[Hermit]

Has that elephant popped yet?

[shetlandpaul]

nope. shes still holding off. was racing with rachel around the field yesterday. so its soon but a few days off yet.

[Hermit]

I bet Rachel has named the foal , planned its upbringing and nothing else matters . She does love her horses.

[shetlandpaul]

oh she does. she know we are planning to sell the foal once its a year or so old. but whats the betting she will find an excuse. and yes she has been trying names but after hour of pony talk you do just switch off. thou being fair she has learnt a lot and is very good with them.

[daniellestocks]

she had a slight discharge with a very small amout of blood in it. i take it its the same as humans the cervical plug clearing. i would love to have her in a stable but she has never been in one and panics when we have tried. being so late on in pregnancy we did not want to push it. the daughter has been claiming that she was on the verge of dropping the foal for the last month. as the weather seems to be improving and even our waterlogged fields are drying. never had a pony in foal so its very nervous.

Hi paul, she not dropped yet!!! bet she is huge!
She was stabled at ours and even tethered at one point, but shes the type who likes to be out so would be better of where shes happy and will more than likely drop in the middle of the night and all will go fine

[shetlandpaul]

hi danielle. she is a very chilled out girl. im sure your right she will surprise us one morning. probably better than us flapping over her. she now comes up to us and insists on a cuddle. she likes going for a walk. apart from were some idiot in a car spooked her. she is going to be a very good horse in a year or so. we have had her in the byre but she hated it. smashed the fencing down so we have had to let her stay out. rachel took some convincing that pickering was not that warm in winter so that she is used to the cold. but in fact she has coped just as well as the shetlands.we will post the pictures when she has dropped the foal.

[littlemisspiggy!]

HOWS SHE DOING??? IS THERE A FOAL YET?..WE HAD OUR 1ST SHETTY FILLY FOAL LAST YEAR,WE HAD 2 COLTS THE YEAR BEFORE! ALL OURS HAVE BEEN BORN OUTSIDE, WE DID HAVE A STILL BORN FILLY LAST YEAR WHICH WAS AWFULL BUT ITS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE COULD NOT OF DONE ANYTHING ABOUT AS SHE WAS A NEW MARE AND WE DIDNT KNOW SHE WAS IN FOAL! ALL OURS HAVE BEEN FINE OUTSIDE SO DONT PANIC!!IM SURE HE OR SHE WILL BE THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE WHEN YOU GET DOWN THERE THAT MORNING!ALL OF MINE HAVE BEEN...GOOD LUCK AND POST SOME PICS FOR US ALL!!

[shetlandpaul]

thanks. willdo . molly is a 14hand cobcross shes our first and only big horse. we have 4 shetland mares but we are not planning to put them in foal until the market improves. odd we herd of a couple of stillborns last year i wonder if the bad weather had anything to do with it.

[littlemisspiggy!]

I DONT KNOW , WE HAD GREAT WEATHER WHEN OURS HAPPENED......I THINK WE HAVE TO GO WITH 'JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS'..IM WATCHING HER LIKE A HAWK THIS YEAR,ANY PROBS AND SHE WILL BE RETIRED TO A PET AFTER THIS ONE....

[shetlandpaul]

Molly has foaled. Its only just happened its just about standing and mum has after birth dangling. its black and white and big. not got close enough to see what sex it is yet.

[McRennet]

Congratulations!

Please put pictures up once all has calmed down.

Well done Molly!

[rbarlo32]

Molly has had a lovely big filly and she hasn't go ta name yet didn't come up with a name untill it was born alive and new was gender it is.
Most unimpressed she decided to foal in the mud.




Very proud of molly and molly is very proud of baby.

[shetlandpaul]

one very big girl. she is bigger than our shetlands. Im pleased it happened like this its a lot less stressful than having a teenager in a panic.

[Hermit]

The foal looks great! have  Rachels feet touched the ground yet?

[shetlandpaul]

nope. shes started trying to convince us to keep her. not going to happen.