This message is from: Robin Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I have 2 geldings and a mare who are the only horses on my property. One of the geldings and the mare are fjords and the other gelding is a Hanovarian. The problem I have is that when the mare goes into heat, the fjord gelding has tried to mount her and the two gelding bicker and the Hanovarian has bitten the fjord gelding rather severely at times. I put the mare on Regumate and haven't had any problems after that. I don't have a good set-up for separating them, although I suppose I could but it is just more work for me. The other issue is that the two fjords adore each other and I don't want my gelding kicked if he should try again to mount her again. I have thought about selling the mare but the gelding just is so depressed when I take her away.
Robin --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From the quote below that I just found on a > trainer's web site, I think I > have things backward. I was expecting the problem > to be aggression from the > mare. If this comment is correct, if aggression > occurs, it is likely to be > from the gelding(s). Does your experience agree > with this comment? If so, my > question about putting her in with my geldings is > answered. > > LF > > (This is a reply to a person whose gelding > aggressively attacked a new mare > brought to his farm.) > > Your gelding's behaviour isn't a reflection on you, > or your farm (which > sounds very nice to me!) but it IS a fairly typical > illustration of why not to > put mares and geldings in the same pasture. Although > the introduction was far > too quick, from your description, I don't think that > was the problem - it's > the basic mix-and-match idea that's at fault. At > good barns where safety is a > priority, you won't find mares mixing with geldings. > There will be a mare > pasture and a gelding pasture - end of story. > > > > ************************************** See what's > new at http://www.aol.com > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
