MeadowRidge Farm
Well-Known Member
With all the newbies that are now on the forum, I thought it might be a good idea to start a thread on some helpful hints, or just some good advice, for the upcoming foaling season....this is kind of going off the foaling kit post. I'll start with ...towels, I never use a towel which has been dried with a scented dryer sheet to dry foals off, alot of times this will leave a "scented" odor on the foal and the mare might reject it after it is dried. So use clean towels,(not dryer scented) and if the mare does not want to accept the foal after drying it...rub your hand in the plecenta and then rub it onto the foals back, the mare will usually accept the foal again. Corinne