New foal on the way...

This is Tennessee Walking Horse mare, Jose's Lucky Lady.  As you can see, she is very pregnant.  This is quite the surprise as due to the collapse of the horse market, I didn't intend to breed any of the mares last year.  Obviously, some stallion had other ideas!  
Fortunately, I noticed her increasing girth and brought her to the barn to keep her off the fescue pasture.   It appears that she will definitely have milk  (one of the problems with fescue is lack of milk  &/or decreased production of colostrum), but I am concerned about her size. Another problem with fescue foals is their large size (resulting in difficult births) and thickened placentas which the foals are unable to break through and thus suffocate upon birth.   Retained placentas can also cause the mare to founder or lead to an infection resulting in difficult rebreeding.  I certainly wish I had known about her pregnancy earlier and could have taken her away from the fescue sooner.