325 days and counting

Not much happening. Her udder started about 4 days ago. It is still not tight (which it will be when she foals) and the milk is not testing ready either. I'm thinking about one week or so and little one will show it's face.

320 days

Buffy is at day 320, no significant udder development yet. We still have a couple of weeks left by the looks of things. Here is a YouTube video of the foal kicking from inside momma. He/She is alive and well and just biding his/her time until the big day. Let's be honest, it's warmer where it is right now, I'd want to stay put too.

You Tube video of kicking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQeZq3RI0mA

Belly has dropped

Buffy is at day 310 today and her belly dropped this week, so baby is getting ready. Udder has still not developed and milk is not ready yet, so a few weeks to go yet I think, but you just never know. She got her belly clipped so baby doesn't ingest her winter fur looking for the milk bar, and she was wormed last night. We are ready to go, but Buffy is the one making the decisions here and so we wait.

Milk is pale yellow!!

Well Buffy is at day 304! We are most likely 3 weeks away from foaling but slowly making progress in that direction. This morning we got yellow, slightly stickier milk. The milk will usually be extremely sticky and bright yellow shortly before foaling. So we have a ways to go but progress IS being made. Camera is not here yet, boy I hope it doesn't take too long. Makes me very nervous not being able to check on her in the middle of the night even though I'm pretty sure she is not ready yet. She's a girl of routine and she usually goes through all the traditional foaling signs before hand. But you know what they say " the only predictable thing about a pregnant mare is their unpredictability".

new barn camera on order

Well I had to order the new barn camera online, as the local Source store does not carry them. It is supposed to take 3-5 business days for it to be delivered to the store, so I sure hope Buffy doesn't get real serious about anything until at least then.

Feb. 4/10 Not much happening

I think everyone is way too cold to even think about foaling. Buffy's udder is still not developing (I'm not expecting it to for at least two more weeks, but you never know). Her milk is just slightly sticky and testing in the 40% chance of foaling range.

I learned a valuable lesson last night. Do not hold your wireless camera receiver too close to your tv screen. The static electricity built up on the tv screen, jumped out and sparked the receiver and my camera went dead. So now I have to go look for a new one today. Oh dear. Oh well, as with all technology it looks like I can get a newer, better one for less than I paid for my old one 4 years ago. So I guess it is all good. I'll hopefully have a better picture with infrared (can be used in low light) by later on tonight. That's if the Source has any to sell to me.

Off to work again

amanda