Shiredale Farm
Specializing in Shire Horses
& Drum Horses
Dinah Foaling
Below are the pictures taken while Dinah was pregnant with her first baby.  Just shows how her body
changed over time and figured it might help those that are also dealing with maiden Gypsy Mares!
Dinah at just one month pregnant- nothing visible!
Dinah on January 1st 2010, 9 months pregnant!
Dinah at 5 months pregnant- small baby bump!
Dinah on Oct 10th at 6 months pregnant
Dinah on December 4th at 8 months pregnant
Dinah on January 17th, 9.5 months pregnant
Dinah on February 14th, 10 months pregnant!
Dinah's udder on Feb 14th, 10 onths, about 1/2 full
Dinah on Feb 21st, belly fully dropped, getting ready to foal!!!
Dinah udder on Feb 21st, starting to get fluid from teats
Dinah on Feb 22nd, belly not as dropped
Dinah's udder on Feb 22nd
Dinah on Feb 25th, her belly is regressing
Dinah's udder on Feb 25th, udder is still increasing
Dinah on Feb 28th, belly is starting to drop again
Dinah's udder on Feb 28th, continuing to fill
Dinah on March 11th, getting HUGE now :)
Dinah's udder on March 11th, just the teats left to fill!
Dinah's udder on March 16th, wax on teat ends
Dinah udder on March 17th, she foaled 1 hour later
everything, including straw which being in the desert where it is constantly hot and dry and they don't always
remain as hydrated of yet have had no issues foaling on shavings.  Just an fyi of why we use shavings over straw.