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Thanks everyone. Very helpful. I am in No. CA and we do have some soils here that are Selenium deficient, that's why I have those on hand. I also have the mineral and regular ones too. I'll put them back in tomorrow and be careful of placement. Thanks.

Can someone tell me if it's safe to put a salt block in with my mare and foal? My foal is 2 months old and I took it out of the pen a while back cause I caught the foal licking the block allot. It is getting hotter and I feel the mare could use it, but not sure how it will affect the foal if...

Thanks for all the great advice. That's what I was thinking; keep the water up for a few days to a week and then have it accessible. I have a large bucket for Mom out of reach of the foal at this point. Baby is pretty good on her feet. She was running and bucking in the stall this morning...

When should a healthy foal have access to a bucket of water? My new foal, now almost 2 days old, is thriving very well, and nursing well, but everything I have read does not mention when a foal should have access to the mare's water bucket. Can an experienced person please help me on this?