# Live Foaling Cam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800 "2010-03-09T02:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 40
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/781 "2010-04-06T13:59:01Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Wow… gorgeous! That sure made my morning! Love the Appaloosa in the other pasture too! Website says they breed [Knabstruppers.](http://www.knabstruppers.com/) That breed originated form Spanish blood. That site mentions the introduction of American Appaloosa blood at one point: > [@](#): > > A BREED ALMOST LOST > > By the 1870’s the breed’s continuation was severely threatened as the limited number of Knabstrupper horses lead to unavoidable problems of inbreeding. Then in 1891, a fire at the Lunn family stables destroyed 22 of its top breeding horses. By 1900, the breed’s numbers and quality had declined significantly. But supporters of the Knabstrupper horses continued to fight for the survival of the breed, and in 1947 the stud farm “Egemosegaard” attempted to reestablish the breed. In 1971, breeder Frede Nielsen brought three Appaloosa stallions to Denmark to infuse new blood into the breed. This was a logical step, as the American Appaloosa developed directly from the Spanish spotted horses that were brought to the New World from Europe by Cortez and Coronado in the early 1500’s. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/782 "2010-04-06T14:15:56Z")
And while we’re waiting for all these mares to pop, guess who’s got another broodie on MareStare? Why, it’s our old friends [the Witts!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=555148) The ones who got us started on this madness. > [@](#): > > Dream is our 6 yr mare dur to foal 4-12 She has a bag and her muscles are slackening. I will rotate between Dream and Shezz/Kristi stalls 9 days ago Right now the cam isn’t showing anything but the MareStare logo, but there’s no mention of a foal from Dream on their website, so… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/783 "2010-04-06T16:39:04Z")
Two women are in with Moka, cleaning her legs, grooming her, and checking under her tail. Ha! She just stepped forward to make sure they worked on her butt. ETA: Now they’ve left and she followed them to the door: “Hey, come back, I want more.” She’s holding her tail out, looks uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/784 "2010-04-06T17:19:20Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > No, Barry is a proper little man, baby! > > What he was doing is called the [flehmen response](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flehmen_response). > And why might stud-to-be Barry be displaying the flehmen response? Why, most likely it’s Mandy’s [foal heat](http://www.extension.org/faq/107): “It is the time 7 to 11 days after foaling that the mare is receptive to the stallion and will stand for breeding. Some mares will show foal heat as early as 1 to 2 days. Ovulation usually occurs on the eighth to twelfth day after foaling. Some mares may not show the behavioral signs of being in heat at this time due in part to being protective of the newborn foal. However, a very high percentage of mares will develop follicles and ovulate.” Wow, Barry really is a little man! ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/785 "2010-04-06T17:36:03Z")
Hmmm, there’s a Low Alert on the Pacific Pintos webcam but they don’t say for whom. They’re only showing China now and her sides had that whole Alien thing happening (you know, the scene where the monster pops out of the guy’s stomach) for a couple of minutes. She doesn’t look too uncomfortable though so I’m not sure what’s going on. ETA: And, yes, her stall is full of poop. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/786 "2010-04-06T17:43:57Z")
Now she’s trying to kick her belly with her front feet and is staring back at her butt. Could it possibly be…??? Nah. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/787 "2010-04-06T18:18:12Z")
There’s a woman in the stall with Moka again checking her status and cleaning the stall. I think they’ve cleaned the stall about every hour there. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/788 "2010-04-06T18:47:04Z")
I am in love with Uphoria. [sigh] ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/789 "2010-04-06T18:54:07Z")
> [@Walkabout](#): > > There’s a woman in the stall with Moka again checking her status and cleaning the stall. I think they’ve cleaned the stall about every hour there. We should send them to China’s stall… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/790 "2010-04-06T19:40:39Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > We should send them to China’s stall… Naw, that would be cruel. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/791 "2010-04-06T19:46:03Z")
Meanwhile, at Silver Creek Farm, a guy was just in LaDeDa’s stall cleaning it, then he came over to her, skritched her, and checked her bag. LDD wasn’t too thrilled about the bag-checking but held still for it. Nothing happening with China (only one on cam at Pacific now) and Moka. ETA: Interesting: LDD at Silver Creek is on what looks like sand bedding (maybe very sawdusty shavings?) while Athena is on what looks like straw or hay. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/792 "2010-04-06T21:57:19Z")
Dammit I missed it!!! China foaled!!! It’s a baldfaced wee baby! Damn, must have been a fast birth; I was only away about 15-20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/793 "2010-04-06T22:02:51Z")
I missed it too! What a wee little sprawly thing ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/794 "2010-04-06T22:03:57Z")
I’m predicting it’s a girl I shall call her Mulan, daughter of China. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/795 "2010-04-06T22:06:16Z")
It’s a colt. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/796 "2010-04-06T22:07:50Z")
DAMMIT!!! I’ve been watching her all day too! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. What a cute little munchkin - has she been up yet? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/797 "2010-04-06T22:09:18Z")
He’s already tried, and collapsed into a froggy split. Hey, finally one that doesn’t have a star. Call him Baldy? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/798 "2010-04-06T22:12:38Z")
Name him Poops! ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/799 "2010-04-06T22:13:02Z")
He should have a Chinese name. What is baldy in Chinese? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/800 "2010-04-06T22:14:04Z")
China seems more interested in the food than the baby. Has she foaled before? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800.md?page=39) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800.md?page=41)