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An average Mare can be
expected to produce up to 4% of her bodyweight in milk every day for the first
eight weeks of her foal's life, and during this time, secrete up to 500 gms of
Protein in her milk.
When the Foal start to show more of an interest
in solid food after those first 2 months, her milk will gradually decrease in
quantity and quality, so much so that at around 5 mths she will be only
producing roughly 1/2 what she produced initially (around 2% of her body weight) Remember
that the Mare will need heaps of nutritional support until it's time to wean. Gradually
introduce solid foods to the foal in a creep feeder environment to give
him access to some of the minerals that the Mare will not pass on through her
milk, such as Copper, Zinc or Iron and Magnesium etc in any significant amounts To
help wean the Foal it is a good idea to start cutting back on the mare's daily
grain ration to roughly 50% of what was fed her in those first 8 weeks
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