A delicate meeting between herd mate foals.
The colt closes his eyes to heighten his sensory meeting with a new filly.
Several weeks his inferior, this filly is a force to be reckoned with for this sturdy colt.
With lightening speed, she rises up to administer a (mock) fatal jab. He never saw it coming.
Just a couple of days ago, this colt’s long legs were folded up inside his long suffering mother.
Since I mentioned it was hard to see just how long legged he is, I have proof. He’s just a few days old in this image.
This brave mare welcomes a large and long legged newborn foal.
A good natured mare and her surprisingly large newborn colt.
This mare has hidden her new colt away from the rest of the herd. She favors the cover of trees, and the shadows each time I have approached. The colt, an obvious grey, has impossibly long legs which are not as obvious in the tall grass. I give him bonus points for having white around his nostrils. (My whole life, horses with white muzzles have stood out as extra attractive, like a movie horse). Not always a team player, this mare affectionately known as Iris, continues to stubbornly avoid rejoining the rest of the mares and foals. The colt will be in for quite a surprise when he finally experiences other horses. These images were taken the day he was born, so he’s only several hours old.
These two foals are not more than a few days apart, but the bigger foal is shy about introductions. The delicate filly is willing to frisk about with her herd mate, but first she must win him (and his mother) over. She’s a charmer, so I’m sure she succeeded.
A January colt and his mother stroll through a glorious location. After a few rainy days, then a few sunny days, this is their beautiful home.
The new year has brought us a new That Herd member. Strong and flashy, this colt earns the distinction of the first foal of 2019. Be still my beating heart; the foals are coming!
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“Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenseless creature?” – Honere de Balzac
Distinctive light face patches appeared on the youngest member of That Herd this week.
At this point in his hair coat transformation, he looks kind of like an African antelope, tricolored and long faced. The brown grass completes the African theme.
The vanilla patches showed up on this colt at about six weeks old.
