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Topic: Breeding Age
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space_cowboy
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posted May 09, 2004 05:57 AM
What age does everyone think is acceptable for a mare to start being bred?
I always waited until they were at least 5 to make sure they had done most of their own maturing.
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Posts: 383 | From: houston | Registered: Jan 2004
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horse_crazy
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posted May 09, 2004 06:09 AM
Well, it can depend on the mare, but we are breeding a mare next year(she will be 3) so when she foals, she'll be 4. She had an injury as a weanling/yearling, so we are unsure if she is able to be ridden, so we will use her as a broodmare, as she has the conformation, great disposition, beautiful color, nice pedigree, AQHA/FQHA registered, and she is being bred to a WONDERFUL stallion!(Who I believe is 99.(something)% foundation) so the foal will be high foundation, and be beautiful! And I am guesing that some people that read what I have just said will disagree with us breeding 'so young', but I have stated my reasons of what type of foal she will have. We breed AQHA/FQHA registered horses, and we would never do anything to hurt any of our horses.
If you'd like to see our horses, you can got o
www.prettyquarterhorses.com
We are expecting foals, around the 16th of this month, the 20th of this month and the 1st of June. The filly that I am talking about breeding is ont he fillies page, she si the grullo(Jacs Tin Lizzy).
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Mares:
Honey-buckskin(in-foal to a smutty buckskin stallion)
BG-palomino/dunalino(foaled a beautiful filly)
Dibby-dun(in-foal to a palomino stallion)
Star Bucks-buttermilk buckskin(not bred, we may just use her as a riding horse)
Fillies:
Lizzy-grulla(will be used as a broodmare in the future, due to an injury as a weanling...we are unsure if she will be riding sound, although she might be, as her injury has healed so well...you can't even tell)
Sheba-black(hopefully will be shown in Halter classes starting this year)
Blue-blue roan(we aren't too sure what we are going to do with this filly yet....but she is a cutie)
Geldings:
Poco-sorrel/overo*Paint*(Awesome riding horse!)
Brandy-*FOR SALE*(Nice 2 yr old, going into training soon, price will go up, feel free to ask me about him..if you are interested)
Foals:
Tinker Bell- Red dun filly. Nice short neck, long legs, beautiful eyes..absolutely beautiful. Very people friendly.
Other 2 foals are expecting between May and June.
Posts: 853 | From: Wisconsin | Registered: Jun 2003
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space_cowboy
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posted May 09, 2004 06:56 AM
Yeah I guess it also depends on how fast your horse matures.........
I know TB's mature a lot faster and can be breed younger - but I wouldn't breed a WB before the age of 5.
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Horses are my life, and I couldn't imagine my life without them.......
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Posts: 383 | From: houston | Registered: Jan 2004
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