How Do You Pasture Your Stallions

[Lil Timber Buck]

Actually my little guy stays alone because all he wants to do is play with the big horses (And I mean play like rear up and put his front legs over their withers and bite haha). He is our only miniature for now and does just fine by himself. he is a Houdini with fences and gates though so he is in chain link electrified fencing. His pasture attaches to the big guys so they talk through the fence and visit a lot. Just can't get in there to hurt him. ;-) I just don't trust the big guys with my lil man. He has his own barn that is 8 x 7 and seems to love life! Now, whenever we gets him a girlfriend, we will see how that works...

 

[Jill]

For those of you who pasture breed, how can you know when the mare will foal? How do you keep track of them in case they have problems foaling? I REALLY hate not knowing when they're due.... We lost a beautiful silver buckskin filly two years ago because she was a redbag. I never want to go through that again!

Kari

We don't have all that many horses breeding when we do breed and so far, so good on observing when they are active and marking it on our calendar

So far, we have missed 2 births, but the mares foaled a tad early and I hadn't put them under 24/7 observation (cameras)... One was a maiden who foaled at night, and the other an experienced mare I checked before running out to a client appointment... Seriously, I was gone maybe 4hrs that time! Thank GOD, in both cases, we got two healthy fillies and safe / sound mommas

 

[HGFarm]

I house my boys seperately though they dont mind being next to each other or next to the mares.

I have also pasture bred for years. I keep track, if I can, of who is in season and when, since I have a small operation and it's pretty easy to do that. I watch the mares physically and when I know they are getting close- starting to make a bag, they come in and go under a camera and I also have a breeder alert so I dont miss the foalings! Those things have been lifesavers many times over and WELL worth the investment!

 

[Tony]

During the non breeding season our stallions all run together.

 

[MBhorses]

During the non breeding season our stallions all run together.

Tony I have always loved seeing your horses

 

[chandab]

During the non breeding season our stallions all run together.

Love that blaze-face palomino.

 

[Tony]

Thanks Chandra. That is Lucky Four Skippa Gold Sensation.

http://littleamericaminis.com/stallions/goldsensation.html

 

[rabbitsfizz]

He's very nice- I do like those bloodlines, he should nick in well with your mares- any foals by him yet?

 

[Tony]

Yes, one of our younger stallions is one of his sons, Little America's Tiny Overo. Think we have had four crops so far and like what we have gotten.

 

[Just_Rena]

I have only one breeding stallion, Bandit. Bandit is pastured with his mares and this year stut colt. The colt is 4 months old and a BIG pest (pulls manes and tails, bites, rears on the others backs). The only one who will put up with the colts behaverior is his pop Bandit, the mares correct him. The colt has good human manners. I love watch the horses interact in a herd.

 

[rabbitsfizz]

That's great Rena but remember that colt will have to come out soon. I don't like leaving the stallion in with the mares anyway, as you could get a Christmas foal, but come the Spring he will take after that colt like the wrath of god, or, even worse, the colt will breed the mares.......

 

[KLM]

My stallion has his own large 1/2 acre green pasture with run in shelter. In the fall and winter my gelding is with him. We have dubbed my gelding the babysitter. He doesn't put up with ANYONES games, mare or stallion.

The rest of the time is is pastured alone but can see everyone.