5-23-UPDATE-PIC Pg. 6-Marci POPPED!

[lisa l aka marci]

Here is the round girl having dinner tonight.....

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/49811marci_5-16-07.jpg

Udder (or lack of) on April 24-25th.....
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/49811marcu_4-25-07teats.jpg

And tonight....
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/49811marci_5-16-07_teats.jpg

This morning - 5-17-07
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/49811marci_5-17-07-med.JPG

Will post pic from this am when I get to work - nothing yet!!!!
5-19 - sorry about the blur, it was still dark out at 515am!!!
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/498115-19_marci_udder-med.JPG
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/498115-19_teats.JPG

5-20 evening.....
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/498115-20_marci_udder_under.jpg
Showing the edema that wasn't there yesterday - although this feels HARD - Marci actually let me touch it briefly.....
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/498115-20_marci_belly.jpg

And full body shot.....
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/498115-20_marci_full_body.jpg

5-22 - waxing!!!!! When I checked her a little after 5am, there was a tiny drop - when I stopped back an hour later to get pictures this is what I found.....(sorry about the little blur, someone didn't watn to stand and eat like she normally does!
http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/498115-22_waxing_udder-med.JPG

[Laura S]

Hi Lisa, She looks like she is going to pop soon!

Here is a pic of my mare's udder from last year. The pics was taken about 2 hrs before she started streaming milk, then 2 hours after that she had the foall!
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h51/LauraS39/100_1037.jpg

I feel like the "Paso Popparozzi"

Good luck!! :D

[lisa l aka marci]

Thanks Laura - I think from the pictures Marci has a bit of filling out to go....she is still pretty defined between the teats, not rounded out.

I kind of felt like a voyeur taking the pics...and both Marci's Mom and mine were watching!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

Of course, hubby is out of town tonight, so unless I wake Tori up and take her with me in the middle of the night, no mid-night checks tonight!!!

[Mellifluous]

When the foal changes position, you will know she is close. I would not go by udder development on a maiden.

If you look at her from the front or back and her belly is not poking out, the foal is assuming the launch position. Her belly will hang lower too.

[LynnG]

My mare bred June 19th started dripping wax early this morn and has milk droplets tonight. I'll be doing mid-wife watch tonight until...

Good luck with Marci. She doesn't look quite ready, but could shape up fast...so keep an eye on her.

[lisa l aka marci]

My mare bred June 19th started dripping wax early this morn and has milk droplets tonight. I'll be doing mid-wife watch tonight until...

Good luck with Marci. She doesn't look quite ready, but could shape up fast...so keep an eye on her.

Yep! She is by herself, when I went to turn her out this morning, I could see she had been inside the stall lying down (shavings and hay on her and marks in the stall). I'll be able to get down to see her @7am since I have Tori, then Hubby is home in the afternoon so I'll be able to get down tehre more. I've already told him to expect me to be spending a LOT of time with her so he has to watch Tori!

Good luck with your mare Lynn!!!!! Are you hoping for filly or colt?

[LynnG]

Filly... but I have a name picked out for each. It doesn't matter really as long as it is healthy. The mom Insignia is 18 and dad E is 26.... so I'd like a replacement filly for mom before she retires.

out to the barn for me.... ;-) I'm doing every hour watches.

[Moniece Dickerson]

OH YEA!She's definitely got a filly in there!!!Filling from the back first and teats facing forward = FILLY!!!!!

Come on Marci you KNOW we love you Marci PLEEEEASE show us your filly VERY soon!Come on Marci you KNOW we love you Marci PLEEEEEASE show us your filly VERY soon!

Ok Lisa,you KNOW we have to see pictures AS SOON AS she has her :D !!Your friend,Moniece

[Carol Nelson]

Good luck...my mini mare has looked like that for a good two weeks now...sigh...
Her belly's pointed to the ground...bag swollen and hot...nipples hard...tail slackening...and still no baby. I'm being brave and not checking her from midnight to six...but I may have to start getting up here soon. She is in the foaling pen now, right behind the house so we can keep an eye on her most all of the time.
I think next year though when my two Paso girls are near delivery, it will be time for a foal-cam. I'm gettin' too old to get up every two hours... :roll: ;-)

[Terry Wallace]

I'll stick my neck out and say...nope..she is not ready. I would say...mid next week.... udder looks to be about 80% ready.

