darling little Isabell! At 1.45am this morning, Libby delivered a lovely little filly who I have named Isabell (Izy for short). Izy is by the Sir Tristram stallion, Dust inthe Wind out of our Libby, Miss Independence, creating a nice crossback to Sir Tristram through Libby's dam sire, Sovereign Red.
Izy being born was the easy part and Libby did a grand job of delivering her. However, getting her to balance on those long long legs and getting her to suckle proved a bit of a challenge for Evan and I.. finally at about 4.30 am, and after lots of hit and misses, the penny dropped and she never looked back.
With Libby delivering (on time and in full!), we realised that we had to make a few changes around the place, so in the dark we proceeded to move some of the residents, so that Libby and Izy could have plenty of space to bond.
Sweetie refuses to budge and will deliver when she feels like it.
Dirtiere (aka, The Dirty Girl), wanted to know why she couldnt have breakfast at 4am and wanted to know what the heck was that small thingy doing that wasnt there when night fell. Joie decided that she really wanted one and wanted to hop the fence and check it out. At the time of Izy's birth, Sweetie was running interference and no one was going to get near them. We soon realised that Sweetie had to be moved and Evan had the unenviable task of trying to move Sweetie away from her Libby.
Before we knew it it was 5.30am and light, so we decided to feed up so that we could get to bed and catch a few hours sleep before doing the things that we had to do.
We're not 100% with Izy's back hock however, its early days and Monica will be back to Massie Lodge on Wednesday, so we will get her to cast her eye over Isabell then (and give her her baby needles as well).
Adam paid us a visit today to remove shoes from Bob (Centenn), Oscar (TB), and the Dirty Girl (who was an angel) - Adam will be back next week to start the round of trims that need to be done as they are all about due.
To say that Iam exhausted is an understatement, however, there is nothing that compares to watching a foal being born, to seeing it try and stand on it's long lanky legs and then try and work out how to get the milk bar open. It's just a miracle and it's something that you never tire of.
I will leave you with a few piccies from today's events... enjoy!!
Helen.
Izy being born was the easy part and Libby did a grand job of delivering her. However, getting her to balance on those long long legs and getting her to suckle proved a bit of a challenge for Evan and I.. finally at about 4.30 am, and after lots of hit and misses, the penny dropped and she never looked back.
With Libby delivering (on time and in full!), we realised that we had to make a few changes around the place, so in the dark we proceeded to move some of the residents, so that Libby and Izy could have plenty of space to bond.
Sweetie refuses to budge and will deliver when she feels like it.
Dirtiere (aka, The Dirty Girl), wanted to know why she couldnt have breakfast at 4am and wanted to know what the heck was that small thingy doing that wasnt there when night fell. Joie decided that she really wanted one and wanted to hop the fence and check it out. At the time of Izy's birth, Sweetie was running interference and no one was going to get near them. We soon realised that Sweetie had to be moved and Evan had the unenviable task of trying to move Sweetie away from her Libby.
Before we knew it it was 5.30am and light, so we decided to feed up so that we could get to bed and catch a few hours sleep before doing the things that we had to do.
We're not 100% with Izy's back hock however, its early days and Monica will be back to Massie Lodge on Wednesday, so we will get her to cast her eye over Isabell then (and give her her baby needles as well).
Adam paid us a visit today to remove shoes from Bob (Centenn), Oscar (TB), and the Dirty Girl (who was an angel) - Adam will be back next week to start the round of trims that need to be done as they are all about due.
To say that Iam exhausted is an understatement, however, there is nothing that compares to watching a foal being born, to seeing it try and stand on it's long lanky legs and then try and work out how to get the milk bar open. It's just a miracle and it's something that you never tire of.
I will leave you with a few piccies from today's events... enjoy!!
Helen.
"No, not a tripod, just my legs that Iam having some difficulty negotiating!!!"
"Cant a girl have some peace to have a snooze... remember Iam only 5 hours old here!"
Adam found that the dirty girl's toes were a bit long and gave them a little trim. She seems a lot happier on her front leg than she did a week ago.
Talk about a natural afinity with the camera, everytime I moved with the camera, the dirty girl's gaze followed me so that she could strike a pose!
"Cant a girl have some peace to have a snooze... remember Iam only 5 hours old here!"
Adam found that the dirty girl's toes were a bit long and gave them a little trim. She seems a lot happier on her front leg than she did a week ago. 
Talk about a natural afinity with the camera, everytime I moved with the camera, the dirty girl's gaze followed me so that she could strike a pose!
"Oh Evan, I have fallen madly in love with you... how 'bout a little smoochy?"
Oscar getting his shoes off and having a cuddle with Evan at the same time!
Bob (Centenn) getting his shoes off and not happy about Adam's visit at all!
"Hey, what about us? We used to be a baby too you know!" Jakey and Lenny just hanging out seeing what all the fuss was about this morning.
Look dad, no tongue hanging out!!!
"Cant a man have some time to himself to do what he has to do without you sneaking up on me with your bloody camera?" (The answer is no, Max!)
Look dad, no tongue hanging out!!!
"Cant a man have some time to himself to do what he has to do without you sneaking up on me with your bloody camera?" (The answer is no, Max!)
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