Breeding
In natural breeding a stallion and mare mate in the spring. The stallion has to mate with many of the mares in the herd in a short amount of time. The foals (babies) will be born
eleven months later.
In selective breeding the owner of the horses chooses two horses to breed . The stallion and mare are taken to an area and are physically separated by a low wall called a teasing
wall. The breeders observe how they react to each other. Then they determine weather to breed them. Many people use artificial insemination. That allows people to breed horses even if they are far away. Breeders collect the stallions semen then put it in the mare.
The mother is called the dam and the father is called the sire.
Most of the time a birth is normal, but occasionally the foal is positioned to come out tail first instead of head first. this is called a breech birth. Since there usually is not enough
time to call a vet, most breeders have learned how to reverse this.
A healthy foal usually stands only fifteen minutes after birth, then it nurses(drinks it's mothers milk).
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Created on November 1, 1998.