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Dear Friends,
I am proud to announce the birth of a chestnut colt born sometime in the early morning. He is out of my mare, Khansata Shahil ( aka Serenity) whom I bred . Her mother was/is my first horse and first Arabian. Serenity is the first horse I bred and raised. Now she has presented me with an absolutely stunning colt that is very friendly. I'm working on his name. The sire is CAVU Malachi, son of International champion *Ralvon Elijah. Malachi is a champion in his own right in working cow horse and halter.
Things started bad. I really thought the foal was going to be rejected. The mare looked at the baby like " Where did you come from and what am I suppose to do with you?" She chose a very muddy spot to have him and he was struggling by slipping and sliding and falling when I found him at 5:30 this morning. He was shivering and covered in cold mud. I was able to get him wiped down and dry with towels. I carried him to another pen and brought mom. I then tied her up, fed her and proceeded to help him get up and nurse. She was pretty ok with it when I was there but when I let her loose she just walked away and acted like he wasn't even there. If he came over to nurse she gave him a nasty look and walked away. Good thing my mom was staying over and had the day off. I was a little late for work but felt comfortable with mom and "the family" with where they were at. My mom had to out and work about every hour to hold mom and let the little guy nurse.
She is now letting him nurse and everything else seems ok. I'm still concerned but at least she will stand and let him nurse. She will stand over him when he sleeps but does not show much other affection so far. She has not nickered or nuzzled him. It is real hard to see him walk to her looking for it and she just acts like nothing. Well he is a very big baby and she is a smaller mare and seems pretty sore. I have given her some Bute and we a shot of Oxytocin to help her in the third stage of labor and cleaning out. Hopefully, as she is accepting him more there may be more "loving" and motherly affection. He does call to us and we give him a lot of scratching and loving . Hopefully it will turn out well, I was very worried I had an orphan on my hands. This is her first foal. We could use any prayer though.
Warmest Regards,
Amber Corona
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