Foaling Slips/Headcollars...

[charliesarmy]

What do people use/recommend....I would like to get one before foal arrives are they a one size fits all cause just wondering how they are sized for pony foals and horse foals

my mare is 17.3 stallion 16.2 what size would you say??? or just wait till baby arrives?? sorry for numpty question

 

[tikino]

i personally like to put a foal slip on, on day on i have got 2 on a cob foal and a full size full as not sure what size foals head will be. i also like them to be leather as the y break much easier but it is what i like to do and diffrent people like to do different things.

 

[lozziehumphreys]

I ordered a small and a medium to start with.

The foals grow so quickly and I managed to get them for £5 each, which for leather ones is brilliant.

 

[machannah]

Ive never found a foal slip small enough (and ive bred horses aiming to come out at 16h)! So i have used headcollars and they have been fab - ive not needed to add a piece of string under the chin personally but you can quite easily do that if required

 

[KarynK]

They come in all sizes but not all tack shops stock all the sizes. I have managed to get some very small ones here and there 2nd hand, I think shires do a range of leather foal slips and headcollars, but again getting them ordered might take a while.

Here you go, when you want things foal go to newmarket, very reasonable price for slips and H/C !!!
http://www.gibson-saddlers.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=095

Please don't be tempted to use nylon ones unattended as they have a huge breaking strain and if something happens you could find at best that you have a very badly injured foal!

 

[competitiondiva]

My foal slip I had bought for me which was a one size fits all!!! Was too big (and it looks like my boy will be over 16HH!)so I got a baby 0 size leather headcollar from the saddlery for £9 (not expensive leather but won't fit foal long enough to wear out!!) which fit him perfectly. I haven't needed to add any twine to it either for catching etc.

Just a word of warning do not get a nylon one (headcollar or slip) as they do not break, always use leather or a specifically designed breakaway one.

 

[charliesarmy]

Yay

thanks guy cleared a few things up inside my hollow mind....leather all the way but I do prefer that on all of mine for the same reasons you have stated will have to go buy a lil one for foalie (you never know it might fit the sect a afterwards

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[CrazyMare]

Mine were so tiny that I got them from Libbys tack - they were nylon but she wasn't turned out in them unless she was being watched.

The noseband on mine didn't go around my wrist but fitted foalies nose!!!!