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Chanda:
Spring shed and pregnant mares???

How accurate of a gauge of pregnancy is shedding?   Seems often pregnant mares are the first to shed.  So, curious if it's a good sign of pregnancy, especially if no one else is shedding?   

Sophia is shedding, I touched her today, and pulled back a hairy arm.

dcwolcott:
Sounds like spring might be in the air for you!  Don't know about shedding and pregnancy....I never noticed a correlation, or even thought about it.  But I'll be interested in other's comments on this. 

Holly:
I've noticed my heavily bred mares always shed earlier than others. Precious is due april/ May andis already shedding before others. Sassy isn't due til July and isn't shedding at all.

Chanda:

--- Quote from: Holly on February 10, 2018, 04:40:28 PM ---I've noticed my heavily bred mares always shed earlier than others. Precious is due april/ May andis already shedding before others. Sassy isn't due til July and isn't shedding at all.

--- End quote ---

Well, I hope Sophia isn't due til closer to April/May, but she had one early breed date of April 24, which gives her a 300 day of Feb 16th; it's just too cold for that crap.

Holly:
Precious is pushing 250 days, so they are pretty close in dates.

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