or purchase these
mares in a timely fashion as he does not wish to deal with the public due to
past experiences. The PMU industry is a very controversial area and because
of this, many PMU farmers work with organizations, such as the UEF, or
through horse sales or production sales to help place
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Grant,
He will have to work through the UEF to purchase these mares. This farmer
was very specific in stating he will not sell directly to the public, plus we
at the UEF are trying to make this an easy situation for him in order to open
the door
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Jean,
I am working right now on the adoption fee, actually, to try to expedite this
as we are under a time limit. As soon as we figure it out, I will let
everyone know!
Lynda
Lynda and Daniel
Bailey's Norwegian Fjords
Quality Fjords--Equine
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Linda,
Here is the site address: http://www.unitedequinefoundation.org
Thanks,
Lynda
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Linda, certainly these people who are interested in the mares would pay to
adopt them. Jean
Jean Walters Gayle
Aberdeen, WA
Author:The Colonel's Daughter
$20 PO Box 104
Montesano, WA 98563
This message is from: Grant Proudlove [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I know of a gentleman in southern Saskatchewan who is looking for a team of
mares how can he get in touch with this PMU man to maybe purchase two?
Grant Proudlove
Lake Of The Prairies Fjords
PO Box 1177
Roblin, MB
Canada
R0L 1P0
204-937
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I might consider an adoption as well. Would like to know more.
You will need to visit the UEF site and speak with our Adoptions Director,
Dan Hanson at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Please remember these girls will not be available for adoption unless we
to get the 5 mares as of yet, but if you
wanted to at least get yourself started in the process of getting approved
for adoption that is where you would start.
Thanks!
Lynda C. Welch
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vice President, Norwegian Fjord Representative
For donations to save a Fjord, please visit
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And the cost is???
k.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2003/01/06 Mon PM 11:26:19 CST
To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
Subject: 5 PMU Mares
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone,
I have just been contacted late this evening
This message is from: Reena G. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well I think FIRST they need to get the MONEY for the cost of the mares
before adoptions can even take place. of to make a donation!!
reena
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I might consider an adoption as well. Would like to know more
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I might consider an adoption as well. Would like to know more.
Kathryn Bauman
Pioneer Valley Sporthorses
New Glarus Wi.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2003/01/06 Mon PM 11:26:19 CST
To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
Subject: 5 PMU Mares
This message
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone,
I have just been contacted late this evening by a PMU farmer in Alberta, CN
who needs to place 5 of his mares. They are all purebred although not
registered, he will be faxing me all of their paperwork within a few days.
Apparently
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone,
I have just been contacted late this evening by a PMU farmer in Alberta, CN
who needs to place 5 of his mares. They are all purebred although not
registered, he will be faxing me all of their paperwork within a few days.
Apparently
Fjord Horse Association. When
we do a mailing for the dues, which will be coming out in a newsletter
shortly, we always have to make sure the NFHA members know that when they
get the Equine Journal. We want them to be members of both!
Stallions Mares foaling..
We have had our stallion Hilmar
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Listers;
When I bought my mare, Lena, she, three other mares and their babies were all
in a pasture with daddy!! To my knowledge they are together all the time.
Honestly, I was so focused on the mares I did not even realize we were in
the company
This message is from: Debby Stai [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can anyone recommend a website that shows the size of the unborn foal month to
month along with information on exactly where the foal is being carried and
then info on delivery. thanks. Debby
This message is from: Mariposa Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Snowy Mtn. wrote:
About progesteron I am glad you asked that question. I should probably have
Nicolena tested as she reabsorbed last year. I totally love her foals. How
often are you supposed to give the hormone shots?
Lauren
I've heard
This message is from: Snowy Mtn. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
About Ultrasounding with a experienced vet and a newer machine, they can
tell at 14 days now.I know my vet could only tell at 18 days last year with
an older machine. I think it is wonderful.
About progesteron I am glad you asked that question.
This message is from: Mariposa Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Snowy Mtn. wrote:
I have taken to spending the money to having all mares ultrasounded.
Now, I don't have to take the chance with flirtatous mares that are
already
pregnant.
Hi Lauren-
When do you have yours ultrasounded (what day?). My
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Martie,
They are bad here, too! We have seen more misquitos this year than I think
we have in the last 3!