That sure is a pretty mare.... :D

[Candice Burger]

:lol: :lol:

Lori, you need to officially begin "ninnie season" on APF!!!

I think there should be a ninnie forum for all the expecting mothers out there.

Thank goodness ya'll use teats to determine foaling time. If you used my method of checking for vulva dilation and foal position, lord only knows the pics we'd see here. :shock:

[Terry Wallace]

Hey Candice... I once worked for a vet who studied vulva elongation and foaling prediction....guess what he wanted me to "measure"!!! :lol:

(um..and with a caliper)!!

[lisa l aka marci]

:lol: :lol:

Lori, you need to officially begin "ninnie season" on APF!!!

I think there should be a ninnie forum for all the expecting mothers out there.

Thank goodness ya'll use teats to determine foaling time. If you used my method of checking for vulva dilation and foal position, lord only knows the pics we'd see here. :shock:

Candice - I have those pictures too....but have refrained from posting any so no one is offended!!!!! :lol: :lol: :shock:

[lisa l aka marci]

I'll stick my neck out and say...nope..she is not ready. I would say...mid next week.... udder looks to be about 80% ready.

That sure is a pretty mare.... :D

Thanks Terry - I'm kind of partial to her myself! The baby should be a looker too.......Lucy did throw pretty babies.......I'm hoping Marci will too!

[Carol Nelson]

Oooo...did you just post the photo listed "this morning"
If so...she looks pretty darned close to me...I'd be watching her.... :shock:

[ErinC]

:shock:
lastnight to this a.m.
is a BIG change.
:crazy bannana

I love how the light brown is around her belly like it is an over filled balloon ready to burst.
LOL!!!

[Mellifluous]

I am going to go for Saturday, May 19th! Filly!

[LynnG]

Mine is due to bust soon. Yesterday, I said within 3 days. This is day 2. Still waxing with some milk droplets. I had to get a mare-sitter when I went to a funeral service today. So nightwatch again tonight....

so who is going to foal first? Marci or Insignia? I hope Insignia!!!

[lisa l aka marci]

Well, no pics tonight of the udder - but it is still bigger than yesterday.....no waxing or dripping.....I think your mare will foal first........will get more pictures in the morning!

[lisa l aka marci]

Well, forgot the camera this morning......BUT....the clevage is starting to disappear, udder is filling more - but no waxing or dripping yet! I'll be down there a few times today, have to see if I'll be making nighttime visits!!!!!

I'm hoping she pops this weekend!!!!!!! Although, this coming week it is suposed to be beautiful!

[ErinC]

Lisa I would love to have seen you take the last picture you have posted, where you laying UNDER her! :lol:

[lisa l aka marci]

Lisa I would love to have seen you take the last picture you have posted, where you laying UNDER her! :lol:

LOL!!! NOPE!!! (I like my life!!!)

I was crouched down while Marci was eating, holding the camera under her.....had to take a couple of shots to get one centered enough to be able to crop it for posting here!

[Terri]

Soon Lisa, soon!! Waiting anxiously for pictures of the baby (not the milk bar)

[ErinC]

well how was she tonight?
:new confused

[lisa l aka marci]

Nothing as of last night.....heading down this morning shortly - gotta have a cup of coffee first! Of course, I have a cold/sinus infection now so I feel CRAPPY!

Teats were not filled last night, but udder keeps getting a little bigger......will have a report by 8am!

[swaite]

I feel for you - One of our mares went almost 12 months to the day with her first foal. The waiting! We missed it by 1/2 hour.

[lisa l aka marci]

Well, just got back from the barn......

