03/06/2026
We’re well and truly into foal season 🐴
During this time of year we are getting very excited to welcome to the world the foals that we helped create last season 🥰
In order to help your mare deliver her foal safely, we urge our breeders to be present at the birth of their foals. Either in person or through cameras, in order to be on hand should something not go to plan!
It is important to remember the 1,2,3,4 rule:
1️⃣ hour, the foal should be standing
2️⃣ hours, the foal should be suckling
3️⃣ hours, the placenta should be passed
4️⃣ hours, the first meconium should be passed
It is very important that the mare passes her placenta as if left too long, this can lead to complications such as infection, laminitis and septicaemia 🐴
If the mare hasn’t passed her placenta within 3 hours, you can try using water filled gloves in the placenta which aids gravity to help release it 🧤
If this still doesn’t help, it may be time to call the vets! We will manually release the placenta, give pain relief, anti-inflammatory drugs and may give the mare a course of antibiotics to protect her from infection 💉
Sometimes, mares may eat their placenta and make you think they have not passed them! Hence the importance of checking this soon after birth 👀
If you have any questions please call and speak to one of our vets 📞 01568 601300 📞
Aimee has recently been out to check over and carry out a stable side iGg test on this new born foal - the results came back normal, and showed good passive transfer of antibodies from mare to foal 🙌🏼
