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- From: clever@sequent.com (Cathy Cleverley)
- Subject: Re: Foals & Due Dates
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:22:38 GMT
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- lmgarret@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Linda M Garrett) writes:
-
-
- >Hi, a friend of mine has three mares due this spring. I have a
- >question about when. According to when they were last bred, they
- >should be due between March 19 (the first one) and March 29 (the last
- >one). However each of the three mares were bred twice and if they had
- >taken the first time they would have been due in Feb. My question is
-
- If they were in season the second time, chances are they did not
- catch the first time. Have you considered an ultrasound?
-
-
- >that all three of the mares have started making bags (for about 3
- >weeks now). Another friend of mine said that her mares start making
- >bags 6 weeks before they foal. I'm not talking about big bags, just
-
- >milk. Is this 6 week thing a kind of rule of thumb (I know there are
- >no absolutes) or is this just what her particular mares do?
-
-
- Mares can do anything. We foaled a TB maiden mare at 6:15 pm on
- January 1 (whew, that was close). She was bagged and waxing for a@@
- CCCCCC
- week before she foaled. Usually once they wax they are close. But
- the real thing is once they are dripping milk, you are on the way.
- Older mares who have foaled before tend to keep some bag, that gets
- bigger as the pregnancy progresses. Look for wax and then milk. I
- have yet to see a mare foal who has not had *some* wax, if not milk.~
-
- >One more thing, Brandy, is the mare we are unsure if she has had a
- >foal before or not. Carol is Brandy's 6th owner and she has never had
- >a foal registered. But considering the shape she was in when Carol
- >bought her, I wouldn't be surprised if she has had a foal if it was
- >ever registered. Anyway, Brandy is miserable. The barn is on a hill
- >and when the horses are let out, Brandy acts like she doesn't want to
- >go, but when the other mares head on down to the pasture she goes with
- >them and doesn't stay at the top by herself. There is some flat area
- >at the top where the horse can stay but of course there is no grass
- >there. Are there any suggestion to make her more confortable?
-
- She may be uncomfortable with moving her weight downhill. Unless she
- is actually lame, she will probably want to stay with her buddies.
- Failing that, you could throw some hay to her on the flat spot.~
-
- BTW - last month's issue of Practical Horseman had a great article
- called From Mare to Mom. You can also get hold of "Blessed are the
- Broodmares".
-
-
-
- >Thanks
-
- >Linda
-
-
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