This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 02:01 PM 8/10/2005, you wrote:
This message is from: "Catherine lassesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The true impact of breeding in our breed is those that breed more than 1 - 2
mares a year.
This is true & it isn't all that many stallions that do that either.
I do not feel that we will have genetic overlapping problems with the
Norwegian Fjord Horses in the USA. When the most a stallion is breeding is
10 to 20 mares a year... and the fact that we have 1363 registered (or
noted) stallions in NFHR.
I am not sure where you go that number from but we only have 442 Stallions
registered in the NFHR. Of them 42 are reported as being deceased. I am
sure there are probably more that are deceased & a fair number that are
geldings also.
(only 115 stallions reported to breed last year
alone) Out of those 115 only 31 have an AI License. I do not know how many
mares the luckiest stallion was able to breed last year but I would guess
maybe 20. (Mike May do you have the figures on this?)
The most mares bred by any one stallion is 18 for last year. The next
highest stallion bred 12. There were several 9's & 10's. The overwhelming
majority of them file 1 one page report which only has room for 6
mares. Most have 1 - 3 and are all the property of the stallion owners.
How can we even theorize about over usage of a stallion when we do not have
stallions that are covering 50% or more of the mares? I do not even think
we have a stallion on record that is covering 10% of the mares... But Mike
May will be able to answer that.
The most bred stallion bred .8% of the 2163 mares reported as living &
registered.
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