2024 Foals Story leaving mum Growing up

2024 Foals Story ii

We love talking photos and videos of our Fells to capture their young lives as they develop and grow. We hope you enjoy seeing them and noting the changes as they mature. If you have a favourite image or video do mention us on FB

SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER 2024

Spirit loves people and is inquisitive. You can't walk into the field without her coming to investigate. Here Spirit is making for our dog.

Max is changing his coat, losing the baby fur and getting darker in colour.

Max is still with his foster mare and she is happy to let him eat her feed. She gets a feed because she is not a native pony but a Sports horse. We don't feed our native broodmares when they live out on grass. They get a mineral block in the field, and a token handful of feed if they are brought into a stable to be handled. Too much hard feed is bad for their limbs.

Max having a quiet walk to say hello.

Max and Spirit want the same patch of field.

The Foals have to learn to have a foal slip put on and to be led. This needs to be done from time to time when they are in the field, so they don't forget.

Max Above

Spirit Below

Spirit above and below

Max and his foster mum grooming each other.

Max continues with his halter training in preparation for when he will be weaned.

Spirit also continues her halter training, She will be weaned later in the year.

November

All photos/videos of Max from now, are after he has been weaned and separated from his foster mum, who goes back to her home. Max is turned out with our old mare Jezebel who he has known since his birth. Jez looks after Max without letting him get cheeky. This is all good for his development.

First Max is turned out with Jez in a small yard. Then after a couple of days he goes out with her in a paddock. Jez is very good with Max. Look at them grooming each other.