We have a kicker

[Heather T]

Lily has gotten extremely protective this morning and comes at us with her hind feet when we go in the stall. We'll see how she does later today when we go to the barn to get blood from the foal for a snap test.

We may have to move her to a smaller stall where we can grab her over the side. So, if she's no longer on cam that will be why.

Any suggestions?? We love on Lily once we get ahold of her - we're not mean and she calms down.

Luna is doing great, but is feeding off her mom's nerves so she's not as friendly as Mage , but we'll keep working with her.

[saddlebredlover]

Luna's quite the little 'kicker' herself! She had a buckinh fit this morning at about 5:30 and was running around the stall kicking up her heels and bucking for about 5 minutes. It was so cute!!

I hope Lily gets better because I'm enjoying watching Luna.

[Marion]

We some of our mares we have to wait until they get over that initial protectiveness. After that the babies start coming to you and the mares don't care. It does take longer to tame them down but they are just as friendly as the others.

[cookie]

Our new mom is also very protective of her baby, a week old. If we go to her first in the stall, on the off baby side, we can love her and then hold on to her halter. Baby then is very comfortable and comes right up for lots of loves or you can reach out and touch her.

The first few days we had to have one person walk the mare in circles while we were handliing the foal

Your mare acts just like our Freck, just a big difference in size. Mom will settle down in a few days.

[Golden Girl]

That happened to us last year with our maiden mare Goldie. My husband & daughter went out to the barn the morning after she foaled, and got chased out by Goldie's back hooves. If they had of waited & ask me, I would have told them not to go in! Oh well, that is the difference in experience & none. ;D They had good intention, but were clueless to the danger of a protective new mommy.

Anyway, when I made my way in, I pretty much got the same treatment, but I caught her up and put a halter on Goldie and let her know that it was unacceptable for her to act that way. After about a day she calmed down, and let me do what ever I wanted. It did take a while for her to except my daughter & husband though. after all, I am the Boss Mare around our farm!

[brookhaven]

Looks like you won the battle! She will get better in a couple of days. But you can see she has a little attitudinal problem...hormonally related I'm sure.

[Ruffian122]

I've noticed tonight that she has started kicking Luna too!!! Posted in the other forum about it but saw this so figured I'd mention it here too. I was a little concerned. Luna looks like she is getting scared of her own mom! I saw Lily nail her a good one when she was trying to nurse. Other times she'll push her aside with her head and once or twice I saw her just spin and step all over Luna! Wondering when it will get to be a concern that the filly is not being allowed to nurse and the fact that the mom won't let her come near her without getting, dare I say it, violent with her. I'm really concerned?

[Heather T]

Again - Luna is fine! She is not afraid of her mom - she may be respectful, but she's not afraid of her. I've seen Lily push her, but I haven't seen her kick her in the way that you describe. Luna is nursing steadily - and probably too often which is the problem.

Lily has plenty of milk - been checked by our vet and will hopefully settle down in a few days. We have her up and are watching them both closely.

Just imagine what goes on in a stall without a cam