Udder is bigger, and this morning Marci also has edema on her belly in front of her udder! There was something hanging from one teat, but I think it was mud/dirt.....she would not let me get close enough to really check it out - she is kind of mad at me right now because I fed her in the stall instead of outside where she could watch the other 2.

I've left her in the small paddock for the day - Michael has to go out of town about mid-day, so Tori and I will be here by ourselves......pretty much until Wednesday.....betcha she will pop between now and then!!!

Will take a camera with me around lunch to try to get some more pics.

Oh yeah - the SUN is out!!!!!!!!

[Carol Nelson]

IF there was something hanging on her udder...I'd keep a close eye...it could possibly/probably have been wax/colostrum...you may be seeing a little one before the end of the day. ;-)

[Abejita]

When Tana got the edema in front of her udder, the next afternoon she waxed, then the following night she foaled....(oh and if you are not allergic to sulfa drugs SMZ works wonders for sinus infections ..if you are like me and always have some in the barn..I had one while on vacation in KY once and the doc prescribed smz one tab 2X a day for I think it was 7 or 10 days I was feeling better in about 2 days Plus take what decongestant works best for you( I had a fever of 103 and was so dizzy I was throwing up..I have never had vertigo like that)

[lisa l aka marci]

I'll be keeping a close eye on her! I think when Michael leaves for the day I will head back down there to check again and try to get some pictues.

Chat with y'all later!

[Bonnie M]

Oooh! I say she pops today/tonight!

My mare foaled the night of the day she got edema in front of her udder.

Double check your camera has batteries and if you are taping it that you video cam is charged! I didn't do this so got nothing!!

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g177/bonniepaso/MVC-010S.jpg

That is how she looked before she foaled.

[lisa l aka marci]

Updated the original post with pictures from this evening!

[SandyMM]

OK - time for an update..... :?:

[Terry Wallace]

My prediction... Wednesday! (after midnight on Tuesday) Thats IF she is at "strut" in the milk bar department!

C'mon... lets get a pool going on it! :D

[lisa l aka marci]

Nada, zip, zero ZILCH!

Turned her back out with the other 2 today - udder is bigger, even saw a 'KICK' this morning.........no waxing.......

WHEN IS SHE GOING TO POP?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Michael will be back home tonight, so I'll be able to run down and check on her in the evening.

Think she will mess up my Memorial Day weekend plans? hahahahahahahahahaha

[SandyMM]

If the edema increases, I would seriously consider having a vet out to check her - especially if you have _any_ fescue in your pasture. I thought I was safe from fescue toxicity with Katie with virtually all the grass gone, nothing new growing, and round bales for the asking.... but she ended up on 2 weeks of the anti-fescue meds and I believe it saved both Katie and the baby.

I know people who swear that their bred mares do fine on fescue year round.... Personally, I can't imagine risking it.

Here are the symptoms for fescue toxicity from Cornell:

http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/fesalk.html

"Fescue Toxicosis: Effects on Broodmares


Unlike other livestock, the signs of fescue toxicity in horses are almost exclusively related to poor reproduction. Mares that consume large amounts of endophyte-infested tall fescue can suffer from a number of reproducitve problems. These can include
prolonged gestation
abortion
premature separation of the chorion
dystocia
thickened placenta
retained placenta
aglactia (suppression of lactation, i.e. no milk)"
I believe Katie's prolonged gestation, thickened (but not red bag) placenta, and initial lack of milk are all directly related to the fescue she was able to eke out of the pasture - in spite of substantial good quality hay available. Next year - all of my mares will be dry-lotted for the last 3 months.

[lisa l aka marci]

Well, the edema has not really increased - however the crease between the udder halves is gone........and, Marci's butt jiggles when she walks....and her vulva looks 'squishy' compared to the other 2.......

Another hint - she let me love on her today a LOT......when I was down there checking on her with Tori, she wanted to be in my pocket.......and also check out Tori......Tori thought my 'punching' (fist, slowly and lightly tapping her on the nose) was hysterical......and Marci kept coming back for more!

