Do you think that the mood of a mare or her behaviors indicate if she is having a filly or colt? I've heard people say they knew it was a boy or girl based on certain things. Are there old wives tales talking about this at all?
Pregnant mare moods
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I don't know at all if the mare's attitude is what shows it but we're almost always right on having colts or fillies, when we breed them. I knew I was having 2 colts last round, had the names Baryshnikov and Nureyev picked out without backups because they'd be stunning colts, and they were. But I don't think it's the mare's behavior that tells me. I cannot even guess what it is.
Now... here's something to check back on. We're planning to breed our 2 warmblood mares in 2025. The big mare we're breeding to an Arab stud, same combination we'd done for Nureyev. The smaller one is standing to our own stallion. We have not bred her before. We're expecting 2 fillies out of them. Let's see if we're right!
Now... here's something to check back on. We're planning to breed our 2 warmblood mares in 2025. The big mare we're breeding to an Arab stud, same combination we'd done for Nureyev. The smaller one is standing to our own stallion. We have not bred her before. We're expecting 2 fillies out of them. Let's see if we're right!
I hope you are right! I probably ought to do the nail test and see what that says but I haven't had much luck with it in the past. But I have one mare just radiating joy and love, and the other one hates everyone and everything. I wonder if it means anything other than one mare loves having babies and the other one hopes she never does this again.
I did the nail test on them both tonight, and it says both are having fillies. I sure hope so.
When are they due?
The first should go in June ish, The second be mid to late July.
HersheyMint
HersheyMint
What is a nail test? I know nothing about breeding.
Supposedly if you tie a nail to your horse's tail hair, and dangle it over their belly it will tell you if they are having a boy or girl. I think people used to do the same thing with their wedding rings. If it hangs still the mare is not pregnant. If it spins in a circle it's a girl. If it swings side to side it's a boy. I've done it twice before and both times it said she was not pregnant and we had a colt. I'm hoping since it's something different this time it might really be a filly. It's really probably just a silly way to guess but it's worth a shot.
HersheyMint
HersheyMint
I'm hoping it's right