Lynda and Daniel
Bailey's Norwegian Fjords Shetlands
White Cloud, MI
231-689-9902
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hometown.aol.com/baileysfjords/
This message is from: Curtis Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This message is from: Julie Will [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone. I just wanted to add my two cents worth about letting
stallions run with mares. I would never, never risk it!
I agree with hand breeding and the use of hobbles. In all
This message is from: John Bolinski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Our vet told us the same thing LAST year as soon as he got his first
batch of vaccines. Since we live between two rivers and there are LOTS
of misquitos and ticks, we get the Lyme, Potomac Fever and West Nile
each year. I sure hope the
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Julie,
All of our Fjords and Shetlands have been vaccinated for West Nile this year.
Not one problem. We also had a crow tested positive down in Lansing!! The
cost of the vaccination is well worth it, in our opinion, as the cost of vet
care for a
This message is from: Snowy Mtn. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I agree with Julie about the risk of mares running with stallions. It
was our lovely Cruizer that got killed by a mare. He was an experienced
stallion and a gentleman when it came to breeding. I beleave the mare had a
split esterous
This message is from: Julie Will [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone. I just wanted to add my two cents worth about letting
stallions run with mares. I would never, never risk it! I know it works for
some people, and it might seem the natural way to go, and the mares will
teach the stallion
This message is from: Don Brackett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Liked your post Patti, alot of very good horse sense!
Jane (in Maine where spring has arrived - 60degrees! wish spring were
really here)
Dave Walter wrote:
We tend to forget that these
Fjords are Horses.
ttfn
Dave Walter wrote:
This message is from: Dave Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would just like to add my two cents worth and add to Pat Holland's comment
on Fjord mares. What she said was very true. We tend to forget that these
Fjords are Horses. Mares are female horses, look at the female
This message is from: Dave Walter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would just like to add my two cents worth and add to Pat Holland's comment
on Fjord mares. What she said was very true. We tend to forget that these
Fjords are Horses. Mares are female horses, look at the female population
of the human
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Personally, I am just partial to mares *by* or otherwise...
Sissel is sometimes a wee bit, um, testy when she's in heat, but really
not bad.
Often, when I walk to the barn, Sissel will prick her ears toward me and
give me that low mama horse nicker
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 11/13/2001 7:58:48 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Personally, I am just partial to mares *by* or otherwise.
I have to second this motion!! We do love our mares. We have had a LOT of
horses over the years
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Karen,
LOL I have not met a horse of either sex yet that did not have an opinion!
Personally, I am just partial to mares *by* or otherwise. We are
fortunate to not have any of the former here.
Regards!
Lynda
Lynda and Daniel
Bailey's
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pat,
I agree 100% with you.
I think the only thing that remains constant in the Fjord breed is the outer
package: their colouring: what ya see is what ya get.
Beyond that, they are all individuals IMO.
One of the best mares I have ridden
This message is from: Pat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have been told by someone that Fjord mares
are much calmer than many other breeds. Is this so?
Fjord mares in my opinion are just female horses - like all the rest of the
breeds. Some are calmer than others some aren't. We are doing the breed
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
We love our mares and have never found them to be either moody or
unpredictable. As a matter of fact, our preference is mares. As for working
a stallion and a mare together, we have seen it done with the Fjords, plus
our stallion does quite
This message is from: D T [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't mean to sound prejudice so forgive me if I step on anyone's hoof. I
have owned two mares that were not Fjords. Both were moody and unpredictable
at times due to their moods. I have been told by someone that Fjord mares
are much calmer than
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sally that is some kind of record for a horse of that 25 year age.
Evidently there is no menopause for horses? Maybe that is our answer,
girls, the secret as to how to avoid the memory loss, hot flashes etc.. At
least it gives me time to think
This message is from: Frank Sally Higgins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just had to comment on the breeding of older mares. Two years ago we
boarded a 25 year old QH who had just had her first foal! There were no
problems with either mare or foal, she had plenty of milk, and the foal grew
well
appreciates horses, this
thought (written by a lady
veterinarian) appealed to me.
If we were mares . . . . .
Some group of scientists sat around having
coffee one morning (even
scientists can't think in the morning without
coffee! ) and came up
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I rarely forward ... but I thought some would appreciate this... Catherine
Lassesen
Being a person who appreciates horses, this
thought (written by a lady
veterinarian) appealed to me.
If we were mares
up a hornet's nestbut I had a question.
