Series #3 Raising Foals

Nature is an amazing thing!  The foal, from the first time it was born, was searching for his mama’s utter to nurse.  It’s so important to let mama and baby figure it out.  Only in certain cases, is it important to step in and help mama and baby. It took awhile for the foal to figure it out and soon the mare became engorged.  Because the mare was engorged and in pain, whenever the baby…

The first hour after a mare foals is such an important time!  This mare is a first time mare that we brought into the barn to foal.  This picture is taken probably 20 minutes after the mare has foaled.  The colt has still not stood up. It’s important to watch your mare because soon after the mare foals, her natural protective instincts will kick in and she will become very protective of her baby.  You’ll…

  We have a new colt born this morning at about 6:15am. Josh went down to the barn about 3 minutes after the colt was born. He was still in the sack with his nose poking out and already trying to stand up. Josh pulled back the sack and pulled the umbilical cord. These pictures were taken about 10 minutes after the colt was born. You’ll notice the white sack in the corner behind the…

I took some new pictures of the foal today.  The new filly is filling out and looking beautiful! We wanted to do a post on how you imprint a new foal. We don’t have any photos of imprinting on day 1 because it takes more than one person to imprint a foal.  Thus, there were no hands to photograph! There is much to say about imprinting so what I say in this post is only…

Lake Hazel Suezee Que just had her baby this morning!! The funny thing is that we had checked on her before we had taken the kids to school.  Then, while we were taking the kids to school, she foaled.   We were so sad to miss the birthing process.  Luckily, we came back to see the foal on the ground, before she (yes, it’s a filly) had taken her first steps. Here are a bunch of pictures…