Posted 2014-02-27 12:25 PM Subject: recently got a couple broodmares???
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Ok so some people I know have been trying to start a breeding operation for the last 5 years but they are a bit behind the times and not very good at advertising so anyways they decided to take all the horses to the auction and there going to go for peanuts or to meat buyers which is so sad!..... so anyways I bought these two mares before they took them to the sale ( I would have taken them all if I could have afforded it!)
Anyways the two mares are
So anyways I just wanted some general info as I have never looked after a broodmare before so deworming in the spring do you worm them after they foal.. before they foal? when do you deworm the foal?. any special suppliments or anything to watch out for near foaling or right after foaling?
Thanks alot everyone Ive never had a foal born on my farm before and am looking forward to this very much! any info tips will be great Thanks!
Gosh I wish I had those mares!!! I have recently started dabbling in the horse breeding/raising industry also. Last year I had my first foal...well the first one since I've been on my own and not a kid at my parent's house. I wormed my mare on the same schedule as my other horses but I was sure to check what wormers were acceptable. I used equimax on the mare and foal. My mare was on the platinum regular formula all winter and then when I turned her out in the spring she had all the green grass she could get and also had an equilix tub out with her. I think the supplements really helped...the baby had straight legs (I've heard sometimes if they are selenium deficient they can have crooked legs and I am in a selenium diffident area) and the baby had the softest shiniest hair coat I've ever seen on a baby. I also was sure to keep my broody up to date on hoof care. Its kind of funny because she foaled almost exactly a month before I had my first child and I remember thinking about how bad my feet hurt and I thought she probably would like to have well taken care of feet too ;)
As for the deworming I think a lot if people have different theories. I think it really depends on your area and parasite load. I would talk with your vet as I think they would know best for your set up. I really try to not over worm...I kind of go off of how my horses look. If they are rubbing their tails and the like I think about worming but I also stick to a plan of worming about 2 to 3 times a year.
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watching those mares that refuse to foal on guesstimated time ... lol
I like to worm my mares with ivermectin within 2 weeks of foaling. To prevent foal from getting a tummy full of worm eggs. Foals will sample their dams or any fresh horse manure available to start their gut bacteria in order to digest real food. I like to foal my mares out in the pasture since the sun sterilizes most things and the barn with no sun can be bad news on foals regardless how clean and pretty it looks ...
Have whatever iodine product you intend to use on foals naval cord handy.
I do not do enema's since Mother Nature designed the digestive tract and put the plug in there for a purpose. As the foal begins to nurse over the first 24 hours they fill up their tummies which fills up and sets their colons into position while gaining pressure to blow the plug out. An enema can puncture the foals colon system and also admit bacteria unnecessarily. If foal has not popped his plug in 30 hours then I will give him an enema ... just make sure his little anus hole and plunger is well doped with Vaseline ...
When plug pops ... his poop will look like black liquid tar and then turn yellow when processed milk starts flowing out his rear. Now for the nasty .... they will flip their little tails and get poop on it and their cheeks. Have you rolls of wet paper towels to clean tail and cheeks and a jar of Vaseline or furazone to smear on cheeks to prevent poop scalding ... during their first week after birthing ...
If you are present at or right after foaling and mare and foal are lying down ... just make sure foal is breathing and sack is off of his head .... let them lay there so blood from the afterbirth can drain into the foal .. takes less than 30 minutes. Do NOT pull on afterbirth hanging out of mare... the weight of it will help her contractions move it out and nothing gets broken off internally. Have you a feed sack and throw away gloves to put it in ... if still hanging in 2 hours ... call vet to come and give her meds to start contractions to move the afterbirth out of the mare...
Your baby needs to nurse within 8 hours for it to be able to absorb the colostrum antibodies into its system ........ after 8 hours the stomach walls get coated with protective slime and keeps the antibodies from getting into his system .. so you can see it is imperative to get foal to nursing or frozen colostrum into foal within the 8 hours .. this is relatively rare so stay calm ...
On the papers you received with the mares ... looks like the people owned the stallion too.... make sure you have the breeders certificates on the foals pre signed by the previous owners of mare and stallion and ask them to click the RELEASE button online on their Stallion Breeding Report on your mares so the foal registrations will go thru AQHA without chasing anyone down ... The stud owner receives the printed breeding reports which are also the foal registration papers as soon as his payment on his Stallion Report is done ... takes less than 2 weeks for this to happen ... ... you should have signed transfers on the mares and signed breeding certificates on each foal.
You can verify your mares are on a stallion report by calling AQHA ... if stallion is not owned by mare owners ... then contact the stallion owner and let them know you have bought and are transferring the mares to your name. Stallion owners will usually wait for you to notify them that you had a foal before sending you the breeders certificates just in case money is still owing on stud fee or mare care etc etc ..
Shots to foals is not needed due to colostrum intake ... the colostrum antibodies will nullify the vaccines or make baby sick ... so wait till 5-6 months to give foals any vaccines ... when colostrum has weakened in the mares milk ...
GOOD LUCK ... keep it simple and everything will be fine ..
Posted 2014-02-28 8:59 AM Subject: RE: recently got a couple broodmares???
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ThreeCorners - 2014-02-28 8:48 PM What state are they in and which auction are they taking the other mares?
i think hes in sask.........lampman sask to be exact......so it would probably be the auction closed to that (try maybe estevan) i dont know sask very well or get in touch with the owners, if you google the stud he comes up in a for sale ad
Posted 2014-02-28 11:46 AM Subject: RE: recently got a couple broodmares???
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They are cancelling the auction because we are supposed to get windchills of minus 60 overnight and into tomorrow here! so they will be waiting for another sale to come around otherwise the horses they have are still for sale.
Thanks for all the info on foaling! he told me that the mares will be do around the end of march so I really hope this weather goes away so they can foal outside!
I know the family who raised your second mare Dats A party girl and I used to own her sire Dat Blue Moon. He was a stallion until he was 7. After that he was sold and became the 2009 CFR champion defeating the likes of Lisa Lockhart, Brittany Pozzi and Lindsey Sears. He was also the 2008 CFR reserve champ and has qualified for the CFR 4 times. He has also been to the Calgary Stampede 4 times. Nice buy. I remember this mare when she was just a baby.
Posted 2014-03-03 8:46 AM Subject: RE: recently got a couple broodmares???
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ya Im very excited to have both of these mares and it's pretty cool how people can connect on here. the past owner of the skirt chasin rythm mare emailed me pretty cool.... I can't wait to see what these two mares have this spring and thanks for pointers and conversation everyone!
recently got a couple broodmares???
