sure!
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Just a couple more days til Sophia moves around to a pen next to the girls and can get to know them through safe panels before introductions in the same pen. My current mare herd all nicely share hay from one round bale feeder, so it'll be convenient if she'll share nice with everyone else, but I'll probably need to toss out a couple extra piles for awhile just to be certain.
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Moved Sophia over next to the mare pen, today. Mostly they stood around staring at each other, the only one moving was Bliss (the yearling). All seemed pretty calm. mostly calm at supper too, only Bliss having a fit, she was racing all over the place, she must be worried that she is no longer the princess of the place. ;D
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HA!!!! That sounds like a perfect explanation!
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HA!!!! That sounds like a perfect explanation!
It was Shayne's comment when I was telling him how it went. ;)
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Sounds like she's going to fit in just perfectly !! :)
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Sounds like she's going to fit in just perfectly !! :)
I hope so. Seems good so far, but no fence between can change attitudes.
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Bliss is giving a bit too much attitude, so there is a chance that Sophia will just stay in the small pen til spring, and not risk injury, should she be pregnant, don't want to risk the foal.
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Good choice!
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Perhaps with time Bliss will chill out, but right now, she's not showing signs of calming down. If Sophia seems to need a buddy, then I may consider moving Dolly in with her.
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Finally got a couple pictures today.
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Roughly how far along would she be ? She looks very sweet :)
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Beautiful girl!!
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She is so pretty!! Looks like her half-sister for sure!! Can't wait to see what she's hiding in there for you!! ;pray ;pray
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Roughly how far along would she be ? She looks very sweet :)
3-5 months along depending on if she took right away or later in the exposure dates. I'm really hoping she took later, as it would be a bit cold when she foals, if she took the earlier time. She only has 2 registered foals, but her breeder was known to sell colts with application (all fillies registered, but some colts went on application, so she could have had more than two foals).
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Hows she going Chanda ? Hope she has settled into being part of the family :)
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Yes, and do you think she's giving "us" a baby in the spring?
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Of course I forgot the all Important question :)
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Doing pretty good. I'm not risking princess attitude, so she's still in the separate pen, I think she's ok with it.
I'm almost always wrong when I think a mare is pregnant, so I'm going for I hope so. I don't think she'd be very agreeable to checking out her girlie bits.
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Well I hope when she has shed her winter woolies , theres a tummy starting to appear :)
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Well I hope when she has shed her winter woolies , theres a tummy starting to appear :)
I hope not. She shouldn't start shedding for at least 3-4 months, yet. First day of spring may be on the Calendar as March 20th, but we don't typically have spring stay til around Mother's Day (second Sunday in May, if you don't have Mother's Day in OZ). If she does foal, baby will probably need a blanket for awhile, as she may go as early as March; early than I like, but the seller exposed her that early.
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Sorry I should have gone back and read a little , Its early in the morning here and coffee just isnt working today LOL
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Sorry I should have gone back and read a little , Its early in the morning here and coffee just isnt working today LOL
better get some espresso. :o
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I know , considering I asked when you thought she may be due only recently , maybe I should be adding whiskey to it ;D
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I'll vote yes, and maybe join you!!!