When the horse is about to have birth?

Answer 1

frequent standing and sitting, broken water...you'll be able to tell...trust me!! waxing is the most reliable id say. waxing is when there is white film coming out for their teets. birth is a few hours-a day away. some horses wax a few days before birth but some dont wax at all. the majority do. talk to your vet about how to tell.
Sweating excessively, lipping food, but not eating it, not drinking as much as normal, etc.

Answer 2

A mare will usually quit having her estrus (heat cycle). There are some mares that will still show signs of estrus during pregnancy. Usually it isn't as strong in outward physical signs as she was before breeding. The best way to confirm pregnancy is done by rectal palpation. A good technician ot Vet can usually palpate and find a pregnancy 30-45 after breeding. Late in gestation (last 2 months) most mares will develop a pregnancy belly, and sometimes (not always) the foal can be felt/ seen moving on the lower rear hals fo the underline. Signs of parturition (labor): Most mares will develop small beads of wax on the very tip of the teats any where from ours up to 2 weeks prior to labor starting. The color of fluid expressed from the teat will change from clear to> yellowish> to murky yeallow> to white, the closer parturition timeapproches. If the owner/manager will express a FEW drops of fluid into the palm of the hand each day, they can watch this color change in the milk. Some mares will start to drip just before labor (not all do this though). Most mares will go off feed 8-24 hours, they will also become quiet then a little restless, getting up and down as the labor actually starts. They usually will look back at their stomach and then lay down and some will go flat on their side. Heavy breathing and groaning will occur as the foal moves down the birth canal. Once the mare is actively pushing the foal out, it should take not much more than 15 to 20 minutes for the foal to be delivered. In the event that the foal is not presented in this time it is crucial to have someone trained or very experienced to evaluate the foals position to besure it isn't a dystocia delivery which would require intervention. Once born it is very important that a foal receive 4-8 ounces of colostrum milk to receive it's mothers antibodies before the gut is unable to absorbe any longer.

Answer 3

if this means 'when do horses have labour', then the answer is during the night. this is because in the wild predators wouldn't be around as much and the foal would have a better chance of survival

Answer 4

A mares gestation period is about 340 days. So in almost a year you should be ready for the new foal. make sure you keep track of when the mare was serviced and literally count the days until the foal arrives. i hope this helped