What is the difference between keeping mares confined for a time
during each year for collection .. versus .. keeping horses (young
old intact castrated) confined for a time during each year in tie stalls
in countries where
and the oxygen was cut off to the fetus and the umbilicus
could not sustain the foal. The mares and others also suffered blindness
and fluid sacs around their hearts. According to Bob some of these have
recovered. The owners who kept their horses stalled and fed non local hay
or who sprayed
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello everyone,
We decided to add two Fjord mares, 6 and 19 years of age, to our sales list.
They both have training to ride and drive, both are excellent broodmares, and
both handle beautifully. These girls are about as close to bombproof as
one
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Lauren,
Did you get pictures yet? My friend, Sarah Drew, here in Fairbanks, said
she e-mailed you ...I told her about the mares. Do you have Eneste there?
Can you give me some idea of how well she is trained, height, soundness,
and so
@angus.mystery.com fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
Date: March 3, 2001 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: A grey Mirage / mares for sale
This message is from: Lori Albrough [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Lauren:
Can you please send pictures of Freya and video?
Thanks
Lori Albrough
R.R.#3
Moorefield Ontario
N0G 2K0
fjords
This message is from: Lori Albrough [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This message is in response to Sue Sorger-Clark who asked about feeding
pregnant mares.
Mares in the last three months of gestation require about 10% more energy,
20% more protein, and 50% more calcium and phosphorus than mature horses
through
his legs while getting ready to twist the end of a nail. Sure makes a
bad puncture wound when that happens.
I think it's great that you do your own now. Ever had a puncture wound
from a nail?
Bred mares grain
Beth Valentine, DVM , is a research vet at OSU in Corvallis OR
recommends
This message is from: Karen McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess when feeding my mares, I try to keep in perspective that they are
airferns, as in Super Easy Keepers, and thus need to really rein myself in
as far as feeding goes.
In my current situation, my 4 mares (1 bred), are on constant
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What are the professional breeders on the list feeding their pregnant mares?
My mare Katrina is due to foal in early May (our first fjord baby) and my vet
wants me to increase her grain big time. Currently she is getting 2 cups of
grain (COB) a day
have three mares, all dueNOWand we did not have one problem
with them breeding or taking last year. As for daylight hours in the day
during the winter, I believe we are up to about 9-10 in February.
Hope this helps!
Lynda
Lynda and Daniel
Bailey's Norwegian Fjord Horse Farm
White Cloud
have three mares, all dueNOWand we did not have one problem
with them breeding or taking last year. As for daylight hours in the day
during the winter, I believe we are up to about 9-10 in February.
Hope this helps!
Lynda
Lynda and Daniel
Bailey's Norwegian Fjord Horse Farm
White Cloud
This message is from: Mariposa Farm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jean Ernest wrote:
Hey, Mary! It's +20 degrees this morning and we have had very few days of
below zero weather this year! we sent it all down to you!
Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska where it is snowing! Hooray!
this?
AO
While I can see that our mares are starting to show signs of cycling now,
their cycles later (May - June) are much stronger. I believe they do cycle
all year, but the strength of the cycle is related to photoperiod. Vets?
If they were bred in March for a February foal the risks would
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
Subject: Fertility - Mares
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 23:22:58 -0600
This message is from: ARDETH OBENAUF [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With all the talk about Fjord breed and fertility of stallions I have
a question about mares
This message is from: ARDETH OBENAUF [EMAIL PROTECTED]
With all the talk about Fjord breed and fertility of stallions I have
a question about mares. Do they begin to cycle earlier in the season
than other breeds due to their northern roots? I have a mare I would
like to try to breed in March
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When I was first calling around about a Fjord to buy (before Kilar),
most of the ones advertised locally (within 300 miles) were smaller. I
was willing to take anything over 13.2 but needed something well
trained and with lots of
This message is from: truman matz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Catherine,
I'd have to agree with that. Seems to me that many years ago the QH used to
range 14 to 15 hands, and now are 16 plus. Same with Arabs, only more
recently. Arabs didn't used to be much taller than the Fjords. They're
striving for
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike you said...
I will have to say that there are some stallions that have a fair amount of
influence though. There are probably 10 or so (I didn't count these) that
have more than 1 page of mares. There are 6 mares to a page.
Question how many
This message is from: truman matz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks Mike. The American Bashkir Curly registry did something similar with
a man named Demale. (That could be spelled incorrectly.) Judy
-Original Message-
Back in the earlier days of the Fjord in the US there was a breeder by the
This message is from: Starfire Farm, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
# 7- Mares and stallions should be vet checked for teeth and testicles
before they begin breeding, say at age two.
