It is never too late to check a mare in foal, until after the mare has foaled.
If a mare is 4-8 days late, don't sweat it. However, if you're mare is 9-12 days late, CALL YOUR VET! Something could be wrong with the mare or the foal or BOTH!
Mare
No, she will most likely deliver a dead foal. Unless there are foaling complications, she will live.
Call the vet. There are several hormone replacement injections that can be used to convince the mare to accept her foal. If they fail, the vet can also advise you on how best to raise the foal.
After a mare has foaled you will want to wait until the foal is weaned before you ride the mare again. It is very hard to ride a mare with the foal trotting along side, and can be dangerous for the foal. A foal is ready to be weaned any time from 6 to 8 months of age.
If a mare is 4-8 days late, don't sweat it. However, if you're mare is 9-12 days late, CALL YOUR VET! Something could be wrong with the mare or the foal or BOTH!
A mare that has a foal is called a broodmare.
Ewe is to lamb as mare is to foal.
The mare is the mother and the foal is the baby. Until the foal is self-sufficient, the mother will be quite protective and caring.
When you cover your mare on Howrse, the owner of the mare gets to keep the foal.
A filly, until they are 4. Any baby horse is called a foal. A female foal is a Filly. A male foal is a Colt.
Mare
=no you can not take a mare away from its foal straight after its birth=
I have never heard of a nurse mare foal. If a mare dies, leaving a newborn foal, some mares are very maternal and they will let another mare's foal nurse. If there is not a lactating mare available, a nanny goat is a good substitute.
The child of a mare is called a foal.
A mare has an insticnt and will not I repeat will not become pregnant before the foal is weaned but that is why a stallion that the foal is not sired will try to kill the foal so he can sire another foal of his own.
foal foal, filly(girl), colt(boy)