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Milking Veins

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Elena Vieira
Weanling
Username: Opheliaimmorttal

Post Number: 41
Registered: 11-2005

Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 09:05 pm:

Hey Everyone
What is a milking vein? my mare is getting veins under her stomach, by her udder. What does it mean? She's about 307 days
Thanks
Elena

Lori aka " Raven"
Weanling
Username: Raven

Post Number: 43
Registered: 03-2006

Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 09:09 pm:

Those will be them. Do they look like this:
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e107/rav123en/Ladysudders342days2006.jpg
I'm no expert but you are probably getting closer I would think. My mare got them just a few days before but some I think have them a bit more ahead of time. The other girls would know better.

windy fillmore
Weanling
Username: Windyf

Post Number: 48
Registered: 08-2005

Posted on Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 09:10 pm:

Elena those would be milk veins it is normal and just means see is heading towards the end of pregnancy. My mare is at day 309 today and has started a bag last year she foaled four weeks after starting a bag so I guess I'm down to four weeks away.
Windy

Elena Vieira
Weanling
Username: Opheliaimmorttal

Post Number: 42
Registered: 11-2005

Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 02:20 pm:

Raven- Yea thats what it looks like, theres not as many though. She started getting them a few days ago! Thanks for the pic.
Windy-Thanks as well! My mare is 308 today. We'll be on foal watch together!
Thanks everyone!
Elena

Lisa Weir
Breeding Stock
Username: Pals_pal

Post Number: 155
Registered: 08-2005

Posted on Monday, March 13, 2006 - 08:21 am:

My mare got those from about 6 months along in her first pregnancy, and they never went away, even the year she was empty.

So unfortunately, they are not an accurate indicator of foaling being close.

I sometimes worry about how big Pammy's are. They are like an old dairy cow, and she is a young mare.

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