Last week all of the ponies got their hooves trimmed and this week I have been cleaning up bridle paths, brushing manes/tails, and doing some barn cleaning in preparation for the upcoming foals. So far Lady has bagged up the most with Kenzie close behind her and Dream catching up. Pixie hasn’t started bagging up yet so it’s likely that she will go long again.

- Pixie, the palomino pinto, is 30 days shy of her “safe date.” Im expecting she will have her foal the sometime within the first couple of weeks of May. When she had Mac in 2023 she was just a few days off of carrying him for a full year, so she could wait until mid-late May before she gets around to having it.

- Kenzie, the chestnut splash, is a bit of a wildcard as far as breeding dates go. She was bred last Spring but I don’t have exact cover dates as we didn’t bring her and Phantom home until September. I’m guessing she will foal sometime mid-late April but she could wait until May. I would be surprised if she carries until June with how big she is getting.

- Lady, the solid bay, was bred the week after Pixie so she will likely foal the 2nd or 3rd week of May. Her belly has grown a lot in the past month and will be even bigger by the end of April!

- Dream, the buckskin pinto, will likely be the last one to foal as she was bred the week after lady but she could surprise me! She will should foal sometime around the third week of May.

Everyday we get a little closer to meeting our 2025 foals!

It’s been a rather cold start to the week but all is well with the ponies. They have been enjoying the extra hay and today’s lovely sunshine!

I’m so happy we have snow again, it just doesn’t feel like a Minnesota winter without it!

Can you guess which bay is which?
Here are the choices:
- MCC’s Duchess of the Clouds (Duchess)
- Assateague’s Spirited Lady (Lady)
My first two Chincoteague ponies were solid bays named Hope and Liberty. We bought them from a family in Wisconsin and while they have both passed on, I have never been without a solid bay (or two) on my farm.

Lady is the third mare that is due this year, today she is at day 210 (7 months) and her belly is slowly getting larger, at this stage her foal is approximately the size of a raccoon. Her “due date” is May 17, so I would expect her to have the foal sometime between May 7-27.

Lady is a “maiden” mare, this means she hasn’t had a foal yet. With her being a maiden, I have no idea if she will show signs of impending foaling or be sneaky and not show any signs. Either way I will be watching her and my other mares closely this Spring.

Foal's Sire and Dam
Cyclone II x Assateague’s Spirited Lady

Foal Color Probability
56.25% - Bay Tobiano
25.00% - Red (Chestnut/Sorrel) Tobiano
18.75% - Black Tobiano

Winter is here, well sort of…..we have only had a dusting of snow so far and then some ice the other day. It has since melted and now everything is wet. As you can see Sue has been growing a lot lately! This is her with one of her best friends, Dream. Dream is 6 years old and 12.3 hands, Sue is 20 months old and getting close to 13.3. 

Pregnancy update for Pixie, she is now 6 months along and should be our second mare to foal in 2025. However last year she went several weeks over her due date so it’s possible one of the other mares will beat her to it!

So far she has been 2 for 2 on producing colts. She had her first foal (a bay pinto) back in 2011 and her second foal (a Smokey black pinto) in 2023. Because she is homozygous for tobiano, we know she will have a tobiano but it will still be interesting to see what she has with Cyclone this time!

Possible colors:
25.00% - Red (Chestnut/Sorrel) Tobiano
25.00% - Palomino Tobiano
18.75% - Bay Tobiano
18.75% - Buckskin Tobiano
6.25% - Black Tobiano
6.25% - Smoky Black Tobiano

Kenzie seems to be enjoying the lovely weather we have had the past few days! She is about 7 months pregnant now and seems to be well adjusted to our routine here on the farm. We had visitors yesterday and of course she was soaking up the attention like all the other ponies.
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She is carrying our only Phantom foal for 2025. So far she has been 2 for 2 with homozygous splash fillies, it will be interesting to see if the trend continues or if she decides to mix it up this time. Either way it will be a wonderful foal that I can’t wait to meet!

As a follow up to our stallion color post, here are the coat color results from the mares in our herd.