R2R
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Thoughts?
I know how I would keep a stallion (which is why I dont have one) but just wondering how you would?!
I know how I would keep a stallion (which is why I dont have one) but just wondering how you would?!
How would you keep a stallion?
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martlin
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To certain extent the same as any other horse, really. But I'm lucky enough to have sufficient facilities.
asterid
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Just like any other horse!
The yard I use to work at many moons ago had two. They were stabled next to mares and geldings and were fine. They had turn out, but obviously not in the same field as the mares or geldings.
They were ridden in the school alongside mares and geldings and were fine. Not stressy and not bothered by anything. These were competition horses and stud horses.
I had a little arab stallion who never covered (long story wasn;t my horse, just loan) but he was the sweetest horse ever. He had daily turnout and was stabled next to other mares and geldings.
I personally think that if you start locking them away or treating them differently then they will become hard to handle. A horse is a horse no matter what it's sex.
The yard I use to work at many moons ago had two. They were stabled next to mares and geldings and were fine. They had turn out, but obviously not in the same field as the mares or geldings.
They were ridden in the school alongside mares and geldings and were fine. Not stressy and not bothered by anything. These were competition horses and stud horses.
I had a little arab stallion who never covered (long story wasn;t my horse, just loan) but he was the sweetest horse ever. He had daily turnout and was stabled next to other mares and geldings.
I personally think that if you start locking them away or treating them differently then they will become hard to handle. A horse is a horse no matter what it's sex.
vicijp
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My stallion is kept in an american barn with geldings and mares. He goes out in a paddock for half the day, with geldings next door. This will change to out 24/7 as he gets used to it (6yo racehorse, hasn't been out since he was a yearling), and I buy him a shelter. For the breeding season he has a separate paddock, with nothing next door.
moiragedge
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Exactly the same as my other horses turned out with a strip of no mans land between his field and horse next door but thats all travelled on lorry with mares etc and hacked out in company.
JVB
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Same as any other horse but with very high fencing!
Alexart
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Same as the rest but with high fencing and a buddy, my breeding stallion is always out with a mare as he doesn't like geldings! My other young stallion, and the others I have had, have all been turned out in a bachelor herd as nature intended and they do just fine and are very happy and chilled out as they spend alot of time playing, but everything else I do is the same as any other horse.
R2R
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Thank you!! I thought I was going mad - I honestly believe that you should treat them like any other horse and not shut them in stables...which happens A LOT in this country, it seems.
I also believe that if you cant give them what they need you should either move or sell!
I also believe that if you cant give them what they need you should either move or sell!
jhoward
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my stallion lives out 24/7 with another gelding in with him, only pro!blem was a lady that hacks past on a mare and that had been bred from the mare backed up to the gate and wouldnt budge! bravo bless him was a gent about it all!
Pipkin
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I know a RS that used to ahve a stallion and he was locked away (full door) and grazed in a field away from other horses no interaction with others except for the odd mare who used for natural coverings.... only instructors was allowed to see/touch him nobody else " dont go near him he`s a stallion and is dangerous"
, this turned him into a bit of a nut case, he`d go ballistic if he even seen another horse and all helpers were scared of him and this gave a lot of people the stereotype of stallions = evil, should be kept away from other horses....
The horse was gelded a few years later and is the biggest sap I know
If I had one i`d keep it the same as any other....
, this turned him into a bit of a nut case, he`d go ballistic if he even seen another horse and all helpers were scared of him and this gave a lot of people the stereotype of stallions = evil, should be kept away from other horses....The horse was gelded a few years later and is the biggest sap I know
If I had one i`d keep it the same as any other....
Enfys
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Out 24/7. Shut away in an acre paddock, next to the house, where he can see everything, with his own heated waterer, shelter, horses to two sides of him, nearest paddock separated by a 12' walkway, or out in any field that is empty.
He comes into the barn like any normal horse, even when there are mares and foals in there, stands in a normal box stall without bars or high doors, grazes in the garden in hand. In winter he runs with a herd, in summer he has several wives, some of whom live out with him.
Obviously there are restrictions to his life, to ensure the safety of himself and everyone else concerned, but on the whole he is a contented horse and knows no different. I'm sure he'd be happier if he ran with a herd all the time, but that isn't practical.
He has a truly crappy life.
He comes into the barn like any normal horse, even when there are mares and foals in there, stands in a normal box stall without bars or high doors, grazes in the garden in hand. In winter he runs with a herd, in summer he has several wives, some of whom live out with him.
Obviously there are restrictions to his life, to ensure the safety of himself and everyone else concerned, but on the whole he is a contented horse and knows no different. I'm sure he'd be happier if he ran with a herd all the time, but that isn't practical.
He has a truly crappy life.
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flying solo
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Oh enfys can I please have one of his babies
Enfys
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Oh enfys can I please have one of his babies
Thankyou
Like this one? (out of an arab)
Or this two year old ?(full sister to the chestnut)
Or this one out of a Paint?
I love my little QH, not only is he a genuinely sweet horse he produces quite nice babies too.
