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2004
Babies ** DJ Bar Ranch is no longer breeding mules, just exclusively breeding Mammoth Donkeys **
Copyright DJ Bar Ranch. All rights reserved. This site is proudly hosted and maintained by
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Last
night I had 6 kids spend the night waiting for Jingles to foal. This
afternoon I was out feeding and noticed her tail moving a little more than
normal, a few small contractions, and she laid down, she was so big and
un-comfortable that when she tried to get up it took her quiet awhile to get
out of the sitting position like a dog. So I climbed down off the
tractor, locked her up, and wrapped her tail.
Decided
to go in and turn the recorder on and called the neighbors and said "we have
a foot." Well the Read kids probably set a record getting her on their
bicycles. When we walked into the barn only minutes later she had rolled
over got herself cast up against the wall with four feet in the air and two
little feet just sticking out. I ended up tying a rope around her hind feet
to pull with and Robbie (who is only 10) grabbed her front leg well then
rolled her over. By that time
Jingles
was pretty nervous and upset and kept looking and talking to me saying help.
When she finally laid down I got behind her and helped with a little pull.
The kids got to do everything from Iodine on the navel to drying up sacking
out, picking up feet. Plus with all their help it made for great
opportunities for photos. Jingles is an awesome mom to put up with 6 kids
and myself in the stall with her also.
I
was hoping for 4 white socks and a white spot the on the rear, but the main
things is we have a nice healthy Molly Mule. This was about 5 this
afternoon, if she hadn't had it it would have been another slumber party at
Jehnet's. This way I get to go to bed tonight with out alarms going off
every 2 hours. But painted lady won't be too far behind as she is now 11
months and 9 days gestation.
