Health & Care · #foaling

Health & Care guides tagged “foaling” from the Apex Equine resource center.

• Foal watch: reading the signs and prepping the kit — Mares foal fast, usually at night, and almost always when you blink. Here's how to read the run-up and have the right kit within arm's reach when it happens.
• Foaling complications: when minutes matter — Most mares foal cleanly in twenty minutes. The rare ones that don't can lose a foal or themselves in the time it takes to second-guess yourself. Know the few that can't wait.
• A foaling-night kit and prep checklist you can print — The night a mare foals is the wrong time to be hunting for scissors and a vet's number. Here is the exact kit, stall setup, and printable checklist to assemble weeks early.