The morning of April 2, 2016 was an eventful one for the Cole family in Shallowater. Jennifer Cole said she was all by herself when she noticed their mare, a coosas tahoe named ‘honey’ was showing signs that she was going to give birth. Cole said they usually always have their horses do an ultrasound before the birth but for some reason this time, they didn’t.
“I went ahead and turned off my camera because I thought she was done,” said Cole. “I looked at her and then I see a bulge and I was like ‘what?’.
In an immediate state of panic, twin girls was the last thing on her mind but she managed to successfully assist honey with both births. Concerned about the well being of the phillies, Cole said their vet told her there’s an 80% that one of the twins will die in the womb within the first 30 days.
“Their body says ‘this is not natural this isn’t supposed to happen’ so they abort naturally” said Cole.
Considering the twins as a miracle, the girls came out as two desirable breeds–a palomino and a buckskin. Husband of Jennifer, Cody Cole said he has had experience raising horses throughout the course of his life, and has even had up to 50 horses at one point in time. This is his first time with twins.
“You can’t keep everything you want to but being that these are twins and my wife is in love with them too.. we’re going to keep these.” said Cole.
