Foaling Facilities

Bleu Valley Farm is dedicated to providing our horses, and those of our clients, with the highest quality care possible.  Foaling services are offered to clients on a limited basis.  Priority is given to those who have placed their mares with us on a long-term basis, however, we will take outside mares based on stall availability during the foaling season.  For this reason we recommend booking as early as possible. 

In most cases, pregnant mares should arrive on the farm a minimum of 45 days prior to foaling so the mare can form important anti-bodies prior to delivery.  Generally, mares stay at the farm for 10-14 days following the birth of their foals and then are shipped out for breeding or return to their home farms.
 
We offer the following services and amenities:

• Heated Barn
• 12 x 24 Heated foaling stalls
• straw bedding for foaling                                
• 24 hr. monitoring w/ in-stall cameras
• Foal Alert monitor system
• Foal Watch Milk Test - foaling predictor
• Experienced foaling attendants
• On call emergency veterinary service
• Newborn care
• Baby pictures
• Mares brought into stalls at night-30 days prior to foaling date
• Daytime turnout in small paddocks
• Daily grooming & handling
• Careful attention to changes in nutritional needs throughout pregnancy
• 55 x 60 foot indoor exercise arena for turnout in cold weather
• Pasture or paddock turnout for mares & newborns when weather is appropriate
• AI Breeding services arranged when required
• Shipping arrangements
• Vanning to local veterinarian facilities or stallions

Our entire barn is completely stripped, power-washed and disinfected prior to each foaling season and stalls are disinfected each time a new mare is brought in for foaling. Every precaution is taken to insure a clean, dry, safe and healthy environment for the birth of each foal.