Guess the foaling date! *She's here!*

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Guess the foaling date! *She's here!*

Postby lrhanoverians » Mon May 01, 2017 8:00 pm

My Fidertanz x Don Bosco Hanoverian mare, Freebie, is due any day now. I thought I'd share my milk testing photos, and wager any guesses on colt/filly, date that she will foal, etc. Should be fun!

Sire is Fabregas (Florencio/De Niro)

She is currently at Day 327. Previous foals by the same sire have been born at day 343 and day 332. She had two colts before.

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Image And a picFreebie having her pre-foaling bath at day 321.

What are your guesses? Filly? Colt? What day will he/she be born? Now the breeders who have been around for a while state if there is cold weather, the mares will hold off before having their baby. Also, some say if she's not completely shed out she will not foal either.... Freebie is about 75% shed out, and the next 2 weeks are cooler and constant rain.
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Re: Guess the foaling date!

Postby Backyarder3 » Tue May 02, 2017 11:48 pm

Colt, Tuesday , May 23 rd!

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Postby Flight » Wed May 03, 2017 2:11 am

May 17th, filly black. ( I have no idea what colour the dad is :) )

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Re: Guess the foaling date!

Postby Chisamba » Wed May 03, 2017 11:06 am

Chestnut filly on May 11

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Postby lrhanoverians » Wed May 03, 2017 11:46 pm

Foal will most definitely be chestnut and loaded with chrome :D

Image This is tonight's test. Not too much change yet., although the udder is definitely filling in a bit more.

Tomorrow she will be 330 days along!

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Postby Rosie B » Sat May 06, 2017 7:55 pm

Thursday, May 18th. Chestnut colt? He(?) will be GORGEOUS!! :D

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Re: Guess the foaling date!

Postby Chisamba » Sat May 06, 2017 11:57 pm

i guess i did not add right, lol, may 11 seems a bit of an undersell

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Postby khall » Wed May 10, 2017 2:49 am

Chst (edited because I read above caption!) filly (hey you are due for one!) day 338. Two hind socks.

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Re: Guess the foaling date!

Postby lrhanoverians » Thu May 11, 2017 4:24 pm

No baby yet! Udder is definitely much fuller. But with the cold weather, she has almost a winter coat coming back. Baby has dropped quite a bit. Milk has not changed in the pH or calcium yet.

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Re: Guess the foaling date!

Postby lrhanoverians » Wed May 17, 2017 10:31 pm

Still no baby. She is at day 343. Weather is FINALLY nicer, and things are drying up ... and the blackflies are out, uf. Her pH has dropped to 6.4 for 36 hours now ... so it should be soon, but she seems rather comfortable.

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Re: Guess the foaling date!

Postby lrhanoverians » Fri May 19, 2017 3:27 pm

She is here! Arrived at 4:15 this morning. Thank goodness for the foaling monitor, when the pager went off, she was fully out, but couldn't break through the amniotic sac. So I was able to break it and allow her to breathe. Phew!

Please meet "Flying Free". Fabregas x Fidertanz Hanoverian filly

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Postby Kyra's Mom » Fri May 19, 2017 8:48 pm

I didn't make a guess but squee :!: :mrgreen: .

Lovely filly.

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Postby Flight » Fri May 19, 2017 11:08 pm

How beautiful!! Congrats!

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Postby Imperini » Sat May 20, 2017 1:06 pm

Congrats, she's adorable!

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Re: Guess the foaling date! *She's here!*

Postby lrhanoverians » Sun May 21, 2017 5:21 pm

https://youtu.be/wvV4GZ9uqWQ Video of her first day outside!!! I LOVE her! And saw a glimpse of a future trot, and major wow. I'm SO tempted to keep her ... but the bank and the hubby say no!

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Re: Guess the foaling date! *She's here!*

Postby Backyarder3 » Sun May 21, 2017 5:48 pm

She is a beautiful filly!

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Re: Guess the foaling date! *She's here!*

Postby Sue B » Wed May 24, 2017 2:56 pm

Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

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Re: Guess the foaling date! *She's here!*

Postby Silverado » Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:35 pm

Pretty mare and pretty foal!!! Both are gorgeous!!!!!!

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Re: Guess the foaling date! *She's here!*

Postby Ryeissa » Wed Aug 15, 2018 1:04 pm

awesome! what a beautiful filly. Congrats


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