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Postby Roguelet » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:22 am

Well, make that TWO down! After all my complaining, Corelate finally foaled this morning, day 361. I guess she was just waiting for March! It's a boy, which is no surprise. This mare has had 5 foals, all colts. We have another mare who has had 5 foals, all fillies. It's enough to really make a person believe that some mares have a uterine environment set up to specifically nurture the X sperm or the Y sperm only! :lol:
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Postby BenB » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:58 am

CONGRATS with the newborn

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Postby henthorn » Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:04 pm

Great news, Roguelet.
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Postby madelyn » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:41 am

Great news... I had threatened Schwank that if she got into March with hers, I was going to call it The March Hare. Guess you got a March Hare instead of me! :D
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....

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Postby Roguelet » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:38 am

This is odd. I was too wrapped up in just taking care of things yesterday to really think about this colt, but he's a bit of a strange one. This mare has had 4 previous foals, all bay with a little bit of white around one of their feet, but not much... maybe a star too. All colts, all look EXACTLY like their momma. She has really stamped her foals. Little Corelate Carbon Copies.

This one is a colt, so she's following that pattern. But, it's a chestnut (and here all along I figured she was a double copy bay mare!) And, it doesn't look anything like her (well, it has 4 legs and a tail, but you know what I mean.) It has one high white stocking, and this thing is TALL. I mean, TALL. I've seen lots of foals, and this has to be the tallest one at birth that I've ever seen. ALL legs. He's strong and healthy and doing good, but he has a hard time getting up... he has to really work at it because his legs are just so darn long. When he's laying down resting, he looks like a normal day old foal, but once he's up, he's already about as tall as last year's foals, no lie!

So much for the Corelate Carbon Copies! :shock:
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Postby judi » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:21 am

Congratulations, and good luck.
Any chance of a picture of the little one?

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Postby erins isle » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:53 am

Congrats with your new baby. Maybe Gentle Giant is a nice name.
Were you so overjoyed that you mixed him up with a ''yearling pony''?

Just joking, lots of luck with him!!!!

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Postby henthorn » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:22 pm

Can't wait to see pictures of your little giraffe! :P
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Postby monicabee » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:51 am

I had a dream once about racing giraffes. It gave a whole new meaning to winning by a neck!

Measure those legs and see how they grow.