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LightMyFire RR Citizen (887) |
shawdee wrote:
LightMyFire wrote:
That's rather unusual. Normally by around 4-5 months they have become quite independant and not spending that much time around mum, apart from drinking. At work we wean at about 4-5 months, I personally don't wean until 6 months. Also your method of weaning is important too. I wean gradually, far easier and less stressful. |
Yeah, i didn't think there would be too many other people who wean after 11-12 months! I realise that most foals are quite independent before this age, but I am curious as to why my friend thinks that way! And it certainly doesn't sound a very practical way, keeping the foal with its mum for nearly a whole year, does it? |
Well apparently in the wild the foal only gets weaned when the dam pops out the next baby? But I'm not sure if that's correct, and how that works with lactation and the colostrum produced in the first milk if the mare is lacating year round?
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| Reg 19/7/2009 | | Posted 6:14pm, Wednesday 2nd June | |
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shawdee Super Jockey (128) |
LightMyFire wrote:
That's rather unusual. Normally by around 4-5 months they have become quite independant and not spending that much time around mum, apart from drinking. At work we wean at about 4-5 months, I personally don't wean until 6 months. Also your method of weaning is important too. I wean gradually, far easier and less stressful. |
Yeah, i didn't think there would be too many other people who wean after 11-12 months! I realise that most foals are quite independent before this age, but I am curious as to why my friend thinks that way! And it certainly doesn't sound a very practical way, keeping the foal with its mum for nearly a whole year, does it?
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| Reg 5/5/2010 | | Posted 7:30pm, Monday 31st May | |
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LightMyFire RR Citizen (887) | That's rather unusual. Normally by around 4-5 months they have become quite independant and not spending that much time around mum, apart from drinking. At work we wean at about 4-5 months, I personally don't wean until 6 months. Also your method of weaning is important too. I wean gradually, far easier and less stressful.
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| Reg 19/7/2009 | | Posted 5:09pm, Saturday 29th May | |
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crystal=] RR Vice President (26340) | yeah i've been told 6 months is a good age to wean them
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| Reg 14/12/2007 | | Posted 9:51pm, Friday 28th May | |
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S A R A H H :] RR Governer (9398) | I was told by someone who works with foals that between 4-6months was a good age? 
We weaned our baby at 6months
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| Reg 30/5/2009 | | Posted 9:33pm, Friday 28th May | |
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Timtamkiwi RR Governer (9110) | foal at work was weaned at 5months - but she had already started not needing mum and she was only put on the other side of the fence, so mum and foal can still talk to each other
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| Reg 12/7/2005 | | Posted 8:51pm, Friday 28th May | |
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shawdee Super Jockey (128) | I have an experienced, knowledgeable friend who breeds ponies on a smallish lifestyle block and she goes by the interesting principal that ideally a foal should be left with its mother for at least the length of the pregnancy, ie 11+ months, and not be weaned before then. Does anyone agree with this concept? What do others think?
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| Reg 5/5/2010 | | Posted 7:39pm, Friday 28th May | |
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