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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | The average gestation is supposed to be 330-345 days....but am I the only person who thinks it should be more like 345 to 365? Of course I'm no expert.So anyways....at what day did your broodmare foal? Any years, not just this year......and by the way, we are at 356 and waiting patiently. I don't think she is ready just yet.I just tossed some days out there, but add your own..... |
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Location: SE Louisiana | You??? Patient???? Got any other fairy tales you want to tell us? |
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Location: Desert Land | My only mare due this year foaled at 348 days. My other mare only went 328 days last year. A broodmare I lost a couple of years ago - she tended to go to 357 days +. They're all different! |
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| I like over 330 at least. Mine went at 310 this morning  |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | MeepMeep - 2015-05-18 1:36 PM I like over 330 at least. Mine went at 310 this morning
310? That's not good is it? Praying either I am wrong or that everything is ok!!!! |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | komet. - 2015-05-18 1:35 PM You??? Patient???? Got any other fairy tales you want to tell us?
Well....you see....it's not like I really have much of a choice.....I tried stormy nights....I tried sweet talking....I tried cussing.....I thought about bribing.....but nothing is working :) |
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| Not good but praying all turns out okay, mom and baby are at the vet for a couple of days |
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Location: Desert Land | Meep...does your mare have placentitis? |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | MeepMeep - 2015-05-18 1:40 PM Not good but praying all turns out okay, mom and baby are at the vet for a couple of days
I'll be praying with you! |
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| TheOldGrayMare - 2015-05-18 12:41 PM
Meep...does your mare have placentitis?
No she did not |
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| missroselee - 2015-05-18 12:41 PM
MeepMeep - 2015-05-18 1:40 PM Not good but praying all turns out okay, mom and baby are at the vet for a couple of days
I'll be praying with you!
Thank you I appreciate it! |
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Location: SE Louisiana | missroselee - 2015-05-18 12:38 PM MeepMeep - 2015-05-18 1:36 PM I like over 330 at least. Mine went at 310 this morning
As long as you're not getting on a train to Yuma... |
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Location: Buffalo, TX | I'm the one that marked 360....This was a few years ago that my maiden 15 yr. old mare was in foal to Designer Red and I was afraid of a problem and not being able to get her to the vet in time, so I took her to Dr. Powers clinic to foal about the 350 day mark because I was SURE she was only a day or 2 away....wrong....I had to pay board for 10 extra days before she finally foaled...but I'm so glad she was there because the foal presented with her head turned around and there was help right there to remedy it.....her last breeding dates were June 5-9 and she foaled on May 30th... |
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Location: SE Louisiana | missroselee - 2015-05-18 12:39 PM
komet. - 2015-05-18 1:35 PM You??? Patient???? Got any other fairy tales you want to tell us?
Well....you see....it's not like I really have much of a choice.....I tried stormy nights....I tried sweet talking....I tried cussing.....I thought about bribing.....but nothing is working :)
I don't know if they still do this.. But... Back when I was a kid living 30+ miles from Fort 'Wood'... we could hear the artillery fire that far away....
One good explosion close to her should set things in motion...  |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | komet. - 2015-05-18 2:16 PM missroselee - 2015-05-18 12:39 PM komet. - 2015-05-18 1:35 PM You??? Patient???? Got any other fairy tales you want to tell us? Well....you see....it's not like I really have much of a choice.....I tried stormy nights....I tried sweet talking....I tried cussing.....I thought about bribing.....but nothing is working :) I don't know if they still do this.. But... Back when I was a kid living 30+ miles from Fort 'Wood'... we could hear the artillery fire that far away.... One good explosion close to her should set things in motion...
Nope....we were at Fort Stewart for 4 years. She's used to heavy artillary |
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Location: SE Louisiana | missroselee - 2015-05-18 1:23 PM
komet. - 2015-05-18 2:16 PM missroselee - 2015-05-18 12:39 PM komet. - 2015-05-18 1:35 PM You??? Patient???? Got any other fairy tales you want to tell us? Well....you see....it's not like I really have much of a choice.....I tried stormy nights....I tried sweet talking....I tried cussing.....I thought about bribing.....but nothing is working :) I don't know if they still do this.. But... Back when I was a kid living 30+ miles from Fort 'Wood'... we could hear the artillery fire that far away.... One good explosion close to her should set things in motion...
Well Nutz!!! She's just being difficult.... You better prepare yourself for a 16 month gestation...  |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | komet. - 2015-05-18 2:26 PM missroselee - 2015-05-18 1:23 PM komet. - 2015-05-18 2:16 PM missroselee - 2015-05-18 12:39 PM komet. - 2015-05-18 1:35 PM You??? Patient???? Got any other fairy tales you want to tell us? Well....you see....it's not like I really have much of a choice.....I tried stormy nights....I tried sweet talking....I tried cussing.....I thought about bribing.....but nothing is working :) I don't know if they still do this.. But... Back when I was a kid living 30+ miles from Fort 'Wood'... we could hear the artillery fire that far away.... One good explosion close to her should set things in motion... Well Nutz!!! She's just being difficult.... You better prepare yourself for a 16 month gestation...
I didn't track it to the day on her first one, but she went well over. I know she went a minimum 12 months, but not sure how much over since I didn't record the exact date she was bred. |
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| I had one go like 348 this year and one go 334 and she always foals right around 330days |
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Location: Silex, MO | We are at 370 today. Now she usually goes 365 so not really jumping up and down just yet. However, I told her that I was not really having much fun with this up all night foal checking thing. So hang in there and wait with me  |
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Location: The stix of Utah | My mare went 377 days with her last foal. She always goes over a year so I wasn't super worried about it, but I was definitely impatient seeing everyone else getting their babies in WAY less time. My vet always told me that they cook them until they are done. Your mare is probably just making sure you get exactly what you want! |
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Location: Prosser, WA | I have 3 mares that have foaled so far this year. First one, maiden mare exactly 326 days. Only got her covered once so that is the exact amount of days of gestation. Second mare, who usually foals a couple weeks early went 335 days from her last breeding date. Third mare when 342 days from her last breeding date. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | 358 days and a perfect red colt! |
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Location: Oregon | I'm at 326 today with full wax and now dripping milk. I think she would have foaled last night but I found my super excited husband sitting next to her loving on her last night. I think she decided to hold it in longer due to being disturbed. |
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| MeepMeep - 2015-05-18 12:36 PM
I like over 330 at least. Mine went at 310 this morning
One of my colts came at 318. He was really loose in the backend and had to be stall bound for a few weeks along with getting a medication that worked wonders (IMO) and he's totally fine now! But I cried many tears over him when he first came out because I was so sure he would never be normal. He's still not normal because he's a total spoiled brat, but he's conformationally correct and is growing as he should. This mare also had one go right about 330 on the first foal so she's definitely a shorter breeder.
I once worked for a farm that regularly had mares go 370-380. I think the longest while I was there was 383. That mare stressed me out big time!!! |
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Broodmare question....as I patiently wait.....