Newborn Preparation Article
Mare & Newborn Preparation.
Your mare will need a clean, dry stall (preferably 14'x14'), and peace and quiet. Straw or wheat straw is the preferred bedding for newborn foals, as shavings may get into your newborns nasal passages. Straw creates a thermal barrier between the foal and the cold floor and urine seeps down through the straw to keep the top layer dry for the newborn.
Also, you can use the clean straw to gently wipe the newborn down after birth. After a week or two most owners change the bedding to a more absorbent bedding of shavings or hemp. Remove the soiled bedding promptly and replace as needed.
Horses still prefer the open range or pasture if given a choice. There are some great benefits to pasture foaling that you may want to think about. For one, the pasture is cleaner than most stalls and two it is a healthy environment with plenty of room to foal. You won't have to worry about the mare foaling to close to a wall or corner.
Many owners still prefer to confine the mare to a clean stall to observe her progress and just in case any emergency arises.
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