If she doesn't pop in the next 2 days, I'm going to give the vet a call......I have a feeling she will go tonight or tomorrow night.....will be taking a ride down to the barn when Michael gets home tonight - about 1030pm.

[ErinC]

praying tonight
:angel
come on girl.

[Laura S]

oh, I'm getting excited! Don't forget your camera!

[SandyMM]

Got a sleeping bag? ;-) Good luck on that _filly_! :D

[lisa l aka marci]

Got a sleeping bag? ;-) Good luck on that _filly_! :D

Need to bring it down from the attic....and we have a FROST WARNNG in effect!

BRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[SandyMM]

LOLOLOLOL - we had a 'cold' front go through at the show..... the Florida folks insisted it was down in the 30s.... I thought it was maybe in the high 40s... Crisp and invigorating!

Sounds like great weather for foal watch! ;-) BTDT in 16° temps one year!

[lisa l aka marci]

Well, was down at the barn just before 11pm, then again just after 5am.....no baby.....

HOWEVER - this morning there was the unmistakable sopt of moisture on one of the teats! This could not have been water/mud - it has dried up a lot where Marci is, and this looks 'clear'.

I'm off to work shortly (of course!) - going to have Mom keep an extra eye on Marci today - and I'll be home by 4pm.

Hopefully it will be warmer tonight, as it looks like I will be staying down at Mom's and Tori will be sleeping in the pack and play!

[lisa l aka marci]

Updated picture in the original post.......yay!!!!!

[ErinC]

TODAY!
5-22-07
:crazy bannana

[Carol Nelson]

Gee, sorry guys...but she can still go a long time looking like that. When today's the day...you will see gobs of wax hanging, and they will kick them off and they will come back...
Rosie's looked like that for some time now...sorry....

Now on the other hand I've had mares who showed a lot less sign than this pop within two hours... ;-)

[lisa l aka marci]

Sure, rain on my parade..... :duh :hitting

Can't you tell I want her to POP?!?!?!? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hmm.....maybe I should chase her around the paddock a few times this afternoon.........

[Mellifluous]

If the milk was clear, you have time.

When the milk gets opaque you are in business.

[paintedhorizon]

Have you milked her yet? If it's sticky, you're close.

[lisa l aka marci]

Have you milked her yet? If it's sticky, you're close.

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

I like my life! There is no way she is letting me that close......this mornign she wouldn't even stand still so I could get a good picture - up until now she would stand and eat her grain, this morning she kept leaving it to walk along the fence - even though Lucy and Lunita were right there!

[Terry Wallace]

After midnight tonight... ! I will predict between 12:00 and 3:00 am...

Have you got a camera on her?

The wax you describe... is it stringy and longish? OR...just beads at the ends of the nins?

[paintedhorizon]

I can't remember, is she a maiden mare?

[lisa l aka marci]

I can't remember, is she a maiden mare?

Yes- a maiden....

The wax you describe... is it stringy and longish? OR...just beads at the ends of the nins?

Just drops this morning - you can see in the last picture in the first post here........

Have you got a camera on her?


Nope, not that technologically advanced here! Which means I'll either be in the barn tonight sleeping on old hay or getting up every couple hours to go check! - Staying At Mom's house so I can leave Tori sleeping and not drag her along - since Michael is out of town again!

[Cindy]

Looks to me like Marci read the book. I would expect a foal very soon. Unless of course she did not make it all the way to the end of the book. :lol: :lol:

[ErinC]

:smilieparty
Party Time

[Terry Wallace]

O.K... I just saw the photos on page one... now you have "strut" AND wax... looks like you are in biz for sure... One last question for ya... do you have bulge on one side about flank high? (more bulge than on the other side and located between hip and stifle appx..)

That bay filly should be arriving real soon! I sure hope its a filly so you get what you want! :D

[lisa l aka marci]

O.K... I just saw the photos on page one... now you have "strut" AND wax... looks like you are in biz for sure... One last question for ya... do you have bulge on one side about flank high? (more bulge than on the other side and located between hip and stifle appx..)

