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Answer In the wild, horses live in herds. There are bachelor groups of stallions that are young or old or timid, and do not have any mares of their own. They have little contact with foals.
Then there are herds made up of a stallion and the harem of mares he has collected. He will take good care of his mares, grooming them even when they are not in season. When their foals are born, the stallion is generally welcoming towards them, provided he knows they are his. However, a stallion may kill another stallion's foal. Most mares are fairly good mothers. For at least a month before they give birth their udders start to fill with milk. By the time a foal is born, the mare already has plenty of milk for it. When it is born, she will lick away the blood and membranes and help the foal stand up. There have been many accounts of predators finding a mare in labour and attempting to kill the foal as soon as it is born. In this case the mare will stand with her foal between her legs and attack the predators by kicking and biting.
Foals are born with very long legs, and within a few hours of birth the newborn can run almost as fast as its mother. After this time, horses prefer to run instead of fighting and at the first sign of danger, the mare will flee with her foal at foot. Mares will feed their foals on milk until they are around six months old. By this time, a wild mare will be quite heavily pregnant, as most mares become pregnant again within six weeks of foaling. In captivity, the foals are often weaned at this point so that they can be sold or begin training. In the wild, fillies will often remain with the mother's herd. When colt foals reach about two years of age the stallion will drive them away; they must now join a batchelor group or attempt to accumulate some mares.
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∙ 12y agowell when a foal is born it is coverd in blood slime and a clear sack.it takes 15 mins till the foal can walk because its wobbley and ent walked before.the mother will start to lick it. for for the rest of the 6 months the foal will suckle its mothers niples to get food which is milk and stay by her side.the foal will copy its mother, its because it has leant somethink new and trys it out so it can survive.after 6 months the foal can wonder where ever it wants too and has teeth now so it can eat grass and other horse food and drink water.the foal will even find rubbish and chew on it.the mother will still take care of the foal she will clean it,play with it and defend it.when the mother defends her baby she will rear on her two legs ,snort and and pull her ears down [means shes angry] but wont always rear.foals dont look like there parents there just cuter.the father dosen't live with the foal and the mother.girl foals are called fillys, boy foals are called colts. horses are babys for 2 years for the frist year the foal lives with its mother but when it is a year older it lives on its own using the survival abillates it leant from its mother.
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∙ 13y agoYes, a horse will take care of its young. When a foal (baby) is born, it will usually be on its feet within 30 minutes give or take, capable of even running, but like most mammals, the foal is dependant on its mother for milk and needs to feed several times a day. When they are younger, they practically stay glued to his mother's side, but as they get older they explore, but are never far from mother's sight. Their dams (mothers) can be very protective.
Foals are usually born in the spring, and are ready to be weaned (taken from their mothers because they no longer need milk) in the fall.
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∙ 11y agoA mare will care for her foal by physically protecting it from the weather and attackers. She will also encourage her foal to nurse and provides milk for the first 6-8 months of the foal's life. As part of the herd, the foal will learn how to forage, how to run, how to fight and how to survive.
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∙ 11y agoThey take care of their young until their young is 2 months old. Then their young goes into the world by itself.
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