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Can't always tell, Chris
Mamma Mia, my Halynov daughter, has a gestation period of 10 months and 
a week. The first time we thought she was a month premature but then her 
other two babies took only 10+ months, too and none were small.
Bette
PS We also had a mare who consistently took 12 months to hatch her 
babies. I guess this is where that Bell curve comes in :-)


Chris Paus wrote:

> Hope, in my experience with broodmares, vets and
> ultrasounds, the test is pretty darned accurate, BUT
> is only as good as the operator!
>
> A vet once told me that my mare was not in foal when
> she should have been 30 days along. We took her back
> and bred her again. The mare had a foal EXACTLY 11
> months from her FIRST due date. If she had not been in
> foal the first time we checked, that baby would have
> been a full month premature, and he was way too
> developed for that...
>
> The vet still insists that she was right and the mare
> was open when we checked the first time and that the
> baby just came early and was big....
>
> I'm not so sure, but oh well!
>
> chris
> --- hope lundquist <wwho20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Hi Heidi & RCampers: Would you say ultrasound as a
> > preg test is unfailing? A 
> > Mare of course.
> > Hope Lundquist
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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy
Hal's Riverdance!
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