When our mare appeared overdue for one of
her foals, I was telling this to a friend. She told me that when HER mare
was overdue, she took the mare for a walk in hand for about 2 miles and the mare
foaled that night. I took OUR mare out of her foaling pen and led her
up a grassy hill for about 100 yards. She promptly lay down and rolled,
then got up and started frantically eating grass. After a few minutes, she
dragged me down the hill and back into her foaling pen. I took off the
halter and watched her.....she seemed a little strange. I rushed into the
house, quickly prepared dinner and fed my husband and me, then checked the
mare. Nothing....I decided I had time to go back in and load the
dishwasher. That took about 15 minutes. When I went back out again,
it was all over, and a soppy wet filly lay on the shavings. I made certain
that the placenta was off her nose, stroked her a bit, and then went away to let
the mare take care of things. So, based on the experience of two mare
owners, I would suggest you take your mare for a nice walk in hand and see what
happens.
