I know its the last 3 month the foal will grow the most in her belly.

It just that my mare (Cheyanne) isn't really that big (just looks nicely fed) compared to my Mom's horse (Shylo). Cheyanne was bred about 1 1/2 weeks before Shylo and if both are pregnant they are 6 months along. And when I compare the two you can tell Shylo is pregnant while Cheyanne don't look pregnant.

I wanted to do an utrasound on my mare but didn't really have extra money to do it earlier. I am having the vet out in the spring to check them over and give vaccines.

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Take a string (or tie two baling twines from a hay bale together) and wrap it around her chest....like a surcingle.  Hold on to the point where the end meets the rest of the string.   Then take the string and wrap it around her belly.....just about where her belly usually begins to go up toward the udder.   If this length is the same or longer.....she's pregnant.  If it's shorter, she's not. 

I just did this last year.   I had a mare who had been vet-checked in foal in April, but by October, she was open.   I had another who was due at the same time, and it worked.  And I did get a lovely filly last week out of that one!!

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I am having the vet come out in April to check our horses over, find out if my mare is pregnant for sure or not, and give them their vaccines. Almost so curious whether or not my mare is pregnant that I hate waiting another month for the vet to come check her out! Hopefully she will start showing signs of pregnancy (if she is pregnant) soon :)

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She 100 % pregnant!!

Had the vet out over the weekend because she wasn't acting her self. Pawing at ground, laying down, and just seem uncomfortable. The vet check her over said she was fine but may be a little colic or a gasy stomach. He gave her 2 shots and took a stool sample to test. Checked for a pregnancy and said she was. He said it was really little and being a first foal she wasn't going to show much til the end. Both mother and baby are doing fine, he said. And Cheyanne acting like her normal self again.

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Cheyanne starting to get a little belly on her finally! The vet said that since it was her first foal and she has a little baby she not going to show til late.

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My mom and I are starting to think that we are wrong on the due dates for both our horses. Instead of being due at the middle and end of July we are thinking they are due a month earlier. So we are not 100% sure when my horse (Cheyanne) or my Mom's horse (Shylo) is due to foal.

You see last year when we bred the horses the owner (Phil) of the stud did pretty much all the work of making sure they got bred. Shylo and Cheyanne were both put with the stud in July. However, Phil told us that Shylo tried to kick at the stud so we assumed she wasn't ready. We ended up trying again in August and was told it was successful that time. As for Cheyanne, I was told that she was bred in July successfully. Then in August when I was riding Cheyanne and got close to the stud, She was acting like she was in heat. So we thought she didn't take in July and went ahead and put her with the stud again. This time I was there and saw them do their thing. That why we thought they were both due for sure in July.

When we had the vet out to check Cheyanne back in March, he thought that Shylo was so big at the time and was shocked to hear she was due in July. The vet thought that we had to be wrong on her due date and said he don't think she will make it til end of July. So we are assuming that she did get bred in July and is due end of June. As for Cheyanne, I was just over visiting her the other day (we board at the place the stud is at) and notice her tits were starting to bag up (fill with milk). Shylo even looks like she starting to bag up some. I went online and doubled checked on what I read before about horse pregnancy; to find out that they start to bag up about a month to 1 1/2 months before they are due to foal. Which would make the two due in June instead of July. Plus I recall from reading somewhere that mares can come in heat the next month after being bred and make you think she wasn't bred. When in fact its very misleading and she is actually pregnant.

SO ANY ADVICE OR ANYTHING ON SIGNS TO WATCH OUT FOR AS THEY GET CLOSER TO DUE DATE THAT WILL HELP US BE MORE ACCURATE ON WHEN THEY ARE COMING DUE TO FOAL?

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