stallions

cowboy58 · 02-07-2004, 10:57 AM

when is a stallion old enough to breed

Dawn · 02-07-2004, 10:59 AM

Do you mean physically capable? Some can as young as a year. Of course, I don't think you should use a yearling for breeding.

hollymarie · 02-07-2004, 11:05 AM

For the sake of behavioural issues i wouldnt use a stallion younger than three years old, preferably four years old.
Most are physically capable by about 1 and 1/2 2 at the very latest.
Hol

Blistering Winds · 02-07-2004, 02:12 PM

I don't breed any stallions until they are 3 yrs of age. By then, they should have developed mentally enough and physically to handle the situation. Breeding itself takes a lot from a horse. VERY strenuous exercise on the heart.

By then, you should also have them very easy to handle, to shut down, and to behave when asked.

I taught mine to "shut down" as a safety measure. If the mare is a total loony, I'd get him away from her fast and shut him down before he got hurt.

horse_crazy · 02-07-2004, 02:46 PM

Well I dont own any stallions, but we do breed Quarter Horses. And we dont breed any of our mares until they are at the VERY least 3 years old so that they would have a foal due when they are 4, but I personally prefer to wait to breed a mare when they are 4 and then they will have their foal when they are 5. Im not sure if this is the same w/ a stallion. If I owned a stallion(which I will eventually) I dont paln on breeding him out to mares until he is at least 4. Sorry, Im probably not much help with your question.

02-07-2004, 10:57 AM	#1
cowboy58 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: mcdonough, Ga. Posts: 1	stallions when is a stallion old enough to breed

02-07-2004, 02:12 PM	#4
Blistering Winds Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Augusta, Kansas Posts: 31,416 Images: 793 Blog Entries: 16	I don't breed any stallions until they are 3 yrs of age. By then, they should have developed mentally enough and physically to handle the situation. Breeding itself takes a lot from a horse. VERY strenuous exercise on the heart. By then, you should also have them very easy to handle, to shut down, and to behave when asked. I taught mine to "shut down" as a safety measure. If the mare is a total loony, I'd get him away from her fast and shut him down before he got hurt. __________________ 20 lb club: New year Start: 175 Goal: 130 Current: 158 Total loss this year 17 lbs.

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02-07-2004, 10:59 AM	#2
Dawn Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 28,762 Images: 1267	Do you mean physically capable? Some can as young as a year. Of course, I don't think you should use a yearling for breeding.

02-07-2004, 11:05 AM	#3
hollymarie Full Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: uk Posts: 110	For the sake of behavioural issues i wouldnt use a stallion younger than three years old, preferably four years old. Most are physically capable by about 1 and 1/2 2 at the very latest. Hol

02-07-2004, 02:46 PM	#5
horse_crazy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,067	Well I dont own any stallions, but we do breed Quarter Horses. And we dont breed any of our mares until they are at the VERY least 3 years old so that they would have a foal due when they are 4, but I personally prefer to wait to breed a mare when they are 4 and then they will have their foal when they are 5. Im not sure if this is the same w/ a stallion. If I owned a stallion(which I will eventually) I dont paln on breeding him out to mares until he is at least 4. Sorry, Im probably not much help with your question.