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[3] A weanling horse is a foal that has been weaned, usually between four and six months old. Once it is a year old, the horse is referred to as a yearling. Weanlings are separated from their dam and often grouped with other weanlings to keep each other company. Weaning is a very stressful time for a foal. [4] [5]: 231
Weaning is the process of gradually introducing an infant human or other mammal to what will be its adult diet while withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk. In the UK, weaning primarily refers to the introduction of solid foods at 6 months; [1] in the US, it primarily refers to stopping breastfeeding. [2]
A newborn foal A foal will be able to run alongside of its dam within a few hours of birth.. Foals are born after a gestation period of approximately 11 months. [1] Birth takes place quickly, consistent with the status of a horse as a prey animal, and more often at night than during the day.
By the age of one, they have reached around 65 % of their adult weight and 90 % of their adult height, which explains the often gangly appearance of foals at this age. [10] Draft foals fattened for slaughter weigh on average 59.3 % of the adult horse's live weight at 8 months, then 70.1 % at 12 months, and 90.1 % at 30 months.
A foal will begin to eat hay, grass and grain alongside the mare at about 4 weeks old; by 10–12 weeks the foal requires more nutrition than the mare's milk can supply. Foals are typically weaned at 4–8 months of age, although in the wild a foal may nurse for a year.
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