Well, I just don’t want it happening on my watch. :~\
IMHO, she’s not well set up to have a baby, let alone this early, and I could get really worked up about it not being done the right way... but Tiff’s Tiff, and she flies by the seat of her pants... if her luck holds like it usually does, everything will be just fine despite my worrying.
Most babies are born with no problems, mares like to be on their own generally. And babies are born out in the open all the time. Not a lot of people are as anal about it as we are :) And being out in the open will insure Kat doesn’t get cast up against a stall wall or something. If Tiff just makes sure she has some iodine around, a couple of old towels and the vet’s telephone number everything should be okay.
Now not only do you get everybody's animals, you get everybody's PREGNANT animals . . . .
I would think that the Great Benevolent Animal Caretaker Gods would make sure that Kat doesn't deliver on your watch . . . .
. . . . of course, nothing's likely to go wrong in any event. We had a mare at our barn that our trainer had bought at an auction that we didn't even know was pregnant, and heaven knows who the daddy was. When her croup dropped and she started waxing, everybody looked around and said, "So that WASN'T a grass belly!" Tried to watch her round the clock, but she waited until 3 or 4 in the morning. The last shift left at 2 and the caretaker showed up at 5:30 or 6 and there was a little chestnut filly in the stall with Mama.