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When to wean a colt?

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three times a day any time you like but keep to that time so

a bottle for breakfast

a bottle for lunch

and a bottle for dinner

rough times:

breakfast: 9 ishlunch: half 11 or 12:00dinner: 5 6 or 7good luck x
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It is best to wait until a foal is at least 6 months of age before weaning. Weaning a foal anytime before that can result in many problems, not just nutritional but psychological as well. All mares and foals differ. Most foals will begin to lose interest on their own but if a foal continues to want to nurse, and the mare allows it, it is completely understandable for a foal to nurse up to 8 months old. (In the wild, mustang mares will often allow their foal to nurse up to 1 year old, or about 2 weeks before she gives birth to her next foal). In domesticated horses, where people have some control, it is best to not allow a foal to nurse over the age of 8 months due to concerns about the mares health and well being.

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Usually people will wean foals from 6 to 9 months of age. but it is possible to wean a baby horse (foal) at 3 months old... i wouldn't wean them before 6 months of age because it can cause the baby to get ill and not grow properly. but i bought a horse from a man, a mare with a "baby" at her side, the baby was a little over 2 YEARS old and had not been weaned... he still drank off his mother alllllll the time and we could not get him off of her. we had to stick him in a stall and bring his mom to the vet to give her a shot to dry her up. (get her to stop producing milk). So that's a good reason to not wait to long to wean a baby but remember don't wean to early 6 months is the time you really want to wean your foal.

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Foals typically nurse for about 6 months. Some will wean off their mothers on their own but most need to be pulled away from the mothers to be weaned. Some can be weaned earlier if they are eating on their own, then they don't need to nurse.

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When it is between 12 and 14 weeks of age.

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No less than six month but don't let it go over 10 month then its hard to break them normally the mother horse knows when they need to be weaned

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you can wean them when they are about 6 months old.

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14y ago

ussaly when you see the mare in pain from the colts teeth or at about 6 mounths to 2 years

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From when he is born to 6 months

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