Rules for Mare Stare Fat Quarters.......

One guess per person. Once you post your date/time, you CANNOT change it.

All date/times are EASTERN STANDARD TIME

Poll will close Friday June 26 @ 10pm EST

4 fat quarters per person. Fat quarters should be of quality fabric. They do not need to be washed. They will be of the chooser of the giver, BUT, the giver MAY contact the winner for color/design idea.

Here is how the date/time works....
If mare foals at 2:00pm and you guess 1:58pm, you lose. But, if you guessed 2:02pm, you would win.
If the mare goes PAST your date/time, you lose.
The winner is the next person who is closest to the time of foaling, even if the next person's guess is the next day.
**example**--mare foals at 2:00pm Wed, the next date/time is 10:00am Thursday....the person who made that Thursday guess would win.

This is supposed to be fun. Let's make this fun and not stressful!

Star will be watched closely starting July 1, but IS NOT due until July 6.

If you have any questions, please PM me......let's have fun!

I"m in I just need to think on a date :)
*thinks*
*Thinking* (Can ya smell the smoke?)
hmmm I'll git back to ya on this ;)

OK I pluck a date and time from the air - someone's got to go first - July 9th 2.25am.

Ok I am in, but I will wait to see some more guesses before diving in. I guess that means i am just getting on my suit at this point. STOP PEEKING!!!!

See the smoke coming from the midwest... that is me thinking this all out thoroughly ...LOL Like that matters, these prima donnas like to keep us all up and guessing ! LMAO Count me in just give me a day to check the moon and stars and all that nonsense before I pull my guess out of my.....
Sharon

Okay, I gotta do this. I will go with July 8, 2009 at 1:10 a.m.

Now, I just need to figure out what I'm supposed to download to be able to connect the the web cam.

Ducky...go here http://wefoal.com/_wfcams/baxpp/cam.php

Ok ladies...now get all your fat quarters together, toss them in an envelope, put my name and addy on it and just send it to me cuz I'm winning this one.

Star WILL foal on July 7 @ 2:17pm

ok, since most of you are wanting to see what the rest of us are doing, I predict :

JULY 8th at 6:57pm!

I have been calculating this for some time now and I can assure you that it is an educated guess!

Thanks, Terri. So now I know it's ActiveX I need to download. And, no Ma'am, I will be the lucky recipient of the fat quarters! **Bwahahaha....(and eerie organ music in the background)**

I am probably in, but still thinking of a date and time.

Because I am thick, and haven't taken part in a poll before, everyone who predicts will send in 4 fat quarters? And the winner with the nearest time to actual foaling (after the event) gets all the fat quarters? I like the sound of that.

Yup that's it - and the more of us in the more fats the winner gets! :D

I am in for JULY 6, 8:47 pm EST ....
Y'all can just send it all to me ... cuz this is an anniversary of sorts ... it wasn't so lucky the first time (go figure! It started in Elko, Nevada no less!) which should absolutely cinch it for this! LOL

Since we had "such" issues with Patches, the reining Prima Donna
of the barn, I want a little more information before I put my guess in
the hat.

Kay, when did Star foal the last time? How many days? Was she
early or late? What time of the day? How many times has she
foaled? (like does she foal during the day or late at night, etc.


(Terri--This isn't stressful but it is fun to me anyway.I don't think
anyone is stressin')

One thing we have learned <g>
She'll come when she comes!
If she ain't here when the sun comes up, she will be there in the morning.
She'll becoming round the mountain when she comes ...
We can handle it! <g>

Joan....Kay said that Star went pretty much on time and foaled during the day last year. That was pretty much ALL the info she gave.

This is what Kay says......Since we never got to watch Star on cam last year (she foaled without warning during the day) this way we can get to know how she acts in the stall and what is her normal

That's pretty much ALL the info she has on this mare. So, make your prediction from that. And as Omak says....she'll foal when she foals.

Can newbies join in this poll?

Anyone can join as long as they are willing to sacrifice 4 fat quarters.

Joan you're so scientific! I'm impressed! LOL

OK I'm in . July 5 at 1:32 am.

No trying to stack the deck, Joan! :twisted:
Just jump on in with the rest of us! :wink:

It's not weather we win or loose,it's about how much sleep we can loose while we're waiting! :shock: :shock:

Thanks for the information. I just want to make a calculated guess and hope that someone actually "wins" this time. (not like Patches who was waiting for the 4th of July. :lol: )

I guess July 7 9:32 p.m.

I'm in this time! I'm thinking July 4th, 7:11 PM. This was lucky for me before. :wink:

Okay, put me in! I will choose the 4th, I know it's early but I have a good feeling! :mrgreen: How about 11:49 pm!

:roll: I'm in....I think Star will foal on July 8th(My Nana's birthday),by 7:16pm. Mare Stare-Another reason not to clean the house......

I'm in, July 2nd @ 8PM And just to let you all know....I am not picky about what goes into my squishys 8) 8) 8)

Sorry ladies not much to go by with this mare since she snuck a foal in on us last year. We dont even know what her labor signs are as she was down and pushing when I found her last year. :shock:

Well, all the info and experience didn't help much with our precious Patches, so I don't think it matters! :lol: :lol:

Kay, if she hasn't gone by 7PM on the 2nd, will ya make her lay down and YOU start pushing on her belly for me??????? :lol: :lol: :wink: :wink: Then you will make your show and no foal worries 8) 8) 8)

If you are going to bribe Kay, at least tell her how many FG she will get! :shock: :shock: :wink:

I'm in.....July 6th midnight...(12 AM)

I'm in:

July 4 @ 2:00 p.m.

LOL Be careful :lol: remember the group of nuts you are dealing with :!: :lol:

I missed the last one ; so I'll join this one.
Put me down for :
JULY-5th @ 10:03am

That's 15 so far! WOOHOO!!! I need to go make room for them :) :)

**For those of you who were in the last 2....JUST A REMINDER....make sure you have sent your FQ's out to either Mimisharon for Patches or K3N for Flirt.**
If you aren't sure whether or not you were in the polls for those mares, let me know, I have the lists.

Anyone else want to join in on the fun??

I"m gonna say July 1st by 11:30 PM

Well, I got that all wrong ... so, if the filly is born before anyone's guess, we all get to go home and mourn the loss of over sixty new fat quarters that may never have been ours in the first place! &lt;g&gt;
bummer! ahhh, well ... there had to be a plan, and it has worked well in the past ... so, we will see what we shall see.