That bay filly should be arriving real soon! I sure hope its a filly so you get what you want! :D

I didn't notice this morning, and Marci didn't stay still long enough for me to really look.......I'll be home from work @4pm, first stop will be the barn to check on her.......

I think she has been bulging more on one side than the other before.....flanks are hollow too......

[lisa l aka marci]

Ok - just called PFHA and did the math on her ~true~ due date......

Breeding report shows June 5-10, 2006 - so if she took on the last day, she is at 346 days TODAY!

No late baby ~whew~

As long as she pops in the next day or two!!!!!!!

[Cindy]

What's wrong with a late baby?

[lisa l aka marci]

What's wrong with a late baby?

There had been a little discussion about fescue toxicity - one sign is prolonged pregnancy.....I originally had Marci due @2 weeks ago.....but I didn't have the exact breeding dates to go by.....

[paintedhorizon]

I've always heard you can't tell with maiden mares by looking at the signs. LOL

Watch her with the foal since she doesn't let you touch her back there. She may accidentally kick at the foal if she's tender.

[Cindy]

There had been a little discussion about fescue toxicity - one sign is prolonged pregnancy.....I originally had Marci due @2 weeks ago.....but I didn't have the exact breeding dates to go by.....


Mares go late all the time. It is no big deal. I can assure you with the bag you have on a maiden mare there is absolutely NO chance of fescue toxicity. LOL

[lisa l aka marci]

That's good to hear! That is something I never heard about before this forum...........

[Carol Nelson]

Michele is right...I constantly am messing with the mare's udder and teats and bumping my hand around their flanks and insides of their legs months before they deliver to simulate the actions of a foal looking for it's first meal. Not a bad idea to take a rope and dangle it around their hocks to get them used to feeling things back there as that foal may circle all around that mare before it finally finds where it's wanting to be.

Also before mine deliver I go up with a warm wet cloth and clean them out between and around the ninnies just to make sure they're nice and fresh when baby starts to nurse.

I realize that now is not the time to start this...but next time! Like Michele said...watch her closely.

[Candice Burger]

There had been a little discussion about fescue toxicity - one sign is prolonged pregnancy.....I originally had Marci due @2 weeks ago.....but I didn't have the exact breeding dates to go by.....


Mares go late all the time. It is no big deal. I can assure you with the bag you have on a maiden mare there is absolutely NO chance of fescue toxicity. LOL

No, all the symptoms point to anxious, sleepless owner toxicity!! Marci is holding out. She's waiting to see who pops first, her or Lisa. My advice to Lisa is BLINK!

Ya'll know it's an evil plot by all prego mares to wait out the owners...I'm sure the mare betting pool has some interesting odds against us. Like if they keep one leg cocked up all the time will that make owner go sleepless 2 hours longer or just force owner to pass out all together.

[Terry Wallace]

I've always heard you can't tell with maiden mares by looking at the signs. LOL

Not true!! I've foaled out many...and few have been free of "signs"...

Being a foaling attendant had to be one of my favorite jobs...it turns you into a night owl though... kinda like working "graveyard" shift!

[lisa l aka marci]

I've always heard you can't tell with maiden mares by looking at the signs. LOL

Not true!! I've foaled out many...and few have been free of "signs"...

Being a foaling attendant had to be one of my favorite jobs...it turns you into a night owl though... kinda like working "graveyard" shift!

Graveyard shift wouldn't bother me - I spent 8 years working around the clock.....except I have to work today and teach tomorrow at 930am!

Marci is used to having things around her hind legs.......ropes, me, dogs......so I'm hoping that isn't a problem.....as for her udder, I think she will be ok- she is pissy more than anything regarding her udder - I have been able to touch it briefly, a couple weeks ago I was able to wash it with a cloth but I haven't tried lately..........

I put a call in to Mom to see how things are going, but I think shei s outside working in the garden!

[Cindy]

You might want to go ahead and line up a sub for tomorrow. :lol:

[lisa l aka marci]

You might want to go ahead and line up a sub for tomorrow. :lol:

Not that easy....but....I did tell my co-worker I may walk in and hand him the 'reins' and make him teach!!!!!

