Tia
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I have just been looking over Golden and I would be highly surprised if she isn't pregnant. She has a lovely rounded tummy now. I haven't had it confirmed by the vet yet as too cold to do this, but hopefully when he comes to give Cloud her pre-birth vaccinations it will be milder and he can check for certain.
He has another foal on the way - should be due about the beginning of May. I don't know if you remember the mare Dakota? Lovely little chunky chestnut mare who had the foal at foot when I bought her? Well she was in with my little stallion for 3 days last year prior to sale and he did the business with her without me seeing it.
Another mare from across the road (also used to by one of my horses), Gracie the grey (white) chunky mare was brought over to be put in with him for a couple of weeks, so I have said to them to double check her as it is highly likely that he might have been "at it" when we weren't around.
Cloud is due soon.....so that is a few!
He really has been spreading his oats around, bless him.
Anyway, I have a question to anyone who knows the answer? My stallion lives with his mares all year round (except when they are in season and I take out the ones I don't want bred) and he is very well behaved with them all and when they aren't in season he is just like any old horse. He has never done anything nasty and he is non-aggressive......however, I put a mare in with him the other day. He has lived with her before and knows her well. She is a registered Paint too and her owner wanted her bred by him but I wasn't so sure that she had taken. Anyway she was causing a bit of trouble within her herd the other day so I whipped her out and put her in the field with the stallion and his couple of girls. They all know each other well and of course stood nuzzling for some time. All was perfectly fine for about 3 hours. They were all quietly eating hay from the same feeder and I thought nothing of it......then all of a sudden, the stallion chased her off! He still wasn't overly aggressive, but he was running around after her which is highly unusual and definitely NOT him.
Anyway, I was out there so shouted at him to stop and then I went in to catch him and had hubby catch the mare. So we took her out and put her in another field where they all know her and all was well.
I have been thinking about this over the past few days - now would he be doing this to her because she is in foal? And he could be thinking that she is in foal to another stallion and not him? If so, then here is another one who snuck under the radar. I have always told her owner that I very much doubt she is pregnant as it was a bit of a last minute thing last year and it was during the last season of the year back in September. I still don't think she is as she isn't showing AT ALL, however do you think she could be? Her owner will be thrilled to bits if she is, but I don't want to give her false hope and until the weather heats up there is no way of knowing for sure.
He has another foal on the way - should be due about the beginning of May. I don't know if you remember the mare Dakota? Lovely little chunky chestnut mare who had the foal at foot when I bought her? Well she was in with my little stallion for 3 days last year prior to sale and he did the business with her without me seeing it.
Another mare from across the road (also used to by one of my horses), Gracie the grey (white) chunky mare was brought over to be put in with him for a couple of weeks, so I have said to them to double check her as it is highly likely that he might have been "at it" when we weren't around.
Cloud is due soon.....so that is a few!
He really has been spreading his oats around, bless him.
Anyway, I have a question to anyone who knows the answer? My stallion lives with his mares all year round (except when they are in season and I take out the ones I don't want bred) and he is very well behaved with them all and when they aren't in season he is just like any old horse. He has never done anything nasty and he is non-aggressive......however, I put a mare in with him the other day. He has lived with her before and knows her well. She is a registered Paint too and her owner wanted her bred by him but I wasn't so sure that she had taken. Anyway she was causing a bit of trouble within her herd the other day so I whipped her out and put her in the field with the stallion and his couple of girls. They all know each other well and of course stood nuzzling for some time. All was perfectly fine for about 3 hours. They were all quietly eating hay from the same feeder and I thought nothing of it......then all of a sudden, the stallion chased her off! He still wasn't overly aggressive, but he was running around after her which is highly unusual and definitely NOT him.
Anyway, I was out there so shouted at him to stop and then I went in to catch him and had hubby catch the mare. So we took her out and put her in another field where they all know her and all was well.
I have been thinking about this over the past few days - now would he be doing this to her because she is in foal? And he could be thinking that she is in foal to another stallion and not him? If so, then here is another one who snuck under the radar. I have always told her owner that I very much doubt she is pregnant as it was a bit of a last minute thing last year and it was during the last season of the year back in September. I still don't think she is as she isn't showing AT ALL, however do you think she could be? Her owner will be thrilled to bits if she is, but I don't want to give her false hope and until the weather heats up there is no way of knowing for sure.
