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How about a contest?My Arabian mare, Annie, is due to foal soon. I want to run a contest for everyone with the prize to be a surprise! All you have to do is leave a comment with your guess on when you think she will foal (date and time) and what she will have (sex). Extra points will be given for picking the right color. ;) The closest guess will win a present from me.

Some background on Annie: she is a maiden mare (never bred before) and 16 years old. Last year, on July 8th and 9th, she was bred by artificial insemination. As of today, she is 318-319 days gestation.

Normal gestation varies from 320 to 360+ days with an average of 340.
The hallmark signs of impending foaling include: (1) udder fills at two to four weeks prior to foaling, (2) tailhead relaxes within a week prior to foaling, (3) teats “wax” within a week prior to foaling or sometimes not at all, (4) teats fill and may drip milk in the days prior to foaling, (5) vulva relaxes and the mare is restless in the hours prior to foaling. The actual foaling process begins with labor generally lasting one to two hours. The mare will be restless and may seem colicky. The end of labor is marked by the rupture of the fetal membranes surrounding the foal. The delivery follows which is a quick process usually lasting 5 to 20 minutes. The normal presentation of the foal should be with the front hooves down, one slightly ahead of the other, and the nose tucked on the knees and cannons.

Annie has been bagged up for a few days now and this morning, I noticed yellow dripping from her teat. She also peed several times, the last time it was just a few dribbles, as I was feeding them.

I decided to turn all the horses out for a few hours since it looks like a nice day and they have been confined for the last several days because of rainy weather. Annie was very anxious, running back and forth before entering the arena. She has not been out with Scout and Nadia for at least a week now. She reasserted her alpha status immediately with them, pinning her ears and biting at them over her hay. But quickly, she settled down and began eating with them. They were all happy to be out after all the rainy weather. Scout even rolled.
I intend to go out in a couple of hours and hand graze them on grass. That's why their feeding appears to be so light, in case anyone was wondering.

Yesterday, I placed a mineral brick in Annie's feeder. I could hear her crunching all night and this morning, I noticed how much she'd eaten! She had a 50 pound block available out in the field but I haven't been turning her out so much lately. I didn't realize how much she missed it. I even give her Mare Plus vitamins daily. Or maybe, she just enjoyed the treat.

I intend to keep a close watch on her. I honestly don't know when she will foal. According to this website, it could be soon, or... weeks?

My guess: June 7th, 3:40AM, a dark filly. Bay? (fingers crossed). I think she will keep me waiting and anticipating for a while yet. June 7th is a full moon. However, today is a new moon. Will she foal early? She really is huge!!

I had some questions about color. Annie's dam line are almost all grays, Palas line, but her sire is a bay, El Paso line. The stud is a black bay, Khemosabi line. There is a high probability of a gray but I'm hoping for a black bay like the sire. I believe gray is a dominant color for Arabs but then, so is bay.

I just found out that FernValleyAppaloosas has two mares due about the same time. She is also running a contest, so stop by her blog too.

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