Mounted search and rescue

["philip easley" <easleyranch@foothill.net>]

Our foal watch starts this week.  18 brood mares carrying mules and paint
horses.  Ours do not necessarily foal in the night, instead they act like
they are going to and have them after first light so you do not get any
sleep at all before going to work.
Philip Easley
Easley Ranch
Grass Valley, Ca.
NCSSAR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Deby Brown" <spotted_saddle_horse2003@yahoo.com>
To: "Mounted search and rescue" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:44 PM
Subject: [MSAR] Foal Watch


> I was on foal watch years ago with my mare.  They say
> they usually foal in the middle of the night when all
> is quiet and peaceful.  NOT TRUE:  she foaled at 5pm
> one evening and in the mud.  It was a chore trying to
> get the filly and mom back into the barn in their
> foaling stall where it was dry. My husband and I used
> a beach towel under her belly and walked her into the
> barn.  Good luck!
>
>
> --- Jorene Downs <Jorene@CEOates.com> wrote:
>
> > LOL! That "daffynition" is pretty accurate. But for
> > a breeder that
> > zombie-like condition might go on for months - not
> > weeks - until all the
> > broodmares have foaled. Our last mare is due in
> > April. ;-/
> >
> > Anyone interested is welcome to "visit" my barn via
> > camera and join me on
> > Foal Watch 2006. Most evenings I'll also be on the
> > CEOates Chat. I'll be
> > firing up the foaling stall cameras and transmitting
> > live streaming video
> > from my barn starting New Years. Time it right, and
> > you can see where future
> > MSAR horses come from. ;)  (Yes, we've used some of
> > our home bred foals for
> > MSAR in the backcountry.)
> >
> > Hope you heal quickly from your surgery, Bonnie.
> >
> > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> > Jorene Downs
> > CEOates Ranch
> > www.CEOates.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "bonnie elster" <elster530@yahoo.com>
> > >  Happy New Year to you and your family
> > >  Thot you might id w/this daffynition:
> > >  Sleeping Sickness: A disease peculiar to mare
> > owners while waiting for
> > > their mares to foal. Caused by nights of lost
> > sleep, symptoms include
> > > irritability, red, baggy eyes & a zombie-like
> > waking state. Can last
> > > several weeks.
> >
> >
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