Well Belle was just about ready to foal when we went to bed and sure enough at 12.30 she started to paw the ground and by 12.45 the little colt made his way into the world. Belle settled to a steady effort the only sound in the stable was her deep rhythmic breathing and the sea echoing up across the fields from the cove below the village
his nostril could already be seen breathing at this stage and Charles broke the sack
and extra effort from Belle
and already she had started to wicker
her first job - the foal had a strong suck reflex and soon had his first precious feed and the after birth passed ........so we left them to bond and watched them from the monitor. At Eighteen Belle is an "older mother" and so this will probably be her first and last foal for us and of course the sire Lenard is long departed but this little chap looks a big strapping legacy to them both.
We went out again at 3.30 to supervise the next feed and by 3.50 we had muconium!!
Danni and company were all in bed already and so we might even try some sleep
Good morning - how does De Vince sound for a name??
Good morning - how does De Vince sound for a name??
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCongratulatons!
...and how nice to finally be able to get some sleep again!
Congratulations to Belle and thanks to Charles for his helping hands. Get a good nights sleep tonight ! Da Vinci sounds good to me ! Sue
ReplyDeleteWhat a privilege to have witnessed that! Congratulations all round.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, strong looking foal! Congratulations to you all, and especially to Belle!
ReplyDeletelooking really good!
ReplyDeleteand yes, da vinci does sound like a name!
vince for short, LOL
Te he the abreviation does sound like a ganster but we are so pleased and Belle is very, very happy with her blue eyed (not literaly) boy Every one is having an early night tonight will write some more about him tomorrow Christine
ReplyDelete