Mare Care

Breeding Mares and Foaling Mares

 

Breeding Mares

 

12’ x 12’ Box stalls with runs

Fed grass hay twice daily

Grain/supplements fed as instructed    (Provided by owner)

Daily turn-out (if available)

Foals kept with mare at all times

 

 

 

Foaling Mares

 

24 hr. surveillance cameras w/ sound

12’ x 12’ Box stall

Stall run w/ continuous kick boards daily

(to prevent leg injuries)

Straw bedding

Fed grass hay three times daily

Special feed program as instructed            

(Provided by owner)

Visually checked multiple times day & night

Hand exercised daily

 

 

 

JBC Ranch offers Mare Care for breeding mares staying here at the facility.  Pregnant Foaling Mare Care is offered to a select few at one time. 

Surveillance cameras with sound in the foaling stalls provides 24 hr. around the clock mare observation. 

Two prominent veterinarians are only few minutes away.   

This Foaling Date Calculator is based on 343 days gestation.
Mare and Foaling Tips

 Calculating foaling date and pre-natal care for your mare

The average gestation period for a mare is normally 340—343 days.  Your actual foaling window should average plus or minus 10-12 days, 330 to 355 days.  If you don't know the exact conception date, start with the last day bred. 

It is a good idea to keep records of your mares breeding dates, immunizations, wormings along with her exercising and feeding programs.  

A Mare needs to be comfortable with her foaling stall and surroundings, therefore she should be transported to her foaling facility at least 3 weeks prior to due date.

To ensure that the colostrum has sufficient antibodies the broodmare should receive booster vaccinations during pregnancy.  For protection against equine rhinopneumonitis, mares should be given an rhinopneumonitis vaccine during their 5th, 7th, & 9th month of pregnancy.  **

Pregnant mares should also be dewormed routinely except for the last 30 days of pregnancy.  **

Your mares feeding program plays an important role in producing a healthy foal and therefore it is important that her nutritional requirements are met.  **

**These are basic tips and in no way substitutes the care and instruction of a qualified veterinarian.  Your mare should be under the care of a qualified veterinarian at all times.  You should follow direction of your veterinarian for all feeding, immunizations, wormings, exercising and care of your pregnant mare.

 

 

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