Is She or Isn't She ?- Part II

Years ago Abby's predecessor, Amy, surprised us by foaling a colt. I was living in Illinois and my sister was caring for Amy and had her on pasture board with a couple of other horses. One of them was a yearling colt who was more grown up than anyone realized.

Fast forward to last year. Snickerdoodle was put in with the herd as a yearling during the spring. I didn't think too much of it as I was busy dealing with the illness/deaths of my mother and mother-in-law and my own spinal surgery. I thought the colt had been gelded sometime during the summer and was surprised to learn he was still uncut during a chat with Tim in September when he mentioned he was having Snickerdoodle gelded in the coming week.

My first thought was to wonder if perhaps Abby might now be in foal. (You can read the blog entry from that day here.) I check Abby for cuts and injuries every time I see her. And now I am checking her belly and udder, just in case.

 I took these photos Thursday afternoon when I stopped by after school. I did not have barn shoes on so I did not go into the stall to see her. The light was terrible but I wasn't looking for beautiful photos. I wanted to get a picture of her sides.

I succeeded at that enough for me to wonder. Is that just a hay belly and lots of winter coat? Or is it something else?

I have a three day weekend and plan to spend some time at the barn. I'll have barn clothes and shoes on, and be able to make a better examination of her.

If she is in foal, this could be an interesting spring!