I worked at an arab racing yard years ago and most of the horses were stallions, they were stabled most of the time, but exercised everyday in a string, turned out daily and they too had pretty decent lives, none were isolated from other horses or treated any differently, other than with the normal common sense one exercises with entires.
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lindsayH
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Oh enfys can I please have one of his babies
You can have all of them apart from a particular palomino colt that I am planning on stealing!
My stallion lives out 24/7 with my geldings. I honestly can't find any difference in his behavior compared to them, unless there is a mare in season close by. He never trashes fences, but my cob did once and let the mare into the boys field. All the stallion did was herd her to one end and the boys to the other and then they all settled down to graze! I'm probably just lucky, but I'm sure some of it is down to the fact that he's never been treated differently in any way to any other horse.
lindsayH
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Thankyou
I love my little QH, not only is he a genuinely sweet horse he produces quite nice babies too.
That's the one!
Enfys
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Lindsay, full sibling to the palomino due in April, also 2 others of my own and several outside mares too. I am looking forwards to seeing what arrives in Springtime.
ThoroughbredStar
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vicijp
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Thank you!! I thought I was going mad - I honestly believe that you should treat them like any other horse and not shut them in stables...which happens A LOT in this country, it seems.
I also believe that if you cant give them what they need you should either move or sell!
I know someone who has a stallion who is kept in 24/7, only allowed out to cover mares (thats 4 times this year!), whilst sedated.
He was quiet when he arrived a couple of years ago...
R2R
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vicijp
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I don't really know, I only see his head over the door if I drive by.
He does have a very long mane though!
Oliver12
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There's a stallion at our yard who never, ever gets out of his stable apart from covering mares several times a year. He spends all day bashing the door and box walking. It truly breaks my heart.
Simsar
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What breed is he? I might have to steal him or report him that is appalling!
R2R
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Simsar how do you keep yours?
greenlivery
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We have facilities for stallions, they are kept in a separate barn away from the mares but still have company, and simply get turned out without mares next door. Other than that they get treated the same as any other horse.
Sags_Deer
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When my PRE was entire for the first 6 months I had him he had the same routine as the geldings on the yard, out in the field all day with post and rail fence and elecric fencing inside it. Never had a dot of bother from him, I only got him cut as I did not have the time to put into him as a stallion as I work and felt I needed to be at home more with him. I think if they can have turn out it makes for happier stallions.
Simsar
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He is out 24/7 I've gone soft and he has a lightweight turnout on, if it rains like last year he will be coming in at night. He has a gelding mate over the fence with electric, he has covered this year and is a good boy but only sees the gelding, the mares are kept at grazing away down the road, but not because of him, just because we have rented some land and it is about 5 mins down the road. When the girls came to him they all stayed in or around his barn internal for 6. He is opp the gelding and had 4 mares in the barn with him including next door.
Taffyhorse
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Re vickijp and Oliver 12's comments (I'm not advanced enough to do quotes!), that's awful and how cruel!!
I haven't got a stallion but all the ones I've dealt with in the past have been treated like any other horse pretty much. The only thing I was warned about was being a bit careful around them at 'certain times of the month' but I never noticed any change in their behaviour.
I did look after a yearling last year for a few months who was uncut (as going forward for grading) and he was the most laid back horse I have ever come across. Turned out with my gelding for the whole time with mares next door and never batted an eyelash - ok, he was a yearling but even so. He had a lovely temperament and was very well mannered.
I haven't got a stallion but all the ones I've dealt with in the past have been treated like any other horse pretty much. The only thing I was warned about was being a bit careful around them at 'certain times of the month' but I never noticed any change in their behaviour.
I did look after a yearling last year for a few months who was uncut (as going forward for grading) and he was the most laid back horse I have ever come across. Turned out with my gelding for the whole time with mares next door and never batted an eyelash - ok, he was a yearling but even so. He had a lovely temperament and was very well mannered.
SusannaF
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Surely these stallions who are kept locked up all day long are being mistreated? I'm pretty sure that breaks the Animal Welfare Act.
My only contribution to the keeping stallions thing is a paper I read which indicated that when stallions run in a bachelor herd they have lower testosterone levels. Hence some TB stallions who are kept in the classic style, far from mares, have problems with potency. Doesn't apply to all stallions who keep male company, of course, but interesting that nature adapts to keep the harmony in a bachelor band.
My only contribution to the keeping stallions thing is a paper I read which indicated that when stallions run in a bachelor herd they have lower testosterone levels. Hence some TB stallions who are kept in the classic style, far from mares, have problems with potency. Doesn't apply to all stallions who keep male company, of course, but interesting that nature adapts to keep the harmony in a bachelor band.
MrsElle
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I keep a gelding and two stallions together. The two stallions (one soon to be gelded) have been together for 3 years and are always together. The gelding is the head of the herd, but that might be something to do with the fact that he is 14 hands and the stallions just 28........
I treat the little lads no differently, they are soppy, loving and well behaved. They have got out once to visit the mare in the next field but that was due to inadequate fencing. Now the post and rail is up they don't bother with her at all.
I treat the little lads no differently, they are soppy, loving and well behaved. They have got out once to visit the mare in the next field but that was due to inadequate fencing. Now the post and rail is up they don't bother with her at all.