Kathy657
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Our mare will be foaling at a stud where they do have a camera on the mare. We tend to stay up there too. I've just ordered a baby monitor with a camera which streams to my I pad & I phone too.
CCTV NIGHT-TIME FOAL WATCH: how often do you check?
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Kathy657
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This is terrifying me. I work 24hr shifts so there will be one or two nights a week I won't be able to be there but will have my and dad on call. I just know she will foal when I'm not there
Invest in a baby monitor which connects to your I pad or phone
crabbymare
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you do realise that she will know this and foal in the field at around 1pm (without giving any sign of the arrival being imminent) and when there are fewer people around as everyone is having lunch?
ihatework
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Oh yes! We were joking about this the other day. You have obviously met my mare, lol!!! I reckon I'll do 5 nights solid, nip home for a couple of hours kip and she will pop it out then ��
popsdosh
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It will only work if they will let you have access to their wireless router as the security settings need extensively changing to allow you to view the camera. They will also ideally require a fixed IP address for the router which is not standard for most broadband set ups and will cost extra . There are other ways but to complicated to explain on here you really need to talk to somebody who knows what there up to .I know how to set it all up its just the telling somebody else who is not very tech savvy how to do it thats difficult.
For example I have two tilt/pan/zoom cameras set up in two different yards for calving . I can totally control the cameras from my mobile which means we can get on with other things whilst calving is going on . I bought all the equipment locally and set it up myself .
I also have several BMs and from years of experience they are best left alone to get on with it .The number of times you see on here mares getting really late and large foals that threaten the mares health they are nearly always pestered within an inch of their lives . Mares need solitude and peace all mine foal outside in paddocks they are used to and as much as we can they are left alone ,any we have any worry about is fitted with an alarm ,they have been our best investment over the last few years you can get some of those now that text your mobile when activated so easier than cameras to set up. We have only had one false alarm in 5 yrs however most mares are just left to get on with it. I know most will throw their hands up but these are valuable SH and TB mares however it works for us.
Im sorry it makes me cringe when I see the should I check every hour its the worst thing you can ever do and I promise you those mares are in control and not you and you will most likely miss it as when you are so tired and you go for breakfast you will go back and find a foal.
Just a Jovial note Rollin you really should know better and a prime example
Equi
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I've already got cctv set up but if I see something I'll not be able to do anything about it from work. My friends about a five min drive which isn't far but it all counts in an emergency.
GemG
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Oh goodness I'm glad I didn't have cctv set up - I would never have got anything done! :-/
GemG
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Wise words.
Funny enough last year our (experienced) loan BM duly foaled broad daylight about 11am text book style in field.... After a fortnight of religiously being brought in and bedded up in a huge, deep, inviting, clean straw bed. !
She practically dragged my husband to the field that particular morning to get turned out (normally an extremely polite mare) - she must have wanted to foal outside.
Lesson learned - she will do it where and when she wants as long as no health issues/worries of course!