Mare birthing halter

[MBhorses]

We would like to know where to order birthing halter and camera's

Please post any good sites and tell us why you use them.

We are thinking of buying a birthing halter thing. I have been told the birthing halters are great

thanks Melissa

 

[Suzie]

We would like to know where to order birthing halter and camera's
Please post any good sites and tell us why you use them.

We are thinking of buying a birthing halter thing. I have been told the birthing halters are great

thanks Melissa

We have an Equipage system. It was a big investment for us, but now we know it was money well-spent.

http://www.foalingalarm.com/equipage.htm

I got 2 transmitters when I bought mine. I have used mine for several years and still works well. I work from home and it helps me keep track of the mares during the day. At night, we use the video camera in the barn. I have the good fortune of being able to work at night if I want, so I watch the camera at night while I work. The halter monitor alerts me during the day. I would suggest you get both if you can. The camera is wonderful for seeing what is going on at the barn if the pager goes off. Many other brands out there and I can't speak to those, some might be better than ours but that is what we started off with

Sure beats cold nights sleeping in the barn ........brrrrr....

 

[MBhorses]

Suzie,

Thanks for the information. My friends says she loves her foalert halter system, but I don't know the name of the halter system she has. She has two halter things and takes turns with the mares.

The last few years I stay up all night watching the mare.

I had only one mare foaling those years. This year I have two I know are breed and maybe two more, so I will be up alot.We had our first mini foal born this past year, if I would have been their she wouldn't be here, because she couldn't break the bag.(My friends friend foal die a few days after foaling, because it was a dummy foal(the vet told her if she could have been there she might have been able to help it. :no: )The foal die a few days later. I want to make sure I can be there for my foals. In the past two years I was there,but only had to watch one mare at a time. How do you all watch so many foals at once and get sleep.

: I have been trying to look online for ideals, but I am having trouble finding foaling alarms, halter and camera stuff.

thanks melissa

ps i just came across this site http://www.breederalert.com/

any use this system?

 

[Joyce]

I have the Breeder Alert system along with camera and monitors. The set up is very useful for foaling and also for a sick horse you need to keep an eye on.

Joyce L

 

[MBhorses]

I have the Breeder Alert system along with camera and monitors. The set up is very useful for foaling and also for a sick horse you need to keep an eye on.Joyce L

Where would I get a system like it? Do you have a phone no or website?

thanks MELISSA :saludando:

 

[Jean_B]

I have a Breeder Alert system (http://www.breederalert.com)

You can use any nylon halter. The transmitter is in a pouch that attaches to the halter with velcro starps. If you go out to the website you'll see good descriptive pictures. The alarm is set off by a mercury switch that is tripped when the mare lays flat out.

However, the Breeder Alert hangs under the chin and I did have one transmitter that failed because the "innards" got wet from being dunked in a water bucket. There is another type that hangs under the throat latch - reducing the chances of it getting soaked. That is the EquiPage system (http://www.foalingalarm.com/equipage.htm)

I am going to try rigging my current transmitter so that it hangs from the throatlatch area of the halter....lots of vet wrap should do it.

And a good camera is a must if you don't want to spend all night running out to see if it's the real thing or a false alarm. I have a high-end security camera that I got from a friend who is a security contractor...the model was being discontinued so got it for a song. It's hard-wired to my bedroom TV so the image quality is great.

Only downside of all this - you have to wait for the mare to raise her head before you can re-set the pager. And after 15 false alarms earlier in the night - it's easy to fall asleep before re-setting the pager.

 

[Marnie]

I like my Equipage as it does go sideways up by the neck so it can't get into the water. I think they are both comparable in price, it's alot of money to get going on but it's saves alot of foals, it's priceless, saving one foal pays for the system. I couldn't be without it and my camera's, I haven't missed a birth in yrs.

 

[wpsellwood]

Only downside of all this - you have to wait for the mare to raise her head before you can re-set the pager. And after 15 false alarms earlier in the night - it's easy to fall asleep before re-setting the pager.

You dont have to wait on a equipage. At least not the one I have thank goodness DQ saws logs for easy 30 minutes sure would hate to wait until she lifted her head.

 

[MBhorses]

:saludando: Thanks everyone,

I would love to get one of the foal alarm system. I think I could get more sleep that way.

melissa

 

[Suzie]

I like my Equipage as it does go sideways up by the neck so it can't get into the water.

That's what I like about mine too. I have even used my mini alert boxes on my haflinger mare- I just added a snap on each side to lengthen the space.

I generally fit a halter to the mare, remove it and place my halter box and then re-halter. That way I get a good comfortable fit without fiddling around with her head for a long time. She never knows it is there. Stays dry

I like the nylon covers because I can throw them into the washer and they dry really fast.

As to watching multiple mares, we set up our cameras to view each stall from one vantage point. Then if an alert goes off, we can instantly see who is down. Plus you can see if they are sleeping or foaling. Some mares hardly ever lie down to sleep, some stretch out like fence lizards every night and SNORE....

We also bought those low power bulbs this year and replaced the higher energy ones in the barn. Same wattage but my electric bill went down $10 a month -that's $120 a year savings! We leave lights on 24/7 in the barn when we have mares in there- or new babies. I would not have believed it would have made any difference, but it did!