Bleu Valley Farm is dedicated to providing the highest quality care possible for your pregnant mare.
During foaling season mares are booked on a first come, first serve basis and on our ability to schedule them into the foaling calendar. For this reason we recommend booking as early as possible.
In most cases, pregnant mares should arrive on the farm a minimum of 30-45 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. Permanent year-around board for you mare is also available.
We offer the following services and amenities:
- heated 20 stall barn
- all necessary paperwork
- daytime turnout
- large, clean stalls with windows
- careful attention to changes in nutritional needs throughout pregnancy
- daily grooming & handling
- 12 x 24 heated foaling stalls
- straw bedding for foaling
- 24 hr. monitoring w/ in-stall cameras
- Foal Alert monitor system
- experienced foaling attendants
- routine newborn care (including plasma transfusions)
- critical care of newborns with special needs
- on-call emergency veterinary service as needed
- newborn foal pictures
- 55 x 60 foot indoor exercise arena for turnout in cold or icy weather conditions
- 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 stallion stations
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.
