Quote Originally Posted by Beki
I'm sorry that i have to agree with Ceph and Vela, but don't let that dampen your spirits, with any pregnancy anything can go wrong though for horses it is very rare that both the mare and the foals survive, usually one of the foals are still born or die shortly after. I have a horse too, she is pregnant and is due mid may-mid june, but the first time she had a foal it was alive but because she didn't know what to do, it sufficated in the sac and we couldn't get there in time because of course kitty hawk has to go all the way to the end of the pasture ! this time i'm having a pasture thats right outside my window, so i can keep an eye on her and i'm going to have a flood light on her in the night so i can just look and see whats going on I wish you best wishes and the best of luck with the pregnancy and the birth of the foals. Is your mare gray or the stallion gray, because most of the time, when there is a gray parent, the baby will be gray too, the gray gene is very domonant. My mare is gray and i know that the baby will eventuially turn gray but i'm waiting to see the sex of the baby, i have a few names in mind Keep your head up, we're not doing this to dampen your spirits, we just want you to know everything that can happen. thats all. you take care.

Just out of curiosity...do you do Calcium tests to find out when you need to do foal-watch on your mare?