This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi List,
with the best laid plans, I have had mares foal in and out of stalls, once
in the open doorway (!), a mud bog, on D.G. sand, on grass, on straw and on
shavings (kiln dried fir) - all with no ill effects. The babies were fine.
'Course it helps if mom is in fine shape and is current on her shots etc.
As far as foal vigor goes, I think its very rare indeed that a fjord foal
comes into this world unprepared for the worst weather. They are the
fluffiest little greaseballs (lanolin) I have ever been around.
I think it is our own human notions of whats comfortable for *us* that get
in the way sometimes. We try to make things too cushy, forgetting the
reality of where these horses originated from.
kmac
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