Talked to my Mom about half an hour ago - nothing going on with Marci, I guess she is just hanging around.......out of work in 45 minutes and off to see her!

[DSDECKERT]

No, all the symptoms point to anxious, sleepless owner toxicity!!

:rofl

Good one - sure hope she pops tonight! Can't WAIT to see that bay filly!!!

[lisa l aka marci]

Well, Marci is very restless....been pacing most of the day and tossing her head....it also looks like she was either dripping or streaming at some point - there are tell-tale marks on her hind legs..........

Already told my Mom I'm spending the night!

I think I'll take her for a walk this evening....... :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Terry Wallace]

Alright! Now your talkin'.... its gonna be a long night!
Sounds very promising!
You know we will be watching this thread like hawks!
:D

Let us know as soon as SHE gets here!

[Mellifluous]

I can't wait for the early am announcement. :D

Have the camera READY!

[SandyMM]

Emi says.... "Go Marci!"
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/PPRantares/Emi5.jpg

[Carol Nelson]

Yeah...I agree...SOUNDS PROMISING!!! :D

Can't wait...!!! I'm as excited as you are! ;-)

(pretty baby-daddy, too! ) :D

[Moniece Dickerson]

Oh goodness!!Oh goodness!!Tonight is the night!!!!!I'm SOOOOO super excited!!!!!!!!Your friend,Moniece

[paintedhorizon]

Don't let her see that excitement or she'll seal that vulva shut! hahaha

[PasoVicki]

I have to admit it . . . my name is Vicki, and I'm a Marci-aholic.

No matter what else I'm supposed to be doing, I have to stop periodically to check Marci's status.

Tonight has to be the night! When Danesa reached the dripping stage, she foaled at 9pm that evening. :D

[ErinC]

have to admit it . . . my name is Vicki, and I'm a Marci-aholic.


Ditto!
;-)

I support you Vicki. ;-)

[Laura S]

Me too!! What can we call us? "Foal Watch Anonymous"

I think she will go tonight before midnight!!

I am hoping for a bay filly on 5/22/07!

[PasoVicki]

Let's see . . . Danesa foaled at 9pm pacific time, which is midnight eastern time . . . so my guess is midnight.

Come on, Marci! Pop out that filly!

[lisa l aka marci]

Well, even more signs of dripping on her legs, and she is very restless still - shaking her head and walking around.....not sticking by me for any loving......

I've closed off part of her paddock area - there is an 'alleyway' between the barn and teh electric fence that I don't want her foaling in........

Now I'm going to get the sleeping bag and some warm clothes together, and Tori's pj's and clothes for tomorrow - then back off to Mom's!

I don't have satellite/wireless internet there, so I may be a little delayed posting when/if the time arrives! I will have my camera too at the ready!

[lowonda]

I have been closely monitoring Marci's "ninnie" pictures since I have a QH mare fixing to foal. We guesstimated her foaling date to be end of May early JUne (we didn't breed her, she was already bred when we got custody of her, long story). Her "ninnies" are running about 2 days behind Marcie. Bad news is I have to leave in the morning for Florida for 3 days. My hubby is on mare duty til I get back. He told me tonight that he "don't know nuthin bout birthin no babies" :roll:

[Barbwire]

This is soooo exciting! :hello

[jodiTowne]

Come on Marci!!!!!!

[pnalley]

So the Emi aka Dad says:

Go Marci go

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g264/PPRantares/Emi5.jpg

Now isn't that just like a man to offer words of encouragement to the Mom as he stands and scarfs oats & hay while she does all the work? And of course her Mom is the one pacing and worrying :lol:

Tha baby will come about 2 minutes AFTER you fall asleep, I assure you the mare will win this "foal without owner" battle :lol:

[Carol Nelson]

Ok...Lisa...I want to wake up in the morning with one of us having had a baby...good luck...I think it will be you!! ;-)

[lisa l aka marci]

Ok...Lisa...I want to wake up in the morning with one of us having had a baby...good luck...I think it will be you!! ;-)

Haha......does 12:30 am count as morning?????

