foal• Sometimes when groups of horses get mixed up a foal may seem to get irrationally fixated on another horse.• Unfortunately a New Foreststallion got into the field and Shamrock got in foal.• They can be naturally very high in Iodine and can cause problems, particularly in foals.• Do not letfoals get cold or wet out in the field.• Some foals can suffer from so-calledneonatal maladjustment syndrome.• Some foalsdevelop a milkdiarrhoea when the mare shows a foalheat usually six to eight days after foaling.• This is usually transient and the foal does not stop sucking or look ill.• Do the foalsstay with the mares or are they kept separately?