I'm interested in any answer to this too.. I live in the Southern Hemisphere but in a country where the mare would start coming into season when the daylight hours start getting longer, but I guess in Australia the daylight hours are similar during most seasons? Normally once the breeding season starts the mare will have a cycle of three weeks. About six days in season and then two weeks 'off heat'.
No.
Whenever a mare goes into heat. (which occurs most often in spring and summer.)
some mares will mount other mares in season others will just also come into season. you may see extra urine output and also some squirting from the mare in season.
They can. Some mares continue to have heat cycles even during the cold months.
Mares come into a foal heat within a week or 10 days after foaling. In the wild, it's not uncommon for a stallion to breed with a mare in foal heat, however a mare may be reluctant because of the foal's presence. She might not show any signs of heat either.
When a mare is ready for season, she is considered "in heat" or "in oestrous." A way you can test if your mare is in season is to get a male horse (a stallion is preferable over a gelding) and bring him near the mare. If she lays her ears back and kicks at him, she is NOT in season. If she relaxes, spreads her back legs a little, and lowers her butt, (aka accepting the stallion), she is in season. Side note: Just because a mare is in season DOES NOT mean that she needs to be bred.
This is usually a mare in season and is called the "teaser mare."
As far as I can tell there is a Mare's restaraunt in Santa Barbara CA and this is the only reference to SB mare I have ever come across.
This means the mare is in-season or in-heat.
A stallion donkey is called a Jack. A jack will try to breed a mare, but the mare may not let him cover her, even if she is in season (ovulating).
Probably not because she is in season and any stallions around will get excited
Yes, and occasionally mares will swap foals. A mare stealing a foal is often problematic since the mare may not be lactating.