Guess what that little SNOT Marci did betweem about 10pm and midnight????!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

POPPED!!!!!

http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/data/498115-22-07_marci2-med.jpg

And although it is a BOY - he appears to be healthy, watched him poop, and was tucked into the milk bar when I came in a little before 2am.......Marci is being a VERY GOOD mommy so far.......

[lisa l aka marci]

Tha baby will come about 2 minutes AFTER you fall asleep, I assure you the mare will win this "foal without owner" battle :lol:

Of course!!!!! He was already mostly dry, afterbirth was out, as I was walking out to he barn I felt something was fishy.....although Marci was STILL EATING!!!!!!!!!!! I guess I should have stayed out in the barn!

[ErinC]

:crazy bannana
:hug
:birthday

[Terri]

Okay, here we find some details! A little boy! I know you were looking for a filly, but gotta tell, I LOVE my boys! He is a cutie. Soooo, whadda we going to name him????

[Laura S]

Oh, what a cute little boy!

[Barbwire]

Glad to hear mom and baby appear to be fine. Can't wait to see more pics.

[GregM]

I must agree colts are just too much fun. Sandy always wants fillies and I always hope for colts. They do get into everything, though, good luck. He looks great.

[DSDECKERT]

Awwww....Congrats! He's definitely a keeper.

[SandyMM]

Congratulations on the first foal born from the APF.com Stallion Breeding Contest!

He looks great! Any markings? Dad has a star, a faint snip, and one white rear pastern.

[Moniece Dickerson]

I'm in love!!!!!Marci is a true champion for doing so well and he.....he is just perfect!!With both parents being so beautiful and awesome their baby was just bound to be magnificent!Oh Lisa, i'm SOOOOOO happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Your friend,Moniece

[baileyholc]

:crazy bannana :smilieparty :hello :hug :birthday
Congratulations

[Pasogirlz]

Congratulations on the first foal born from the APF.com Stallion Breeding Contest!



:hello :smilieparty

How exciting! Congratulations!
Have you picked out any names for a colt? He sure is cute.

[Beth Worden]

Whoop, Whoop! Congratulations. The year of the colt. Listen, the colts are far more affectionate and trainable. You will LOVE him. Very happy to hear mare and foal are in good health - THAT is the main thing.

[Carol Nelson]

Well...son of a gun...so one of us did have a baby!!! Congratulations, Lisa and Marci!!! What a handsome lad! The long wait is over, huh?
Yeah, I'm pretty fond of my boys too...hey, you can geld them and have an AWESOME riding horse!
Glad to see one of us gets to sleep tonight! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Linda Y]

Happy Birthday, baby boy!
And he looks like he is going to be a beautiful bay too.
Congratulations...now the fun begins!

[pfinolvr]

Congratulations to a beautiful baby boy!!!! :D

[Pinto Paso]

I was getting ready to read your first post about finding your great new bundle... thought well I should take a quick peek at my mare... and well she was having her own ideas....so I had to go and take care of my own before reading your complete post so



CONGRATS!!!!! what a cutie.

[paintedhorizon]

YAY! congratulations!!!!

[JennLM]

Just means you get to try again next year? ;-)

Congrats on a healthy happy baby boy.

I swear it seems they always plot about having them when you least expect it.

[britzlove]

Big Congrats Lisa and Marci! How wonderful! And he can grow into a lovely APF ambassador like his folks!

Happy Day!

[pnalley]

Congratulations!

[dana]

More Pics! More Pics! More Pics!
way to go Marci & Emi! beautiful boy!

[Terry Wallace]

Well GOOD..the wait is over...!! Congrads!

[jodiTowne]

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is cute!

[pasohappy]

Relief :!: gee I have been checking on here every day 3 times a day, waiting to see the new baby, sooo glad all is okay and both are fine and you are too. beautiful baby,
How many more are on the way with the rest of the crew on here.