Wednesday, July 29, 2009

How often do mares come into season?

How can you tell?
Answers:
Hi, Mares are Polyestrous, meaning they go into heat several times, but ONLY during the breeding season which is in the spring, summer, and early fall. A mare will go into her heat cycle around once every 20-23 days during the breeding season and a standing heat or period when she is ready to breed every 3-8 days. A mare is in anestrous (time when your mare's cycle is inactive) during the winter.
You can usually tell when your mare is in heat when she becomes a grouch or shows symptoms that seem like PMS in humans. Most mares, will not want so socialize with anyone and they are very irritable especially with other horses. Many mares will carry their tails鈥?up and they will squeal when they come into contact with geldings and sometimes even other mares. Some mares may bite and some may kick or strike.
There is also a silent heat. Lactational heat, is the heat that comes after foaling and can often times be considered a silent heat, often referred to as "foal heat" the mare will go into heat 5-15 days after foaling and then again in about another 3 months. During silent heat, the mare will not show any of the normal symptoms associated with regular heat though she is indeed ovulating and producing a follicle. She will not stand for a stallion for live cover.
I hope something in that helps you!
Cheers!
About once a month, just like humans.
Once a month, like us. They will have a white discharge more often then them peeing.
They cycle every 21 days, give or take a day. And horses only cycle in the spring, summer and early fall. Most mares "shut down" in the winter.
It seems like mares are in heat all the time, because if their heat cycle lasts 5 days, and they ovulate right before going out of heat, then they are starting the whole process again just 14 to 17 days later! I know with my own mare, she seems to be in heat all the time, LOL.
once a month!
once a month and it lasts for around a week
mares will cycle every 21 days, or so. most horses only cycle in the spring, summer and early fall

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