O M G. My entire herd of mares just failed this check. Teeth all
OK
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 1/25/01 5:35:14 PM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
# 7- Mares and stallions should be vet checked for teeth and testicles
before they begin breeding, say at age two.
O M G. My entire herd
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 00-10-10 11:53:57 EDT, you write:
Considering my experience with raising pigs I believe you might
get rid of the acorns but the additional management problems resulting
from
pigs would be more difficult than just cleaning up the
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 8/12/00 1:11:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It is not likely, but possible that she could have conceived.
Considering her age, I don't know if I would let her continue if she did.
At this stage it would be
This message is from: Ingrid Ivic [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The 96 days are up this month so will know shortly. At any
rate, the mare is old and does not have that much time left anyway. And she
does love babies.
Hi there...Ummm, I would think the vet could just palpate the mare to
let you
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Donna, my maiden mare, a thoroughbred, was beaten, tried to go through a
wire fence and no one treated her open wound, she was fed God only knows
what as she lost close to two hundred pounds and was skin and bone, her
mane and tail could be
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi All,
I am new to this group. I have just bought a mare from Sweden who was
covered by a Swedish stallion (Knast Halsnaes) before I bought her. She
travelled through Sweden (11hours), then rested overnight, then by boat to
Denmark (7 hours), then
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think there is some risk of the stress of travel affecting the pregnancy.
In a past issue of THE HORSE (can't remember which one, but I could look
it up some day) there was a study about this and they gave the mare
supplemental progesterone (
This message is from: Donna Tauscher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi List
Got a question I hope somebody can help me with. Is it safe to transport
a mare a long distance ( like maybe 1500 miles ) soon after she has been
bred .I seem to recall reading somewhere or hearing that it is best to
wait at least 60
Woodstock winning mare, Bragda. NFR Aagot is at Phil Prichard's visiting
Eggeprins. Dave McWethy's two beautiful mares, Signe and Mari,
http://www.horseharness.com/ , were both sired by Prince. Boy, how I miss
my ladies ... sigh.
Phil came to pick Aagot up Saturday. It took her a minute
This message is from: Lori Albrough [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cheryl Beillard wrote:
My mare has still not foaled (day 14 past her due date) .. and I'm heading
off for Nairobi on business for nearly a month, next Friday. The question I
have for the List is whether any of you breeders out there ever
Beillard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aan: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Datum: 4 mei 2000 18:33
Onderwerp: Inducing Overdue Mares
This message is from: Cheryl Beillard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My mare has still not foaled (day 14 past her due date
? Poor Soleia, in
fact, both my mares, had black flies and crusted blood all over their udders
last night. I washed them both and rubbed them dry and they were visibly
relieved. But I hesitate to put any spray or other products on such a
sensitive area (particularly one that a nursing foal may
(as in
Andalusian) Nationals a few months ago. After a watching a fabulous High
School Exhibition, my friend asked the reknowned trainer (sorry, don't
remember his name) why, in Spain, they ride only stallions and either drive
the mares in harness or do nothing but breed them.
He said Oh, Senora, the mares
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just had to comment on this one!
What to poor wild horses do without people to perform all
these oddments to them?
Straddle a bush and scritch back and forth.
Our older mare Ellinor has a cute little habit that goes right along with
this. We have
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
if figured the same about the black gunk too. just sweat and dirt. i'd
hate to be a suckling foal and not have a clean mama yuck!!! denise
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks lori. denise
This message is from: Meredith Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was once told to flake off the gunky stuff with your fingers. Slather the
udder with cooking oil (forgot what type, don't see that it would matter).
Let it set and soak in for a half hour or so. Flake off the rest of the
gunky stuff
This message is from: Lori Albrough [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Denise Delgado wrote:
thanks jean, what to poor wild horses do without people to perform all
these oddments to them?
Straddle a bush and scritch back and forth. I always know if I've gone too
long without cleaning Cindy's udder - she
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks jean, what to poor wild horses do without people to perform all
these oddments to them? denise in rainy! northern calif.
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And in addition, I have to ream Lars out EVERY TWO WEEKS by the clock, or
black gunk dribbles down his legs and stinks!!! The only salvation is
shoulder-length disposable exam gloves. He and the Icelandic are doing the
Roman Soldier's mount duty next
This message is from: Debby Stai [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've been using the same stuff I use to clean the guys you know what! I
believe its called Excalibur, the sheath cleaner. It cuts right through this
stuff and then I rinse really well after. Here in Texas where it gets warm and
humid and we
This message is from: Anne Morgan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just adding 2 cents more...
