When to gring mare home from stud ?

[The_snoopster]

My mare was confirmed 19 days in foal 6 days ago, when do you think i should bring her home. She will be coming home with her field companion who was also confirmed 20 days in foal, they are going to a nice quiet field near my house . They have been very quiet at the stud and just want to make sure that i am doing the best for both of them, field mates owner thinks the longer we can keep them there the better what do you think?

 

[Maesfen]

If it was me, I'd wait until a 28 day scan and then bring them home.

 

[luckilotti]

For me, i would be asking myself, if she is scanned not in foal at the next scan - what will you be doing? I assume you would be waiting until next year to recover?
Mind you, if they are already confirmed 19 and 20 days, to wait for the 28 day scan isnt long so i think i would wait the week, then bring them home.
With my mare, i brought her home after covering and had her scanned at home each time. The stud was only 10 miles away so it wasnt so bad plus she got lots of turnout if she was back with me whereas the stud had her in all of the time so for me, it was the better option for my mare.
Congratulations anyway on the positive blob scan!

 

[Simsar]

We would at this time of year have the first can then bring her home to be scanned again. Unless you are not paying for keep why keep her there?? But everyone is different.

 

[The_snoopster]

What the stud are charging is very reasonable so the cost is not a problem, it was more about keeping them quiet for the very first part of their pregnancies. I just thought that they are less likely to absorb the "blobs" if kept quiet to begin with without the hassle of them travelling and settling in back at home .: )

 

[Dizzykizzy]

I would leave her till her next scan at least. We brought our mare home after her first scan and at the next one she had lost her blob!

 

[TheresaW]

I brought Dolly home after she was Ai'd. We took her back for her 16 day scan and left her there until she'd had the heartbeat scan.

 

[nogsthenog]

If she was a quiet mare and travelled well without getting stressed then at this time of year i would bring my mare home immediately after a positive scan.
We had a mare here this year who was purchased and immediately transported to us for covering. She arrived in a very stressed condition as it was her first travelling experience and first time off farm. I spent the first night checking her every 2 hours as she would only feed out of hand. She had a 2 hour journey to a new home so we were advised by the vet to keep her for between 35 - 40 days which we did to reduce the risk of her losing the foal. Fortunately we were able to do some work with her whilst she was here at stud with us before she conceived to get her used to travelling and spent a lot of time building trust so in fact it possibly wasnt needed but better safe than sorry. I am please to say she has had a scan since and is still in foal (even though at the 16 day scan here she had one twin squeezed).