FourBurrowHunt
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Hi guys just wandered what equipment I would need for a 1day old foal ( I am getting him in December so he would be 4mnths ) ? Also what precautions I would need to take thanks x
equipment needed?
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rhino
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4 months is extremely young to be weaning. Personally I wouldn't be buying anything from someone who thought it was acceptable to 'plan' to wean a foal that young, sorry 
Equipment wise, not much. Decent leather foal headcollar, general stable equipment, rugs if needed (though I much prefer not to rug youngstock).
There are some good books, the 'Foal to Full Grown' one is good, so is 'From Birth to Backing' which is a Richard Maxwell book if I remember correctly.
ETA did you mean 6 months? That's a more 'normal' weaning age?!
Equipment wise, not much. Decent leather foal headcollar, general stable equipment, rugs if needed (though I much prefer not to rug youngstock).
There are some good books, the 'Foal to Full Grown' one is good, so is 'From Birth to Backing' which is a Richard Maxwell book if I remember correctly.
ETA did you mean 6 months? That's a more 'normal' weaning age?!
Littlelegs
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Nothing much to add really to rhinos post, except if its a pony foal look into what transport its coming home in, the standard breast bar in a trailer isn't always suitable.
And handiest things are a yard with another young playmate, plus a steady older horse to nanny it.
And handiest things are a yard with another young playmate, plus a steady older horse to nanny it.
FourBurrowHunt
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No its being weaned at 4 x
Bikerchickone
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Why would anybody wean a foal by choice at 4 months?
The book suggestions Rhino has given are good, I've got both and they were a great help when my youngster arrived.
I'd have to have a very good reason to be buying a foal weaned so young.
The book suggestions Rhino has given are good, I've got both and they were a great help when my youngster arrived.
I'd have to have a very good reason to be buying a foal weaned so young.