I used to breed QH's (outside stallions) and adored all my mares ,
babies, geldings all the same. However, I was not destined to have all happy
times in the rearing of my foals (despite working for 3 top notch
This message is from: John and Martie Bolinski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just my own take on this, but I have usually bought geldings because I don't
intend to breed. If you have a nice mare, it seems such a waste to leave her
open if she could contribute to the breed. I never bred the mares I did own
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Denise if no one has given you the answer, that waxy build up,
blackish, is normal and should be peeled off monthly or at least often.. I
should imagine in your hot weather something could get growing in there. My
mare loves to have hers
This message is from: misha nogha [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Personally, I like mares. I just like being around them and the particular
kind of energy they have. But I ride a gelding. the reason is because I
have a breeding operation and if I get a really good mare, then I am going
to want to have her
This message is from: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
listers, while on this talk of mares...has anyone had a problem
with them developing a skin dermatitis between their udders? i have a
morgan/miss. fox trotter, 13 yrs old. she's had 7 babies and i have noticed
a blackish gooey gunk
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I adored my geldings. And now it's the same with my mares. To me, it's like
the old song from Mr. Ed. A horse is a horse, of course, etc.. Every last
one of them has their endearing qualities, and at least one or two quirks to
their personality
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think this is an age old argument that will never be agreed upon. Some
folks just prefer one over the other and everyone can give their own
'reasons' why. My personal preference has always been for mares; I've never
found their changes in attitude
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I always feel somewhat embarrased to admit that my two animals are geldings.
I started out trying to get only mares, like my first-ever horse was, but
things just took a wrong turn and I ended up with geldings, who may well
outlive me and be the last
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 4/11/00 11:12:24 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think it's an individual thing to the horse. Cindy is not moody at all
when cycling BUT we don't have a stallion on premises. I think mares are a
bit more
]
http://www.techline.com/~jgayle
Barnes Noble Book Stores
-Original Message-
From: Denise Delgado [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com
Date: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: trailering and mares
This message is from: Denise Delgado
long horsetraining seminar in a couple
of weeks. should i put him in the slot closest to the truck as usual or let
him have the whole trailer, untied, as one would haul in a stock trailer?
he has never been free to use the whole space before. what did you think?
another question about mares. my
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marsha my Holsteiner mare has heavy cycles and becomes a bore to the
geldings and pushy with me. Her dam was a sweet thing who was steady in her
personality but drove the geldings crazy also. But are fjords more laid
back and steady?
Jean
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are fjord mares as sensitive as say Arabians, Thoroughbreds etc to
their cycles? Most people I know especially trainers prefer
Stallions and geldings over mares because of these unpredictable
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good thought came by for a Sunday morning. Are fjord mares as sensitive as
say Arabians, Thoroughbreds etc to their cycles? Most people I know
especially trainers prefer Stallions and geldings over mares because of
these unpredictable changes
This message is from: Steven A White [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would like to expand a little on Brian's reply to breeding 3y olds.
Thank you Brian for the reply. I agree whole hearted.
When you compare the maturity to breed with the maturity to start riding,
you are comparing apples to oranges. I
they
are older, but be careful in your assessment of a good or bad colt.
No offense Brian and Steve but all veterinarians are not horse people.
As far as Fjord mares cycling different then other breeds, please
explain further. Mine have always cycled pretty much like any other
horse. Of course
bam thank you ma'm may never have a chance to breed
in the wild because mares rarely tolerate that kind of behaviour in
stallions if they are left to their own devices and not hobbled up and put
in breeding chutes. Kindness does not equal weakness. Stallions have to be
assertive, to be sure
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is no physical reason that three-year-old mares can not be bred.
They have usually attained 95% of their mature size and have often been
having heat periods since around the age of 1-1/2 years. We have no
evidence that it hurts or stunts them in any
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No matter how big a 3 yr old mare is she is still 3 in terms of
physiology.
Since there was only response to this query does that mean all breeders
are having their mares foal at 4? What about growth plates, etc? How is
the mare when she gets older
: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, May 29, 1999 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: dominant mares bears
This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In this case
101 - 200 of 232 matches
Mail list logo
