Hello World (Sunday Stills)

I haven't decided yet on the winner of my contest; two got the date right, and two got the sex and color right. I will draw a name later today.

I guess my Sunday Stills aren't barn photos as in the challenge - but it is what goes on in the barn! Coyote Belle started foaling at 10:20 PM last night, and this little fellow was born at 10:56. Everything went well, it is a smoky black colt, and a vigorous little fellow, as you can guess after seeing the videos from the other day. I was there when Belle's water broke, and called Ted so we both got to see the whole birth. In the photo below Ted is making sure Bell stays down for as long as possible as the blood passes from the placenta to baby through the umbilical cord.

Since the temperature was only a couple of degrees above freezing, I toweled baby off, which is always a good time to do a little imprinting.

Belle didn't mind our presence at all.

It wasn't long before he was standing. Here you can see his one sock and the little star.

I stayed up until 2:30, I had to make sure baby passed his meconium and mama passed the placenta.

The next two photos were taken at 7AM today. He has light grey eyes right now, and a lot of silver on his face and ears and his coat has a silver sheen to it. Smoky black for sure!

Here are a couple of videos; he was about two hours old in them.

They are a little dark, but fun anyway!