How long do you keep the foal in the stall?

IkesLittleHope · 02-26-2008, 05:05 AM

My mare hasn't foaled yet (dang it), but I was wondering at what point you would let the foal out of the stall to wander around with its mom (they will have their own pasture separate from the other horses, but share a common cable fence). I don't want to be too overprotective, want it to get necessary exercise, but don't want to do it too early.

ponypotion · 02-26-2008, 06:22 AM

i think the next day should be fine as long as the weather is decent.

Jenje! · 02-26-2008, 07:05 AM

Three days. I read somewhere (I think it was Blessed Are the Broodmares/Foals) that it can take up to that long for their eyesight to fully adjust, and as we also had cable fences I didn't want to risk putting her out before she could truly see well. Good way to a broken neck.

Lindsayanne · 02-26-2008, 07:12 AM

foaling clinic we use waits till the next morning, assuming mom is OK and baby is healthy and getting around okay.

They aren't going to wander too far from mom at first.

ponypotion · 02-26-2008, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Lindsayanne

foaling clinic we use waits till the next morning, assuming mom is OK and baby is healthy and getting around okay.

They aren't going to wander too far from mom at first.

...agreed

Jenje! · 02-26-2008, 07:16 AM

How come Allure had to be the exception to the rule in everything?

I can't tell you how many days in her first week I would come out into the pasture and see momma standing by herself... and baby come crashing out of the underbrush a distance away a little later.

Lindsayanne · 02-26-2008, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jenje!

How come Allure had to be the exception to the rule in everything?

I can't tell you how many days in her first week I would come out into the pasture and see momma standing by herself... and baby come crashing out of the underbrush a distance away a little later.

LOL. 'Cause they know when we've already made up our minds they are keepers.

I have video of Deb sassing her mom when she's just three hours old.

Heavenly Jumper · 02-26-2008, 07:30 AM

Ember was born outside... I planned for her to be born outside, but she came early. She was ushered into a stall with mom and stayed there for almost 2 weeks with daily supervised turnout in our yard. When we finished the fence in the paddock by putting up safer, wire mesh in their area she was turned out with mom full time.

JBandRio · 02-26-2008, 07:59 AM

If the weather is fine, and the fencing is fine, and they will be by themselves for a while, nothing says they can't go out immediately. The sooner the feet get movement on solid ground, the better.

Xiphias · 02-26-2008, 08:21 AM

The breeding farms I worked at, turned them out after the first 24 hours...

Cathy

02-26-2008, 05:05 AM	#1
IkesLittleHope Full Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 214 Images: 90	How long do you keep the foal in the stall? My mare hasn't foaled yet (dang it), but I was wondering at what point you would let the foal out of the stall to wander around with its mom (they will have their own pasture separate from the other horses, but share a common cable fence). I don't want to be too overprotective, want it to get necessary exercise, but don't want to do it too early.

02-26-2008, 07:05 AM	#3
Jenje! Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,680 Images: 907 Blog Entries: 27	Three days. I read somewhere (I think it was Blessed Are the Broodmares/Foals) that it can take up to that long for their eyesight to fully adjust, and as we also had cable fences I didn't want to risk putting her out before she could truly see well. Good way to a broken neck. __________________ ♥ Jen Zombies, Monsters &Ooze (a blog) That love is all there is, is all we know of love. - E. Dickinson *** VA Allure * BBA First Page * Instead Of Flowers ***

02-26-2008, 07:12 AM	#4
Lindsayanne Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joplin, MO Posts: 9,537 Images: 372	foaling clinic we use waits till the next morning, assuming mom is OK and baby is healthy and getting around okay. They aren't going to wander too far from mom at first. __________________ Bashkir Curly Poster Child NE Prime Time Regal - 2006 ABCR National Champion & 2008 Breyerfest Demo Horse HAVE YOU SEEN MY STOLEN PONY EXPRESS HORSE TRAILER?*

02-26-2008, 07:16 AM	#6
Jenje! Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,680 Images: 907 Blog Entries: 27	How come Allure had to be the exception to the rule in everything? I can't tell you how many days in her first week I would come out into the pasture and see momma standing by herself... and baby come crashing out of the underbrush a distance away a little later. __________________ ♥ Jen Zombies, Monsters &Ooze (a blog) That love is all there is, is all we know of love. - E. Dickinson *** VA Allure * BBA First Page * Instead Of Flowers ***

02-26-2008, 07:30 AM	#8
Heavenly Jumper Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Camden County GA Posts: 14,570 Images: 1286 Blog Entries: 240	Ember was born outside... I planned for her to be born outside, but she came early. She was ushered into a stall with mom and stayed there for almost 2 weeks with daily supervised turnout in our yard. When we finished the fence in the paddock by putting up safer, wire mesh in their area she was turned out with mom full time. __________________ My husband is away...if I am crabby, whiney or generally unpleasant, I apologize. Being a Navy wife is the hardest thing I've ever done...and I do it for you. .'~'. epi tan e epi tas .'~'.

02-26-2008, 06:22 AM	#2
ponypotion Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 657 Images: 4	i think the next day should be fine as long as the weather is decent.

02-26-2008, 07:59 AM	#9
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 21,453 Images: 131 Blog Entries: 12	If the weather is fine, and the fencing is fine, and they will be by themselves for a while, nothing says they can't go out immediately. The sooner the feet get movement on solid ground, the better. __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

02-26-2008, 08:21 AM	#10
Xiphias Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maryland, horse country USA Posts: 16,323 Images: 627 Blog Entries: 29	The breeding farms I worked at, turned them out after the first 24 hours... Cathy __________________ Member COL Club- hand over the Oil of Olay and nobody gets hurt! http://www.freewebs.com/xiphias21034/ I was on HGS the day we made 2 million posts

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