Acobandawelsh
Active Member
After some sensible advice please!
Pretty sure option 1 is the best!
So my 10 month foal will be coming in a few weeks. I have 2 horses at home, a mare (cob 15.1) and a gelding (14.3) The mare is very laid back and is good with other horses as is the gelding although he is boss.
I am lucky enough to have the horses at home so i can keep an eye on them all the time.
Introducing the baby -
I will be Seperating the field into 2 parts (since it will be a permanent rhing anyway i am hoping to have it post and railed by the time he comes) and doubling up the partition with electric tape with a large gap between the 2 fences so they can see each other but not touch. (If post and rail not done will be 2 rows of elec fence)
When baby arrives have the 2 horses out on their patch already at the bottom.of the field. Pop a lunge line on the baby and take too his new part of the field, introduce bounderies etc and basically just have the baby on the line incase he panicks etc. Once hes chilled and the others are too let him off and keep an eye. Leave him out. After a few days if settled nicely just have the one partition fence so they can touch over the fence. Then eventually remove the partition completely so they can go out together
Or - I do have a stables and a turn out yard area which isnt massive - used for wet weather on the winter the horses stay in. but thought i could pop the baby in the stable and leave the mare on the turnout so she could interact with the baby over the door for the first day or so then do step one.
Thoughts please
Thank you!
Pretty sure option 1 is the best!
So my 10 month foal will be coming in a few weeks. I have 2 horses at home, a mare (cob 15.1) and a gelding (14.3) The mare is very laid back and is good with other horses as is the gelding although he is boss.
I am lucky enough to have the horses at home so i can keep an eye on them all the time.
Introducing the baby -
I will be Seperating the field into 2 parts (since it will be a permanent rhing anyway i am hoping to have it post and railed by the time he comes) and doubling up the partition with electric tape with a large gap between the 2 fences so they can see each other but not touch. (If post and rail not done will be 2 rows of elec fence)
When baby arrives have the 2 horses out on their patch already at the bottom.of the field. Pop a lunge line on the baby and take too his new part of the field, introduce bounderies etc and basically just have the baby on the line incase he panicks etc. Once hes chilled and the others are too let him off and keep an eye. Leave him out. After a few days if settled nicely just have the one partition fence so they can touch over the fence. Then eventually remove the partition completely so they can go out together
Or - I do have a stables and a turn out yard area which isnt massive - used for wet weather on the winter the horses stay in. but thought i could pop the baby in the stable and leave the mare on the turnout so she could interact with the baby over the door for the first day or so then do step one.
Thoughts please
Thank you!
