Foal

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Another mare and foal

A foal is a young horse of either sex. A male foal can be called a colt. A female foal can be called a filly.

Healthy foals grow fast and can put on three pounds or over a kilo a day. A sound diet improves growth and leads to a healthier adult animal though genetics also plays a part. In the first weeks of life the foal gets everything it needs from the mare’s milk. It gets nourishment and also antibodies from Colostrum. The mare needs plenty of water to help her produce milk for the foal and may benefit from a supplementary feed.

From ten days of age a foal may start to eat solids and after eight to ten weeks it may need supplementary feeding as well as milk.

See also

• Foaling Care

External Links

• [Picture: A very young foal with its mother]

References

• [Equine Helath Care]
• [Everything Equus]

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