Miner horses typically have a somewhat higher rate of calving problems than their older cousins. These are my top tips for breeding your horse to a gray mare.
During the next 60 days of giving birth, your mare must be fed high quality mare and foal fodder and hay. Here he will prepare the chicks for nursing by supporting them.
Little horses usually have shorter births than big horses, so that a little time during the day must be observed for mares of 300 and up. Most chicks will be around day 330-335, but remember that there are no real “two days” when they arrive at the team. Like humans, chickens come when they are ready to be born.
Place the foal kit 30 days before your mare’s estimated delivery date. Some things to include:
Vet wrap to wrap the mare’s tail
Scissors
Ob/Gyn lubrication
Banamine
De-wormer
String
The chicken is cooked with napkins
Equine E. coli Endotoxin
Nalvason soak umbilical cord
Baby bottle with old nipple
A small mare will give many signs that the sorcerer will give birth. Maximus denotes a single chick that is close to full, tight and warm to the touch. This is a mare that will probably give birth within hours.
Once the job has started, you should see a white button within minutes of the contract. If you contract the mare after 10 minutes, you do not see a white bubble, you may be suffering from a mare. Put on gloves and cover your hand in ob/gyn lube and gently insert your hand into the mare’s vulva. Feel the nose and leg on both sides of the nose. The most common dystocia is one leg bent backwards. Gently feel the leg and adjust between contractions. Another common dystocia in miniature horses is the chicken’s head attached. If the head is stuck, give the chicken to stretch the hair of the mare. Use your hands to help stretch the web if needed by applying steady even pressure. Apply Ob/Gyn lubrication around the horse’s head to make it pass more easily. When trying to resolve dystocia, just be sure you are relieved by gentle traction with the mare actively contracting. A foal not having contractions with a mare can damage the mare’s uterus. If you cannot find the dystocia or cannot dissolve it, call your veterinarian immediately.
Once the chick is born, remove the bag and dry the chicks first. By rubbing vigorously, you will help expel the moisture from the chicken’s nostrils. Dry the chicken with towels and apply Nalvason to the umbilical cord. When you are sure that the chicken is fine, tie the cake so that the mare does not slip on it. He will never pull the placenta, he will go out to continue to contract the horse. Immediately take off the worm from the mare and give it to Banamine as punishment, if necessary. A horse pain relief, this can focus on its chick. Give the horse and the chick time to bond and keep them from outside the stable.
Chicks should be observed until they do all of the following;
1 gave birth, 2 3 .
Stand and walk in 1 hour
Nurse at 2 o’clock
Mix and fertilize for 3 hours
Any deviation from this line during this time could mean the chicken is in trouble. The colostrum is necessary for the chicks to be born within a few hours.
Some small horses may have difficulty locating the udder and nursing. Some milk colostrum from a mare and put on the udders. This will lead the fetus to the breast. Gently guide the chicken to the udder but do not unduly press the horse’s neck. Only use a baby bottle to feed a chick as a last resort. When the chicks are bottle-fed, it is very difficult to nurse them from the mare’s udder.
After the chick has done all of the above, give the chick 1/2 to 1 tube of Equine E. Coli Endotoxin at about 5-8 hours of age. This will keep the chicken from getting E. Coli, which is the number one cause of chicken pox and joint disease. This paste must be given before the chicken is 12 hours old.
