Comments - March 21/09 - Rough week - Barnmice Equestrian Social Community2024-03-28T12:10:52Zhttp://www.barnmice.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1773158%3ABlogPost%3A76190&xn_auth=noJust a streak of bad luck at…tag:www.barnmice.com,2009-03-22:1773158:Comment:763572009-03-22T13:03:19.187ZDianahttp://www.barnmice.com/profile/Diana80
Just a streak of bad luck at the job right now. You know bad things come in 3s and good things come in 3 sets of 3s!<br />
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I found the foal when I got to work on Monday morning. It was tough seeing the little guy dead but the owner had made a decision over the weekend to end the foal's life the coming week. Nature took its course prior to us having to do the dirty. He was 5 weeks old and hadn't really bounced into "normal". He was labour intensive and had cost a fair bit with vet calls and extra…
Just a streak of bad luck at the job right now. You know bad things come in 3s and good things come in 3 sets of 3s!<br />
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I found the foal when I got to work on Monday morning. It was tough seeing the little guy dead but the owner had made a decision over the weekend to end the foal's life the coming week. Nature took its course prior to us having to do the dirty. He was 5 weeks old and hadn't really bounced into "normal". He was labour intensive and had cost a fair bit with vet calls and extra human help during that time. Mom was restricted on turnout due to baby's fragile health. He was a good size, well nourished but just not right - problems getting up, problems walking (okay he was a natural pacer so that didn't help matters), nursed okay but took 10 minutes to get the brain to kick into gear that he needed to go nurse once he got to his feet, plus I hadn't known about the seizures. A "dummy foal" crossed with a "frog legged foal"! Personally I don't think he would have made it to the track as a long yearling (if he had survived to weaning) and if he did he wouldn't have been successful at earning his expenses back. Not a nice thing to say but everyone is better off all round. Such is the BUSINESS of the race world, which is different than the hobby or show world.<br />
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The horses at work are all fat and sassy with the good quality feed they've been getting all winter - believe me I won't have a thin horse around if I'm feeding. These new loads of hay are just phenomenal. I'm so jealous that I want them at my parent's place to feed my horses!! You know those situations where you walk into a barn and see and smell their hay and you just want to stuff the hay into your car or truck to take home to your beastlies - well that's the type of hay we just got in. Considering how wet it was last summer and how scarce good hay is to find, we lucked out with great hay.<br />
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The good news is 2 of the maiden mares are pregnant on first try. Dam of the sick foal had to be rebred, we preg check next week to confirm. The 2 other mares shipped off to the foaling farm haven't foaled yet and one was due March 8. Only 2 more to foal out in April and 3 maidens to get bred. All told I will probably have 4 foals (should have been 5, sigh) running around later in the summer and next year there will be 8 foals if everyone catches (keeping fingers crossed). Hi Diana,
So sorry to read ab…tag:www.barnmice.com,2009-03-21:1773158:Comment:762302009-03-21T20:35:27.683ZBarbara F.http://www.barnmice.com/profile/BarbaraFogler
Hi Diana,<br />
So sorry to read about the foal. What a terrible thing to come upon for whoever found him. :(<br />
Interesting that the mare knew something was wrong. I do hope you have better luck coming around the corner and hope to see lots of pictures of very well fed horses as they make their way through that yummy hay!
Hi Diana,<br />
So sorry to read about the foal. What a terrible thing to come upon for whoever found him. :(<br />
Interesting that the mare knew something was wrong. I do hope you have better luck coming around the corner and hope to see lots of pictures of very well fed horses as they make their way through that yummy hay!