Filly (baby horse)
I meant to write about this experience when it happened and not three months later. But, since I didn’t, you get to read it now if you choose.
We went to Kinston for Easter and Kari’s horse was pregnant and they thought it could be any day while we were down there. We checked when we got there on Friday night, several times during the day on Saturday and then again on Saturday night. Coleman went across the street to check on Sunday morning and called to the house saying that she needed Papa (LaDonna’s dad) to come over to the pasture. He headed over and I watched from the house. I could tell they were walking towards the back of the pasture, but couldn’t really tell what was going on. Then Papa called from his cell phone and asked if I could come out and help. Roxy (the mama horse) was still in the pasture, but the filly had managed to get outside the fence and was down in a ditch. Papa and Coleman had got the filly out of the ditch by the time I got there and Papa was carrying the filly across the pasture to the stables so they could lock Roxy and the baby together and not worry about the other horses. While he was carrying the filly, the other horses were very curious and kept crowding him and Roxy, who was following. A few times Roxy would go after the other horses when they got to close. The filly would get excited and start kicking while Papa was trying to carry her. She probably weighed 70 pounds and when she started kicking it made her difficult to hold on to. About half way back to the stable I volunteered to take a turn carrying her. So, Papa started dealing with the other horses and I carried her rest of the way. Her hair was so soft and it was pretty cool carrying a horse that was less than 12 hours old. The pictures below are just an hour after we got her to the stable.
We’ve been back several times since Easter and she has grown amazingly fast. I still don’t think she has been named yet. Papa bought her from Kari and is going to sell his current horse (Rocky). They only want to have 6 horses and the colt makes 7.
We went to Kinston for Easter and Kari’s horse was pregnant and they thought it could be any day while we were down there. We checked when we got there on Friday night, several times during the day on Saturday and then again on Saturday night. Coleman went across the street to check on Sunday morning and called to the house saying that she needed Papa (LaDonna’s dad) to come over to the pasture. He headed over and I watched from the house. I could tell they were walking towards the back of the pasture, but couldn’t really tell what was going on. Then Papa called from his cell phone and asked if I could come out and help. Roxy (the mama horse) was still in the pasture, but the filly had managed to get outside the fence and was down in a ditch. Papa and Coleman had got the filly out of the ditch by the time I got there and Papa was carrying the filly across the pasture to the stables so they could lock Roxy and the baby together and not worry about the other horses. While he was carrying the filly, the other horses were very curious and kept crowding him and Roxy, who was following. A few times Roxy would go after the other horses when they got to close. The filly would get excited and start kicking while Papa was trying to carry her. She probably weighed 70 pounds and when she started kicking it made her difficult to hold on to. About half way back to the stable I volunteered to take a turn carrying her. So, Papa started dealing with the other horses and I carried her rest of the way. Her hair was so soft and it was pretty cool carrying a horse that was less than 12 hours old. The pictures below are just an hour after we got her to the stable.
We’ve been back several times since Easter and she has grown amazingly fast. I still don’t think she has been named yet. Papa bought her from Kari and is going to sell his current horse (Rocky). They only want to have 6 horses and the colt makes 7.
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