| CM Silver Serenade "Dusty" Sire: Billara Beersheba Dam: Rossida Born: 12th September 2008, approx 9:10pm |
| Its just NOT a birth without at least one cat in the picture... There were all 6 of the cats present by the time we were there... We had gone out for dinner, and had joked at the |
| dinner table that if we got home and there was a foal, the people we had dined out with would get an abusive phone call! lol.... Well, we got home, Craig got to the foaling yard first to check and said 'Weve got a foal' - I thought he was pulling my leg til I heard a little whinney. The foal was still sitting down, hadnt yet stood, and was still wet, so was only a real 'new' one, we estimate that she was born about 9:10pm. We got home at 9:45pm |
| She stood as soon as I managed to get back outside with the camera... so these pics are of her first stand! Getting control of those long long legs was a little difficult at first, but shes got the hang |
| of them a little more now! Shes not leaning back with her butt in the air as much now - a couple of hours later... Craig tested her suck reflex with his finger and said she has a good one there! Rossida is a good mum and is being fairly protective, but allowing us to have a good look at her baby. |
| Rossida was given a nice big mix of Lucerne Chaff, Equus Gold NB and some Cool Horse and Pony Pellets - her second mix for the day! We figured she wouldnt mind getting a second one after just giving birth! The filly who we have not yet named is bay with a white star, and even though she has three white hooves, they are going to darken up by the look of them. She has a few grey hairs on her face, however its hard to tell if they are hers or ones from her mum. She does have grey hairs on her muzzle and lips though, so she will grey out by the looks of it! A grey CBSH! She is a precious and petite little filly, and we are very pleased with her. She is out there now having a big drink and a bounce around. |
| Saturday the 13th September we got a good look at the little girl in daylight! She is most definitely going to be grey, she is quite grey across her loins and on her legs near her socks. Yes, she has socks! They are little but she has them! She has those Cleveland Bay Ears that nearly all CBSH foals have! She WILL grow into them! In the wind that was around on the 13th, if shes not careful those ears may act like a hang glider and she could fly away! Sida obviously spent more time looking after her baby than eating overnight as even though she had cleaned her mix up, she had left most of her hay. She was given another mix in the morning and more hay - there is still lots of both left! |
| Here are some close up pics of her little socks on her hind legs. They are really just little splashes of white, but you can clearly see the grey flecking on her legs above them. On her off fore she has a white heel and thats about it. |
| Even though she had passed her meconium shortly after birth, she was straining a little on the evening of the 13th, so she had an enema - which she wasnt terribly impressed about, but she got over it! She is the sweetest little filly, and we couldnt be more pleased with her! |
| Rossida has the sweetest face and is a really lovely mare. Spook of course had to be involved and keep watch... |