This is Rose at 3 days old with her Dam Dani Bilal. I thought it would be fun to blog her daily experiences as she matures. And share the wonders of having a foal around the farm. Now Rose was born on May 29, 2009 in the middle of the night. Rose is a Straight Egyptian Arabian filly. Now she was born Chestnut but is going to be grey like her Mom and Dad (or in the horse world Dam and Sire).
When Rose first went out into the outside world, she discovered weeds, nice tall weeds, just her size...she thought..she could just eat the tops. She hadn't figured out yet how to put her legs so she could eat grass (or pretend to eat grass, no teeth yet) like her mom. She figured out how to stand up and move forward on them, but trying to reach the ground to eat grass was a little more challenging. Pretty soon she will have to figure out how to get her milk without bending those legs, because every day she grows a little bit taller.
Well, Rose found out about Pine Shavings....and how much fun they could be. They smell different and after seeing her Mom move them around and then row in them...Well, that was the start. Now whenever I put new shavings in the stall, Rose immediately proceeds to roll in them and then lay there with this sheepish grin "Oh How Life is Good".
Today, was Rose's first experience with rain, she was enjoying the outside in the paddock, when the first drop hit her. She looked up and then another drop came down.....then more. So Dani (her mom) dashed for the stall and called to Rose to come in. So off Rose ran, trying to run between the drops and not get wet....That was different.
This morning Rose found the slate outside her stall and started to lick it. Yuk..dirt...must have tasted good to her. Now mom is eating her bucket of oats while Rose is licking the stone. Hummmmm.
I hung Rose's halter on the railing in the stall, so she could smell it and get use to it before we put it on her face. So what does she do, smells it and nibbles on it. By the time she gets it on it will be naught to death. Maybe that wasn't such a great idea. At least it is all in one piece.
