Foaling??!?

My aunt has just bought a mare that will give birth any time and she knows how to foal but i wanna know interesting facts about foaling
Answers:
-It takes a horse 60 days to double it's birth rate.
-A newborn foal's legs are already 90% of the length they will be when full grown.
-A foal is able to stand just 1 hour after birth.
-A foal can walk, trot %26 run just 2 hours after birth.
-The first milk the mare makes is called colostrum.
-This is a rich milk %26 it is very important for the foal, because it helps protect it against disease.
-Most foals will start to nurse less than 2 hours after being born.
-A female foal is called a filly.
-A male foal is called a colt.
-More foals are born between April 15 through May 15 than any other time.
-Mares usually foal at night.
-Mares don't like to be watched when they foal. If someone is watching, they might stop foaling %26 wait until the person goes away.
-A mare may give birth in as little as 15 minutes, but no longer than an hour.
-If she is still straining after an hour has passed, something is seriously wrong.
-If you have to help pull a foal out, NEVER pull up. Always pull down, toward the horses feet.
-A foal (baby horse) can stand up within an hour of being born.
-He can keep up with the herd in less than 24 hours.
-When foals are born, the length of their legs at birth is almost the same as when they are fully grown.
-Their legs are so long that the young foals may find it difficult to eat because their heads do not reach all the way to the ground.
-More foals are born between April 15 and May 15 .
-A mare's pregnancy lasts 11 months.
-Foals can focus their eyes at birth and cut their first teeth within a week.
-Horses are fully grown by age three or four.


hope these were intersting enouf for you!

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