Foals
Foal born outside
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English: Right as we headed down the last valley for Cajatambo, we witnessed the miracle of birth.Deutsch: Gerade als wir das letzte Tal in Richtung Cajatambo herunterkamen, beobachteten wir das Wunder der Geburt.
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English: Before I could get my camera out, this colt was pushed out of its mother. You can see it's still covered in afterbirth.Deutsch: Bis ich die Kamera heraushatte, war das Hengstfohlen aus der Mutter herausgepreßt. Man kann sehen, daß es noch mit der Nachgeburt bedeckt ist.
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English: For no apparent reason, the other horses suddenly tried to push the mother away from the colt. He couldn't stand up yet, so she stood her ground.Deutsch: Ohne erkennbaren Grund, versuchten die anderen Pferde plötzlich, die Mutter vom Fohlen wegzuschieben. Es konnte noch nicht aufstehen, deshalb hielt sie stand.
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English: The colt tried to stand up because of the threat, but it kept slipping back down on the afterbirth.Deutsch: Das Fohlen versuchte wegen dieser Bedrohung aufzustehen, aber es rutsdchte immer wieder auf der Nachgeburt aus.
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English: Getting excited, the horse carrying our gear ran into the fray. I just missed it but the mother horse reared back and kicked him a few times as hard as possible. It broke one of the boxes on his back.Deutsch: Aufgeregt rannte unser Packpferd hin. Ich
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Finally, the colt got free of the afterbirth. And just in time, because some dogs came sniffing around
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Finally, the colt stood up and got some love from momma. This was literally under 10 minutes from when it was born. If only we could walk so fast.
First stand
editFirst drinking
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Searching for milk at the wrong leg first
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Next try
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Found!
growing up
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Newborn foals have long legs but a short body
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same foal later
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same foal later
Twins
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Two and a half hours old
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Two and a half weeks
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Seven weeks old
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almost one year old
Following its Mother
editColors
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Black - sometimes the same color as adult; more often a mouse-dun color, with black coat appearing after shedding out foal coat
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Chestnut
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Chestnut with flaxen
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Grey - born with base color
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Grey - foals that already begun to gray out
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Roan - a bit darker than grown ups
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Tobiano - spotting like in grown ups
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Appaloosa - mainly colored like grown ups - but they may roan out with time
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Dun - legs have a lighter color
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Przewalski Foal - born nearly white but darkening to dun within a few days
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Silver colored Icelandic horse foal. Silver foals are generally very pale on the body with white mane and tail. They darken while growing up
First coat change
editA foal's color may seem to change drastically with the first coat change as the birth color is not fully developed.
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Black, brown or extremely sooty bay like its dam
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Brown or black and grey
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Foal a few months old; birth coat has started shedding around the eyes
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More advanced head shedding
Anatomy
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Foal after technique of dehydration, showing the syntopy of organs