Takeaways: Prepare your mares so colostrum will equip newborn foals with disease-fighting antibodies. Use your...
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My Mare’s About to Foal....Now What?
Takeaways: Prepare your mares so colostrum will equip newborn foals with disease-fighting antibodies. Use your foal watch resources wisely: Use FullBucket Foal Indicator strips and then look for additional signs...
Foal Heat in Horses: How to Protect the Newborn Foal
Breeding on Foal Heat Foal heat is what we call the first estrus or mare heat cycle after foaling, and it usually begins 6-8 days after foaling with the first...
Top 10 Practical Essentials Missing from your Foaling Kit
The long awaited baby foal is about to enter the world and you’re doing everything you can to get prepared. You’ve prepped a perfect foaling stall, you’re watching mama like...
Newborn Foals: When Something’s Not Right
Key Takeaways: The first things a healthy foal should do are stand and nurse. Foals are particularly at risk of developing diarrhea within the first week or two of life,...
