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Barn swallows are happy parents as the babies have finally hatched 🐣 so cute that they used some of our chicken’s feath...
16/06/2024

Barn swallows are happy parents as the babies have finally hatched 🐣 so cute that they used some of our chicken’s feathers in their nest.

16/06/2024

The young pair began building 2 separate nests 🪹 until it was decided that maybe they should work together on the construction of their 🪺 new home!

Serenity’s curly lashes and whiskers along with the swirls and twirls in her coat. 😍
15/06/2024

Serenity’s curly lashes and whiskers along with the swirls and twirls in her coat. 😍

Gena’s c**t (Ryan or Lil’ Ry) had a challenging time trying to sleep the first 12hours because Gena kept checking on him...
15/06/2024

Gena’s c**t (Ryan or Lil’ Ry) had a challenging time trying to sleep the first 12hours because Gena kept checking on him. Such a good and devoted momma.

Backstory: Gena had her very first foal last year that unfortunately she had to expel 4 months early due to the foal already being dead from a twisted umbilical cord. You could see the concern in her eyes every time he laid down like he wasn’t gonna get back up…. Luckily she’s figured out now that he does get back up and she is doing better with letting him sleep. Trauma stays in the back of your mind, anyone who says animals don’t understand that - well they do! ❤️‍🩹 Healing is a process!

Breakfast time
15/06/2024

Breakfast time

Here’s the story of Gena and her foal: Just before 5am on Thursday Gena went into labour, we caught her on the camera an...
15/06/2024

Here’s the story of Gena and her foal:
Just before 5am on Thursday Gena went into labour, we caught her on the camera and went out to monitor her at 520am. By this point the foals front feet were visible. She struggled a lot, pushing, rolling and getting nowhere. Emergency vet was called when no progress was seen. Vet arrived at 620am. Time was of the essence!! Most foalings that require vet intervention do not end well, usually loosing the foal, the mare or both. (For reference Presley and most of our other mares, once feet are visible 15mins or less and the baby is usually out!)
After assessing the situation the vet got to work, after getting his hands dirty he realized the foal and the mares uterus had become twisted with all her rolling she did prior. The foals head was not in a good position and the vet tried to twist the foals head into the right place in the birth canal, it wouldn’t stay there. He did this attempt multiple times before Gena collapsed due to the pain. So the vet ended up having to twist the foals head the opposite direction around its body as the head was underneath itself and then by using bailing twine he tied on to the foals ears and began to pull. Gena collapsed again but was able to get back up. At this point the foals head was now visible and it was still breathing! Time at this point was 640am. A chain was then used, double wrapped around each of the foals front legs and vet pulled the foal out. The placenta had detached and came out with the foal. Gena just laid struggling to process everything as the attention shifted to stimulating and drying the foal. It’s a curly boy! Vet then checked Gena’s uterus and flushed it out as this was very invasive and we needed to make sure everything was clean and no risk of infections internally. 7am now, Gena’s udder isn’t very full so we are hoping she has enough milk for her foal. Vet leaves and we let mom and foal bond, we watch from a distance waiting for the foal to latch on and nurse… the foal is strong but first time mom doesn’t know why the foal keeps sucking on her legs, belly and face. We tried hand stripping colostrum, but only getting 1 ml after lots of straining. Fed the foal 1 ml at 8, 830, 9 and 930. Making sure the foal got some food and hoping that the hand stripping would help encourage her milk production. It’s now 1015am and the foal finally latches on! At 1030am a specialist reproductive vet came out, Gena is on several meds for the next few days to help with milk production and pain management. The vet took a colostrum sample from her, and it came back as excellent quality, thankfully. 
Both mom and baby are doing well now! ♥️😇 We couldn’t be more grateful for all who were involved! The vet clinic even sourced out colostrum from a nearby draft horse breeding farm in case Gena didn’t provide enough or good quality for her baby. The next day when Presley had her foal the vet took the colostrum back as there was another foaling where emergency surgery was needed and the mare died unfortunately with the foal being born 2 weeks early- we hope that its helpful for that foal and everything goes better for them. After coming so close to a similar situation here we can’t imagine loosing both so prayers sent to them. And again a big thank you to all involved directly or indirectly! 💕

15/06/2024

We said that this week had stressful moments. This was the start of what would be an extremely long and intense moment… starting early morning on Thursday, Gena finally went into labour… it became clear that this was going to be a vet emergency 🆘 the likelyhood we could have lost both mom and baby was very high, the most amazing thing was the whole event was captured on our security camera and both horses survived the ordeal! 🥹 thankfully 💕 this short clip shows the tiniest amount of the anxiety inducing and distress in waiting for the vet to arrive.

