Foaling: 1. Act of giving birth in mares (female horses) 2. Typically occurs after 320-340 days of gestation 3. Normal foaling process: - Mare prepares a safe area - Water breaks and foal emerges - Mare stands and encourages foal to stand Pre-foaling signs: 1. Enlarged udder 2. Teat waxing 3. Restlessness 4. Nesting behavior Post-foaling care: 1. Ensure foal nurses within 1-2 hours 2. Monitor mare and foal health 3. Provide adequate nutrition and shelter Other options: b) Lambing: Giving birth i

Common horse terms I use going into foaling season!🐴 | Katie Van Slyke

Foaling season - aka - exhausted season. 🤪 Thankfully we have a big family who all takes on a huge roll when it comes to foaling season. There are many sleepless nights, lots of group text chats, and only a few of the occasional mental breakdown. 😂 We love this season, and meeting all our new babies is 💯 worth it, but don’t forget to hug a rancher this spring. Whether it’s cattle, horses, lambs or any livestock.. they are all working really hard this time of year. ❤️ Happy Monday! 🎉 We’ll le

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Did you know…🤔 Post-foaling, there are a still a few important jobs to be done - cleaning the foals navel, a tetanus vaccination, tying the placenta up, etc. Then this - one of the processes that we at Windsor Park follow, to ensure the foals get off on the right foot. 🍼 Firstly the mares udder is given a good clean to remove any waxy build up or grime, ready for when the foal is feeding. Next a small sample of the mares milk is taken to check her colostrum levels…if these are good, the proces