Re: [IceHorses] admirable training/foal watch

2008-03-05 Thread Karen Thomas
Nasi was born at a Kentucky Derby party. They all clapped and cheered as he fell out into the world. No wonder he is such a ham :) But I guess once a mare gets far enough along she can't really call it off The way I've heard it expressed that makes sense to me is that, the foal

Re: [IceHorses] admirable training/foal watch

2008-03-05 Thread Janice McDonald
i have been reading up on it and a lot of articles say that since gestation for donkeys is a month longer than horses, that you almost always add 10-14 days onto the gestation for a mule foal which goes back to what the donkey owner told Sylvia add on 20 days longer cause it takes that to

Re: [IceHorses] admirable training/foal watch

2008-03-03 Thread Janice McDonald
Everyone stared at her all afternoon while we bar b qued Yep. I should have thought that's just exactly what an overdue mare needs to encourage her to foal, a bunch of strangers and their horses standing there staring at her Nasi was born at a Kentucky Derby party. They all clapped

[IceHorses] admirable training/foal watch

2008-03-02 Thread Janice McDonald
I went to a big foal watch party and ride yesterday. It was a bigger party than ride. My friend Sylvia's mare Bob is now officially two days overdue. Everyone stared at her all afternoon while we bar b qued. It was like watching paint dry. I took teev so Bob could stare at him from the stall

Re: [IceHorses] admirable training/foal watch

2008-03-02 Thread Mic Rushen
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 07:24:43 -0600, you wrote: Everyone stared at her all afternoon while we bar b qued Yep. I should have thought that's just exactly what an overdue mare needs to encourage her to foal, a bunch of strangers and their horses standing there staring at her Mic Mic (Michelle)