Full Video: A Miniature Horse Mare Goes Into Labour and Foals

This is uncut footage from the foal yard surveillance camera at Badlands Farm, NSW Australia. It shows the mare in early stage of active labour, waters breaking, mare foaling and foal getting to its feet.
This is how I handle a routine, text book foaling. I stream this camera footage to a monitor inside the house so that the mare doesn't know I am watching her. I can also access it anywhere from my phone. They say the foal chooses the day but the mare chooses the time she foals, so she has the ability to "switch off" if she knows you are watching her, which is why I minimise doing physical checks. Mares are cunning, and in the past few years I have realised most of them foal very soon after I do my last check of the night - they don't realise I am still watching!
During the birth, I standby with my foaling kit but I interfere as little as possible, only helping where necessary. A fast labour is not good for the foal and will often result in a dummy foal, so I do not yank the foal out as soon as it presents, I let nature take its course and will only manually assist (pull) if the mare has been actively labouring for 15-20mins without the foal progressing.
If the foal was malpresented, or a red bag delivery was presented, I would have handled it very differently as timing is very critical in these situations.

I studied Equine Husbandry at University and have worked at vet clinics and as an Equine Midwife on some prominent NSW horse studs. I have been foaling down my own Miniature Horses since 2007, so I like to think I am quite competent in what I do, however this is simply my way of doing things. Nothing in this video should be accepted over the advice of your veterinarian.

For those interested:
We use Reolink WiFi cameras.
We use a Smart Foal foaling alarm, coupled with Pushover phone alerts.
We use Aquachek Free Chlorine pH test strips.
We are not sponsored by any of these companies.

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www.badlandsfarm.net

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