Last week on the night of June 1, one the mares, names "Brownie", at the stable gave birth. It's a healthy female whose been named "Abby" and even though she's only a week old, she's moving around pretty well and mom has taken to the maternal thing in a big way- thousands of years of survival mechanisms have kicked in! Actually, Mom's been pretty good about the whole thing and she'll let people approach Abby (although she's understandably a bit more defensive with other horses).
Abby is getting used to people and hopefully this will make for a well-adjusted horse. She's even been turned out into the big arena where she's been running around with Mom. Mom is just glad to have gotten rid of the extra baggage so she's definately in a happy mood. It's pretty neat to watch them run around, especially as the foal is starting to learn how to use her legs (she's occassionally wobbly but hey, give the kid a chance, it's only been a week!).
Here's some pictures of the little one:
Abby is getting used to people and hopefully this will make for a well-adjusted horse. She's even been turned out into the big arena where she's been running around with Mom. Mom is just glad to have gotten rid of the extra baggage so she's definately in a happy mood. It's pretty neat to watch them run around, especially as the foal is starting to learn how to use her legs (she's occassionally wobbly but hey, give the kid a chance, it's only been a week!).
Here's some pictures of the little one:
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