245am Presley’s water broke, 3am this stunning curly filly made her grand entrance to world. This was our last foal born...
15/06/2024

245am Presley’s water broke, 3am this stunning curly filly made her grand entrance to world. This was our last foal born for the year so our foaling season ended with a real stunner!
Meet Serenity (AltruisticA Patience of God)
Highly recommend the farm who owns her daddy (Glenhaven Sweet Serendipity) at Storybook Ponies
https://storybookponies.net/glenhaven-sweet-serendipity.html

On Sunday we welcomed a lovely little jennet to our family. Our home born AJ and Mabel are proud first time parents of l...
15/06/2024

On Sunday we welcomed a lovely little jennet to our family. Our home born AJ and Mabel are proud first time parents of little Edeline. 💕 almost a week old now and her ears have finally straightened up!

14/06/2024

Fresh out of the salon- imogen rocking the light wave look as her yearling coat sheds out slowly

14/06/2024

Super excited to put these new pens to good use!

Updating fencing and adding in new drainage
14/06/2024

Updating fencing and adding in new drainage

Daniel has grown to be to big for our program so once he is gelded he will be looking for a new spot to call home… champ...
14/06/2024

Daniel has grown to be to big for our program so once he is gelded he will be looking for a new spot to call home… champagne smooth coat.

14/06/2024

This week has been full of joyful inspirational and scary moments!
This week has been full of construction, farm improvements and the birth of the last three foals we were expecting this year !

Also searching for new postal codes… shoot me a message for more information
13/06/2024

Also searching for new postal codes… shoot me a message for more information

Some of our lovelies that are looking for new postal codes, please contact us for more information
12/06/2024

Some of our lovelies that are looking for new postal codes, please contact us for more information

05/06/2024

Sweet Caroline playing inside today as it’s a bit warm outside!

Little Raz is too sleepy to care that mom is getting her hooves done today.
13/05/2024

Little Raz is too sleepy to care that mom is getting her hooves done today.

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Barn swallows
Barn swallows

The young pair began building 2 separate nests 🪹 until it was decided that maybe they should work together on the construction of their 🪺 new home!

Waiting for emergency vet response
Waiting for emergency vet response

We said that this week had stressful moments. This was the start of what would be an extremely long and intense moment… starting early morning on Thursday, Gena finally went into labour… it became clear that this was going to be a vet emergency 🆘 the likelyhood we could have lost both mom and baby was very high, the most amazing thing was the whole event was captured on our security camera and both horses survived the ordeal! 🥹 thankfully 💕 this short clip shows the tiniest amount of the anxiety inducing and distress in waiting for the vet to arrive.

Imogen
Imogen

Fresh out of the salon- imogen rocking the light wave look as her yearling coat sheds out slowly

New pens completed
New pens completed

Super excited to put these new pens to good use!

Sweet Caroline playing inside today as it’s a bit warm outside!

Sleepy head pony
Sleepy head pony

When your waiting to clean your sleepy pony’s room!

Lead learning with Uno
Lead learning with Uno

Uno did so well - aced the different ground coverings and led like a champion (first time)!

3 New barn kittens
3 New barn kittens

Well momma dear had her 2021 litter - 3 tabby kittens have taken over the hay loft 😁

Beautiful double curly mane!
Beautiful double curly mane!

Presley 🥰

Merry Christmas from Altruistic Acres
Merry Christmas from Altruistic Acres

It’s going to be a white Christmas after all!

Here are some of our curlier miniature / pony curlies! <3

KC exploring with her mouth
KC exploring with her mouth

Grinder showing off his driving skills
Grinder showing off his driving skills

Little Sister Mimics Big Sister
Little Sister Mimics Big Sister

Spring Shed for a Curly Horse
Spring Shed for a Curly Horse

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