# 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:** 64
**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 20, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1261 "2010-04-20T17:19:19Z")
OMG wicked cute – two of the black and white piglets at McGuire are play-fighting! ETA: Most, not all, have a white band around the middle. Two are black and white; the others are brownish with or without white. Right now it’s a piglet swarm on the sow. ---
**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 20, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1262 "2010-04-20T21:45:59Z")
Looks like Aniya at Bowman is in labor. She’s lying down, alternating sternal and flat, androm and laughed with surprise when I said Massachusetts. Says they don’t know Aniya’s breeding, think she’s a Foxtrotter, and she’s got a disposition to die for and will glide along all day on the trail. Greetings still hasn’t foaled. Two women have come in, one to pick the stall, the other to make much of the mare and brush her a bit. Greetings is still pacing, still no baby. Still sucky feed that keeps breaking up. Nobody else looks like popping soon. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1263 "2010-04-20T21:57:16Z")
But I bet China is pooping soon. StG ---
**Author:** ![D.Fenestrator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@D.Fenestrator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.Fenestrator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1264 "2010-04-20T22:04:18Z")
No bet - sure thing! 😉 ---
**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 20, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1265 "2010-04-20T22:15:14Z")
Well, the Bowman people have been in to check on Aniya, and apparently they think I’m right; they’ve cleaned the stall and laid down fresh straw, washed under her tail, and are now, it appears, about to wrap her tail. Ah – looks like they’re about to milk her to test it, see if it says “Baby coming!” ---
**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 21, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1266 "2010-04-21T00:26:12Z")
Centaur’s not loading at all now. ETA: Up now, horrible feed, still no foal. I emailed the Bowman people, telling them I was the one who’d called: > [@](#): > > Hi, and I hope it wasn’t a false alarm. I was watching when you fluffed up her stall, checked her, wrapped her tail, and gave her a really lovely skritching and back massage. You’re right – she does have a wonderful disposition. Hopefully the tail wrapping means she’s getting close. > > I’ll be keeping an eye on her, here in Massachusetts, and hoping she’ll have that baby very soon. They replied: > [@](#): > > Thank you so much, Laura. > > We are hoping we are close too! > > We did a milk test this evening and it’s in the 40% color range, so at least it is on the move. Whoo Hoo! > > She is just so uncomfortable that I hope it is soon. > > Thank you again for helping us keep an eye on her. She is very special to us! Just saw the woman in with Aniya, checking her and giving her more massage and skritches, then left. Tweet just posted: > [@](#): > > Today she’s laying down for extended periods; sitting back up; laying back down over and over; bumping her sides. Milk strip is at 40% mark. Me? Obsessed? Whyever would you say that? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1267 "2010-04-21T00:33:28Z")
I’m pretty obsessed, too, so you’re not alone. Tonight I have three up on my monitor - Greetings at Centaur, Jadzia at Elements, and Aniya at Bowman. All are supposed to be pretty close. During the day, when I’m at work, I keep a few windows of mares open and every now and then I check out the MareStare board and the ETF updates to see who’s close. When I’m watching TV in the evening I can see my computer monitor from the couch, so I keep an eye on two or three during the evening. Then, when my cat, Bob, wakes me up in the middle of the night for food and to go out, I take a quick check on my current interests. So I’m pretty much watching this thing around the clock. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1268 "2010-04-21T01:26:43Z")
I want a piglet. 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:** [April 21, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1269 "2010-04-21T01:33:01Z")
Foaling NOW at Sunny Pines! Just out and being toweled. ETA: Lower right screen. ---
**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 21, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1270 "2010-04-21T01:40:33Z")
Hahahahahaha!!! I mentioned to the Bowman people what a kick I got out of the “Mark - She’s out sunbathing” sign, and Vickie Bowman just emailed me back: > [@](#): > > You have to know the story behind that. I have a new brotherin-law – Mark. He is a city boy who has never seen ANYTHING born before (they live in Washington) and he has become an absolute ADDICT watching Aniya. > > One day he texted his wife at work and told her to call us because someone had stolen Aniya. She called us and settled him down, but we all thought it was so funny, that we just had to put the sign up when we turned her out the next day. Boy, was that fun! (Gotta pick on the new guy!) ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1271 "2010-04-21T01:48:36Z")
Glory at [Erica’s Tiny Trotters](http://www.marestare.com/fcam.php?alias=tinytrotters) is foaling now. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1272 "2010-04-21T01:52:44Z")
Wow, she did the whole thing standing up. Probably because the human jumped in and started pulling the foal out right from the beginning. A little too involved, there. ---
**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 21, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1273 "2010-04-21T01:56:49Z")
At least with a mini it isn’t far to fall. Drat.,just missed it; that’s what I get for trying to actually accomplish some work instead of staying glued to this thread and the cams. ETA: And the hand with the sign says it’s a colt. ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1274 "2010-04-21T01:57:57Z")
Now Greetings is down on her side. Busy night! ---
**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 21, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1275 "2010-04-21T01:59:58Z")
Damn, look at the mare in the upper left screen at Sunny Pines – does she look way too thin to you? ETA: Now she’s standing at a different angle, doesn’t look so bad; at a three-quarters facing the camera angle you could see her backbone and her hips were jutting out. ---
**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 21, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1276 "2010-04-21T02:03:33Z")
Damn, Greetings just stood up with feet sticking out – that always scares me, I’m so afraid the foal’s legs will be damaged. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1277 "2010-04-21T02:08:57Z")
I got to (sort of) see Greetings foal! ousy feed, but saw it! 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:** [April 21, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1278 "2010-04-21T02:09:55Z")
And out, with help. Another one with a star! ETA2: Erica’s Tiny Trotter colt has a star too. ETA: Speaking of “help” those women at Sunny Pines are “helping” way too much with the foal standing, seems to me. ---
**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 21, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1279 "2010-04-21T02:16:08Z")
Ha! Tiny Trotter colt got up – barely, spreadeagled. Now the woman’s in with him, assisting and on the phone. Looks like a nicely put together colt, doesn’t it? ETA: The Centaur people are a lot more hands-off. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800/1280 "2010-04-21T02:19:51Z")
[This thread from COTH](http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?t=252092) about helping with foal was revealing to me. Apparently that’s the thing now, to “apply pressure” even if not outright pulling a foal. I always thought mpst horses did best on their own, barring emergency. **ETF** - I agree with you about Sunny Pines. StG [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-foaling-cam/531800.md?page=65)