# 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:** 6
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/101 "2010-03-10T03:51:21Z")
Aaaand up! ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/102 "2010-03-10T03:51:23Z")
Mare’s up. They carried something floppy out of the stall - the placenta? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/103 "2010-03-10T03:52:00Z")
These people are making my blood boil. As far as I could see, she still hasn’t delivered the placenta, which can be deadly. They’re throwing a freaking party in the stall, with flash cameras and dogs, and are pushing the mom away from the baby. Imprint training is one thing, this is something else. StG ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/104 "2010-03-10T03:52:12Z")
> [@cwthree](#): > > Mare’s up. They carried something floppy out of the stall - the placenta? Missed it – could well be. They’ll save it for the vet to check, I assume. ETA – that horse in the adjoining stall sure is fascinated by all this. ETA2 – and baby/s up! Wobbly, parked out, splayed out, but up! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/105 "2010-03-10T03:53:31Z")
…and the brand new little girl is up! 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/106 "2010-03-10T03:55:59Z")
What a good momma! Baby’s headed for the udder, wobbly, wavery, but determined. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/107 "2010-03-10T03:58:47Z")
No wonder horses wait until the dead of night to deliver. These people are really pissing me off. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/108 "2010-03-10T04:00:08Z")
Little One is just wobbling all over the place now. This was really nice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/109 "2010-03-10T04:04:52Z")
> [@Walkabout](#): > > No wonder horses wait until the dead of night to deliver. These people are really pissing me off. I sorta want momma to kick the ever living crap out of someone. Jesus, horses have been delivering foals for thousands of years on their own.. if you’d leave the baby alone for more than thirty seconds instead of pushing her and mom all over the damn stall, perhaps SHE COULD HAVE HER FIRST MEAL. ---
**Author:** ![yoyodyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a9a28c/32.png) [@yoyodyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yoyodyne)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/110 "2010-03-10T04:06:27Z")
I’m pissed off too. A bad show. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/111 "2010-03-10T04:12:02Z")
Aaand apparently we’re having a bit of a row. In the horse stall. On webcam. And don’t think baby has had a chance to eat yet. I’m sorry, I’m hypersensitive at the moment… we euthanized one of our ponies at work today, and I was sorta hoping for a nice, lighthearted birth to offset the death. I should bow out of here and stop watching the cam. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/112 "2010-03-10T04:13:25Z")
First poo. ---
**Author:** ![Eggerhaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@Eggerhaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggerhaus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/113 "2010-03-10T04:14:02Z")
I watch this since 11AM (US Central)…take 20 minutes to make myself a sandwich and a phone call…come back to the 'puter and the baby’s out. Wish the damned human would leave her alone. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/114 "2010-03-10T04:14:32Z")
Could someone please explain what they just put on that foal? Is it a blanket? ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/115 "2010-03-10T04:14:35Z")
Well I missed the big event (typical) but seeing the foal is fun enough! I’m so happy it worked out ok. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/116 "2010-03-10T04:19:45Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > Could someone please explain what they just put on that foal? Is it a blanket? Yes. Annoyance under the tag. because she’s not wobbly enough, and the bright lamp isn’t generating enough heat, and they needed a reason to keep messing with her while she was trying to find mom’s udder, and apparently despite the fact that several folks are in light jackets (or short sleeves) their barn is obviously kept at ten below zero, so.. she needs an extra couple pounds of weight on her. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/117 "2010-03-10T04:23:25Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Yes. Annoyance under the tag. > > because she’s not wobbly enough, and the bright lamp isn’t generating enough heat, and they needed a reason to keep messing with her while she was trying to find mom’s udder, and apparently despite the fact that several folks are in light jackets (or short sleeves) their barn is obviously kept at ten below zero, so.. she needs an extra couple pounds of weight on her. And won’t mom want to lick her? I don’t know much about birthin’ fillies, but these people really do seem to be intervening a lot. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/118 "2010-03-10T04:32:48Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > And won’t mom want to lick her? I don’t know much about birthin’ fillies, but these people really do seem to be intervening a lot. They appear to be practicing imprint training (at least I really hope so; otherwise they’re idiots); by handling the foal right after birth, the foal imprints on both its mom and humans. I can get behind the idea of it, _but_ not when it so obviously interferes in the natural order of things.. the idea is to rub/pet the foal all over, not to actively block mom from licking the baby, or push the baby around every time it gets near the teat. (I’m not doing a good job with the whole ‘not watching’ thing) ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/119 "2010-03-10T04:35:42Z")
Has this foal had anything to eat yet? Maybe i missed it, but it seems like these people really don’t want mom to bond with her baby. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/120 "2010-03-10T04:38:40Z")
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