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<blockquote data-quote="Gale Seddon" data-source="post: 284220" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>Carlos, I imagine a mare would eventually wean her foal on her own, I've just never tried it. We usually wean our donkey foals at about 6 months cause by then they are familiar with a little grain, love their hay, and don't really need milk. Actually, what I like to do is take the mother out of the group and leave the foal with the rest of the jennets as I think this is less stressful on the foal and the foal stays with a group of familiar pasture mates (unless it's a jack foal, which complicates things). Sometimes the foal will pull down the mare (in terms of her condition) and might need to be weaned earlier.</p><p></p><p>So, long story, but I think some mares will nurse as long as the baby wants to and others may get sick and tired of it...guess it depends on the particular animal and the conditions under which you're raising it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gale Seddon, post: 284220, member: 53"] Carlos, I imagine a mare would eventually wean her foal on her own, I've just never tried it. We usually wean our donkey foals at about 6 months cause by then they are familiar with a little grain, love their hay, and don't really need milk. Actually, what I like to do is take the mother out of the group and leave the foal with the rest of the jennets as I think this is less stressful on the foal and the foal stays with a group of familiar pasture mates (unless it's a jack foal, which complicates things). Sometimes the foal will pull down the mare (in terms of her condition) and might need to be weaned earlier. So, long story, but I think some mares will nurse as long as the baby wants to and others may get sick and tired of it...guess it depends on the particular animal and the conditions under which you're raising it. [/QUOTE]
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