Horse Breeding

You should never wean a foal below four months of age with six months being preferable. You can also let the mare naturally wean the foal herself, which she will do either once she is pregnant again or her milk finally dries up.

Usually it's around 24 hours.

Well, an exact answer would require knowing what each horses exact genetic code was for their colors including the pattern for the sorrel mare (Tovero, Tobiano, overo, sabino, or splash.) also what was the stallions original color? Grey is a modifier gene that is typically inherited around 50% or more of the time.

While horses can successfully have viable twin foals the actual success rate is quite low. Typcially, a mare that has produced twins will lose one at an earily stage of development and the breeder will be unaware of the fact that the pregnancy was ever

one involving twins.

Most commercial breeders perform ultrasounds at 14-16 days post breeding to determine if a mare has twins and the smaller conceptus is crushed to insure the mare will carry one foal to term.

Many twin pregnancies will reduce to a singleton pregnancy when the two conceptuses implant close together.

Twins that survive much past the early embryonic stages can develop several ways.

1) The twins share an equal amount of uterine space and have placentas that are approximately the same size. Each placenta has a non-villis side that has no attachment to the uterus and this decreases the nutrient intake of both foals.

While these types of twins may survive to birth, they will often be smaller, premature or (if full term) dismature. One or both may require neonatal care for several days to weeks. Treatment may be quite expensive.

2) The twins have unequal size placentas. This usually results in one fetus "starving off" when it's large enough that the small placenta cannot provide adequate nutrition.

One fetus dies and either mummifies or decomposes. Decomposition of one fetus usually causes the death of the other fetus and subsequent abortion of the mare. Mummification of the smaller foal can result in a viable foal.

3) The twins are identical and share a single placenta. Foals of this type are extremely rare and both are smaller than a normal singleton foal. While foals may be born alive they may have many of the same deficits and often the smaller foal has

considerable health issues. One or more may require considerable veterinary care.

Twin births often result in dystocia (abnormal foaling position) which may require a veterinarian at the foaling or surgical intervention, resulting in the loss of the mare, one or more foals or all three.

A large mare may be able to carry twins to full term but they may be too small to

nurse their own dam and the mare may need to be milked and the foals fed until they are large enough to nurse on their own.

Last but not least, the mare may need a full breeding to recover as not only the production of twins but their subsequent nutritional needs will affect her ability to get back in foal.

Based on the low probability that a mare can carry twins to term, or potential economic cost or emotional cost of a lost, mare, foal, foals or all three there is

no reason to intentionally allow a twin pregnancy to continue if it can be avoided.

The color you will get will depend on what the parents genetics are exactly. You have to know exactly what the parents are Heterozygous or Homozygous for and if they have any 'extra' stuff hidden in their genetics. However you will likely have the best chance at getting a buckskin foal, palomino and smoky black are also possible options.

Frankel is a Thoroughbred.

Obviously she will look pregnant, her abdomen having been swollen for some months. About a month before she gives birth her udder will start to fill with milk. About three to five days before she foals, a waxy coating will appear on the teats. When milk starts to drip or run from them, foaling is usually about a day or two off. About twentyfour hours before foaling, the muscles over her buttocks (from the highest point of her backside down to the base of her tail) will relax and fall in to allow the foal an easier passage through the pelvis. Anywhere from twelve to four hours before foaling she will be restless, standing rigid, running or pacing in an agitated way. She may seek out other horses or try to avoid them. She will look tucked up at the flank, may stamp her feet or kick at her belly. She will lie down about half an hour before the foal appears

Horses consume afterbirth mainly to cover up the smell of the birth as it is very smelly and will attract predators otherwise. The afterbirth is also rich in certain nutrients that a nursing mare will need, so she consumes it for this reason also.

Yes in fact most of the time milk is literally streaming from the udder, or sometimes it can just sort of leak. But, beware, if the mare is losing milk long before the baby comes it is not really a good thing because the mom is losing alot of nutrients that the baby needs.

a palimino.

Perhaps the American Quarter Horse, especially those bred for halter would be the dream of a body builder, if of course, their idea of beauty is an extremely muscular horse.

Two, sperm that has an X chromosome and sperm that has a Y chromosome,

all things being normal all sperm have the same chromosome count.

Not normal but it does happen on occasion. Suggest the mare be evaluated by a veterinarian for false pregnancy, hormone imbalance, uterine infection or mastitis.

Even maiden mares can have these issues.

Adult horses are not designed to drink milk and the enzymatic components of milk (skim or otherwise) do not particularly lend themselves to improving the digestive

capabilities of horses. Horses are designed to digest fiber into volatile fatty acids

in the large intestine as their primary source of energy. A secondary, less recommended, energy source is grain. Neither grain nor hay digestion would be

much improved by feeding milk.

All stallions are individuals so some are fertile into their late twenties with examples of thirty year olds siring foals.

Yes. There are 24 deciduous teeth (also known as milk, temporary, or baby teeth). These come out in pairs, and are pushed out later by the permanent teeth. The number of permanent teeth may vary, depending on whether the horse has wolf teeth or canines. Most mares have 36, and most male horses have 40.

Some do and some don't depending on rate of maturity. Many mares that are not ready to breed will come in to heat once a season and produce a persistent follicle (one that doesn't ovulate). They may stay in a prolonged heat or may not cycle.

Unless the mare and her son were already highly inbred there probably won't have a

significant problem with the foal. Ideally, this type of breeding in very undesireable, and should be terminated unless done with intent by a knowledgeable breeder who

has a good understanding of the breed, their bloodlines and superior bloodstock.

the placenta may remain attached to the uterus , you should always make sure it is delivered after the foal has been born. The uterus should also contract to stop any bleeding.

Once your horse has reached it's sexual maturity (2 and a half) , if your horse is male, you can set up a free covering that anyone with a mare can choose from, or reserve a private covering for a certain mare. This of course will not make your horse pregnant, since it is male. If your horse is female, you can look through the stallions available for stud and choose one. You can also confirm a private covering offer someone has sent you. Once you pick a stallion, your mare will be covered and become pregnant.

Hope this helps!

If you are to "hand" breed a mare and a stallion it is much safer and the situation is controlled versus if the mare and stallion are alone together in a pasture either one of them could get hurt very seriously either from biting or kicking.

no at least none of my mares have!

A Cryptorchid is a male horse who has at least one testicle that was retained in the abdomen. Normally a colt's testicles will descend or "drop" at about 1 year, and a ring (Inguinal ring) closes above it to keep it in the scrotum. Sometimes the ring closes and leaves the testicle in the abdomen instead of the scrotum.

its probably the same as petz dogz pack choose a female horse and a male and they have to be really happy you know the happy face with its mouth opened they probably have a foal

Palomino is a color and not a breed! All horses have the same gestational length of roughly 11 months. Some may go over or under a few weeks but this is okay. A horses color in no way affects how long it will be pregnant for.