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Post by brindlerainbow on Jun 21, 2009 11:51:52 GMT
What do you all think is the most succesful way to get a mare (pony mare) in foal...covering in hand or running with a stallion.
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Post by sweetpea on Jun 21, 2009 20:37:40 GMT
depends on stallion temperment and running with others. i would worry about my horse getting hurt for me i would prefer inhand.my friend uses her stallion inhand.he a gentleman.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2009 22:15:01 GMT
Generally I would say run them with the stallion, I do- but some people request them coving in hand- Its not a problem and they seem to hold which ever way- so long as the mare is in season properly.
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Post by puddledub on Jun 21, 2009 22:37:43 GMT
I would prefer inhand. Apart from the safety aspect, there are some mares that 'wiggle' when being covered and you can therefore never be sure if she has had a proper service if running with the stallion. I stood a highland pony this season (well under 3 weeks ago when I broke my arm and he has goneback to his owner) and we had a top ridden mare to him that had failed to get infoal having run with 2 different stallions for the whole of the last 2 seasons. She swung her quarters quite badly when being covered. She had 2 services when she came in season and held first time. One very happy owner!!  |
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Post by vjc on Jul 19, 2009 22:15:45 GMT
Never had a problem with covering in hand as long as the mare is properly teased. good luck!
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Post by vagelloronstud on Jul 20, 2009 16:31:53 GMT
I prefer to cover in hand rather than running the stallion with the mare due to safety factors for either mare or stallion-we wont run our stallions out with mares incase they get injured as they are competing warmblood stallions and cant afford to have any injuries with them, If the mare is scanned/teased properly to know when she is cycling then there shouldnt be a problem with a mare successfully getting in foal, unless theres problems such as low fertility in the stallion, mare needing to be washed out etc etc etc
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Post by ollie120984 on Jul 26, 2009 22:12:09 GMT
what happens in the wild???,, always works fine x
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Post by pencaedu on Jul 26, 2009 22:54:46 GMT
Turned our 2 y.o. Arab x TB coloured colt out with the geldings & a TB mare. Didn't want to push the issue as he's only 2, but he seemed to be interested enough when she reversed up to his stable door earlier in the year. Also was busy trying to bonk the dividing wall when we put a gelding in between him & a section 'D' stallion, so we thought he might have the right idea. Guess what - she came into season - he was still too busy trying to bonk the gelding to even bother sniffing at the mare!! They joys of keeping horses!!
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Post by heathers on Jul 27, 2009 9:41:51 GMT
apart from the show stallions i always run them out
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Post by sarah00000 on Jul 27, 2009 17:49:00 GMT
Turned our 2 y.o. Arab x TB coloured colt out with the geldings & a TB mare. Didn't want to push the issue as he's only 2, but he seemed to be interested enough when she reversed up to his stable door earlier in the year. Also was busy trying to bonk the dividing wall when we put a gelding in between him & a section 'D' stallion, so we thought he might have the right idea. Guess what - she came into season - he was still too busy trying to bonk the gelding to even bother sniffing at the mare!! They joys of keeping horses!! ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by brindlerainbow on Aug 2, 2009 16:23:22 GMT
Decided to go with covering in hand and touch wood,fingers crossed etc she hasn't come back into season so hopefully she's in foal!!! Shes gone all soppy as well which is how she was when she was in foal before so things look hopeful,just hope we get a live one next year as this years foalie was born dead  |
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Post by ladybird on Aug 2, 2009 21:21:53 GMT
call h1!
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Post by perfect on Aug 2, 2009 22:10:18 GMT
the only trouble with turning out together is if the mare kicks out at the stallion and gets him you know where, he may be then ruined for life, especially with a maiden mare, there are ifs, buts and ands for both ways, but i prefair to cover in hand you can control the situation without to much risk to you horse. good luck to all who a re trying to breED
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Post by drenrowstud on Aug 8, 2009 23:39:59 GMT
i find with covering it really depends on the mare some dont like being held especially older brood mares that have alays run out .
some mares that have fertility issues are better of with outside intervention
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Post by pattendown on Aug 13, 2009 22:03:17 GMT
i do both but with my other stallion before he was cut he tried to mount a mare and she kicked his b456ls back inside ouch he was sore for a week
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Post by ffynnoncadno on Aug 14, 2009 7:14:56 GMT
I have one mare who is scared of horses,so she has AI,some that don't like human contact so they run out and some which are down right nasty so get held and done in hand and others who are picky about the husband they have and will only catch with a favourite.
But all visiting mares are covered in hand and if I win the lottery,all the stallions will have to learn AI procedure,as some mares are horrible to handle. ;D
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Post by pentaran on Aug 15, 2009 22:00:13 GMT
We do mainly collecting and inseminating with ours, No risks to either, They are scanned for size of follicle, inseminated once, then checked the following day to check they have ovulated and if necc they are washed out and given oxytocin . this year we have had a 98% success rate, one was AId the other in hand . If mares are run with a stallion, many will obviously hold, but they will be covered multy times , increasing the chance of bacterial infections and pooling and eventual infertility, though round here usually the stallion is blamed !!!
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