Weaning

MyBabyTex · 06-08-2006, 01:07 PM

When do you wean?

No1Dazy · 06-08-2006, 01:12 PM

Have weaned as young as 3 months, but that was because the mother died. (Not much you can do in that situation...) I prefer to wean around 6 months of age...

prettyqtrs · 06-08-2006, 01:47 PM

I haven't voted on the poll yet, as I can only choose one...
I wean between 4 and 5 months.

Drafty1 · 06-08-2006, 01:51 PM

I like to wean at 5 months.

cowgurly02 · 06-08-2006, 02:22 PM

The majority of people I know wean at 4 months. All the weanlings we've had have been 4 months.

imacowgirl2 · 06-08-2006, 03:17 PM

6 months if momma can keep up with baby that long...but we have weaned as early as 4 months, though I don't like to.

wyldterv · 06-08-2006, 03:46 PM

Unless there is a medical reason to do it earlier, I perfer to wean NO earlier then 5 ms and preferably 6 months. I want the foal to have all the benefit of Moma guidance it can

When possible I also prefer to use the gradual weaning method... start having mare and foal spend time separated at between 3 and 4 months old... first for 10 mins then gradually increase their time apart, that way it is less traumatic for mare and foal when the day comes that you totally separate them. They have become accustomed to being apart to a degree.

Spongebob · 06-10-2006, 03:05 PM

I haven't polled my answer either as I wean between 4 - 6 months depending on each mare/foal combination.

Easin on Legacy · 06-12-2006, 06:50 AM

I have always weaned the babies at three months. Especially if it is a mare we are planning to show and need to get her back into shape or if the baby is sucking the mare's weight down to much but we have kept them on for up to four months. I have found they bound to humans better if you wean them at three to four months but thats just me.

mtroika · 06-14-2006, 09:33 PM

I weaned Porsha around 7-8 months. It worked out perfect and there was NO traumatic seperation, they just went there merry way

View Poll Results: When do you wean your foals?
Before 3 Months	0	0%
At 3 Months	4	9.76%
4 Months	5	12.20%
5 Months	10	24.39%
6 Months	17	41.46%
After 6 Months	5	12.20%
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06-08-2006, 01:07 PM	#1
MyBabyTex Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 3,194 Images: 66	Weaning When do you wean?

06-08-2006, 01:12 PM	#2
No1Dazy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 2,071 Images: 81 Blog Entries: 14	Have weaned as young as 3 months, but that was because the mother died. (Not much you can do in that situation...) I prefer to wean around 6 months of age... __________________ "Out of nothing comes nothing. We must at least try." ~Wolfgang May, 7/18/08

06-08-2006, 01:47 PM	#3
prettyqtrs Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,974	I haven't voted on the poll yet, as I can only choose one... I wean between 4 and 5 months. __________________ ~Meg~ Poco Pine King "Poco" - '91 Sorrel Overo Paint Gelding * MF Bold as Gold "BG" - '95 Palomino QH Mare * Star Bucks Bonanza "Star" - '00 Buckskin QH Mare *** Mainly Deville "Deville" - '04 Dun QH Mare

06-08-2006, 01:51 PM	#4
Drafty1 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Northern California Posts: 3,406 Images: 518 Blog Entries: 1	I like to wean at 5 months. __________________ Yeah, I guess you were riding, until you fell off.

06-08-2006, 02:22 PM	#5
cowgurly02 Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 9,719 Images: 237 Blog Entries: 382	The majority of people I know wean at 4 months. All the weanlings we've had have been 4 months. __________________ "I'm pretty sure there's a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is." - Zoolander

06-08-2006, 03:17 PM	#6
imacowgirl2 Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: here, there, and everywhere! Posts: 2,818 Images: 234 Blog Entries: 17	6 months if momma can keep up with baby that long...but we have weaned as early as 4 months, though I don't like to.

06-08-2006, 03:46 PM	#7
wyldterv Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bellingham, WA USA Posts: 12,567 Images: 309 Blog Entries: 18	Unless there is a medical reason to do it earlier, I perfer to wean NO earlier then 5 ms and preferably 6 months. I want the foal to have all the benefit of Moma guidance it can When possible I also prefer to use the gradual weaning method... start having mare and foal spend time separated at between 3 and 4 months old... first for 10 mins then gradually increase their time apart, that way it is less traumatic for mare and foal when the day comes that you totally separate them. They have become accustomed to being apart to a degree. __________________ WyldTerv "I've been love ♥ struck!" Horsin Around and Doggin it 24/7, Life is GRAND! *Mustang Poncho,Dancer,Emmerson and Ms.Elle'* BlackFyre Farms-Bellingham, WA USA, http://www.freewebs.com/blackfyrearabians

06-10-2006, 03:05 PM	#8
Spongebob Full Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 33	I haven't polled my answer either as I wean between 4 - 6 months depending on each mare/foal combination.

06-12-2006, 06:50 AM	#9
Easin on Legacy Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4	I have always weaned the babies at three months. Especially if it is a mare we are planning to show and need to get her back into shape or if the baby is sucking the mare's weight down to much but we have kept them on for up to four months. I have found they bound to humans better if you wean them at three to four months but thats just me.

06-14-2006, 09:33 PM	#10
mtroika Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Kamloops, BC!! Love it! :) Posts: 2,461 Images: 282	I weaned Porsha around 7-8 months. It worked out perfect and there was NO traumatic seperation, they just went there merry way __________________ MC Blue Star Stables www.mcbluestarstables.com

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