breeding question

Downthestretch55 · #1 06-26-2006, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I've never seen that done before, but whatever works, right?

That's how it's been done at the farm for as long as I've been involved there.
Seems to work out fine.
The colts and the fillies are seperated at about 9 months.
Fillies with their moms, colts with their "baby sitter".

Cajungator26 · #2 06-26-2006, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

That's how it's been done at the farm for as long as I've been involved there.
Seems to work out fine.
The colts and the fillies are seperated at about 9 months.
Fillies with their moms, colts with their "baby sitter".

Colts need all the babysitting they can get! LOL

#3 06-26-2006, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Colts need all the babysitting they can get! LOL

No joke. My wife deals with weanlings and those boys chop each other up. Have to stitch them up sometimes.

Downthestretch55 · #4 06-26-2006, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Colts need all the babysitting they can get! LOL

That retired polo pony, Durante, is really a good baby sitter.
It's so funny. He is like the "Protector". Just grazes, lifts his head once in a while to see who's winning the race along the fenceline.
He keeps them calm, and doesn't take any "back talk".

#5 06-26-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

That retired polo pony, Durante, is really a good baby sitter.
It's so funny. He is like the "Protector". Just grazes, lifts his head once in a while to see who's winning the race along the fenceline.
He keeps them calm, and doesn't take any "back talk".

You have some interesting stories, but some of the weanling colts are lunatics and do whatever they want.

Downthestretch55 · #6 06-26-2006, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Hoisttheflag

You have some interesting stories, but some of the weanling colts are lunatics and do whatever they want.

Yup! Some are complete lunatics. Bite and kick for fun. That's how they "talk" to each other.

whorstman · #7 06-26-2006, 01:33 PM

That's really fasinating. Very discriptive too. I was picturing these little guys and gals out racing eachother in the field, bragging like kids on a playground. Funny how the boys fight and bicker. Do they have one that picks on the others, knd of like a bully?

Downthestretch55 · #8 06-26-2006, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by whorstman

That's really fasinating. Very discriptive too. I was picturing these little guys and gals out racing eachother in the field, bragging like kids on a playground. Funny how the boys fight and bicker. Do they have one that picks on the others, knd of like a bully?

Just my take...colts, they're ALL bullies.
They don't stop with each other.