Baby horses are called foals.
Do baby horses change color? Yes — often dramatically. Foals are born with a soft, muted birth coat that sheds between three and four months of age, revealing the adult color underneath. Gray horses take the longest, continuing to lighten for years before often becoming nearly white. First major shed: 3–4 months — the fuzzy …
Watching a foal take its first wobbly steps is one of the best parts of raising horses. Then, sooner or later, that same foal samples its mother’s manure and makes a you wonder whether something is wrong. Foals commonly eat their mother’s manure, a behavior called coprophagy. It is usually normal in the first couple …
A baby horse is called a foal from birth until age one. A male foal is a colt; a female foal is a filly. A foal that’s been weaned off its mother’s milk (usually 4–6 months) is a weanling. Between one and two years old, it’s called a yearling. A newborn horse — in the …