19/10/2026
Welcome to this ‘not so’ little man who made his way into the world last night. Jo’Bray Kiss’n’Tell (Ellie) gave me a bit of a scare last night starting with a big bag of fluid and no baby which eventually burst and promptly sucked back inside, then she presented me with a single huge hoof that I’m positive was upside down and was pushing under her a**s. Had a quick feel around, couldn’t find a second foot so pushed Bub back in trying to make sense of what I could feel in the hope I could help it out. Nope, straight on to my amazing vet, HELP! (This all happened in a pretty short period of time and vet was called quite promptly). I had to leave Ellie and rushed around getting things ready for the vet and getting my partner up to assist and upon returning to Ellie, two feet were presented! One much further out than the other but at least we had a second foot to grab now. Ellie has been having the odd roll in the 48 hours leading up to birth and I suspect must have had a really good roll while I was getting organised and managed to get him where he needed to be! (I’m glad I wasn’t there because I would have discouraged her rolling!) Anyway I started pulling the feet but he was really IN there! Called my partner to help and together we pulled Bub down towards her hocks, not sure if he was even still alive at this point. We got Bub out to the shoulders, I slipped a finger in his mouth and found a reflex, yay, then he decided he wanted out and started throwing his head around. Poor Ellie considering he was only half out while thrashing about. My partner wrangled him back into a calmer position while we kept pulling and then Ellie rolled on to her back. I was down near her hooves calling out No, don’t roll! My partner jumped up and pushed her back before she could go over any more. I watched her back hoof miss my head by cm’s! Thankfully she kept it straight and wasn’t kicking around. We went back to pulling and got him out as quick as we could. He was quite active which was good to see. Ellie was buggered though. She stayed down for another half hour. My vet arrived not too long after we got him out and checked Ellie over. Miraculously she had no tears. She finally got up and was very very wobbly and shaking so bad through the back end. Amazing how tucked up they get in that situation. It’s like an instant body score of 1. I think she definitely could have been at risk of paralysis if we hadn’t helped get him out when we did. Some painkillers and calcium helped stabilise her while she found her feet again and made a nice big feed for her to get the calcium levels back up. My vet said the placenta was not great, she suspects a partial red bag at the back end of it, he is lucky to be here! Ellie is looking much better today, will keep a close eye on both of them for a while though! Huge huge thanks to my vet. Appreciate everything you do! ❤️
Meet TriColby Hotshot.
Paddock name pending.
Sire: The Ants Pants
Dam: Jo’Bray Kiss’n’Tell
He has some decent bone under him, feather to spare already and is super friendly.
