Re: [haflingerfriends] foaling questions....

She should start bagging up when she gets close. All the other tips in the books, waxing, going off feed, etc depend on the horse - even the sinking of the rear muscles can happen really fast - or start weeks before the foal comes. I'm betting haffies don't go off feed much before you see the foal - I've had one or two mares (non-haffies) that (I swear) munched hay between contractions. I think there are some test kits - milk or urine that target a hormone to "suggest" when foaling is imminent (no idea how they work). I've had mares foal around a month after their due date (single trip to stallion, so knew breeding time to the week) - meaning you don't always know, even when you know when they were bred.

Jeanne White in Southern Wisconsin

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First...remember me....the lady who had three geldings and not interested
in breeding/foaling/babies???? Well, guess what....times have changed! LOL

Daughter bought a mare from a neighbor. Mare had spent a year in a corral
with a stallion. Previous owners swore mare could not become pregnant.
We got mare end of September. No belly at that time. But about a month
later, she began to have a belly. At first we thought it was because I feed
well. Nope, belly is growing! and growing!

Anyway for questions. Have no idea when mare was bred. What do I look
for? Do Haflinger mares blow coat before delivery? Mare is blowing coat but
geldings are not. No increase in utter area....check almost daily. No
softening of back area. But I have read that with a maiden mare there may be
no warning at all. Just a baby come morning when we go out to feed!

She and three geldings have free run of three 10 x 20 run in stalls and the
200 x 100 arena during nite hours. Don't want to start locking her in a
stall (we have one ready for her...put up plywood walls tied to pipe corral)
as we don't want her to begin peeing and pooping in her baby area. She
might not have baby until summer! Just how fat will she get before delivery
and what things do I need to watch for?

If she delivery at nite out in arena area, will boys hurt her or baby?
No way to separate them unless we close her in stall. We are really not
set up for babies but trying to make it work.

H E L P

Carol in Snowflake AZ

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