Cover a 17-year-old mare?
I have a 17-year-old Zangersheide. She's in top shape and had a colt in 2006. I would love to have a foal from her. Is she too old at 17?
Since I've only received criticism so far: believe me, I have enough sense not to let just any stallion ride my mare. I'm also aware that I should get help. Since we're in a breeding stable, that's not a problem. The feed issue has already been resolved, as she gets supplementary feed as recommended by the vet, and she's responding very well to it. Regarding your riding concerns, I can say that I ride at a decent level and continue to take lessons with a trainer. Her back muscles are very good again with the cooperation of my riding trainer, osteopath, and physiotherapist. I never intended to let her be covered until she was 100% ready. I have my vet, who keeps an eye on things, and based purely on her physical condition, gave his approval as soon as she's put on a bit more weight. I just wanted an assessment of her age, as I had my own concerns.
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13 years between the foals is quite concern – it is said that 10 years is the maximum.
However, having seen healthy foals at mares that were covered for the first time at 18 only the statistics say something else. The experience is that the mares take worse, rather polled or have severe births.
If you want to breed with a registered stallion you must enter the association – the stallion holders will be happy to advise you which stallion fits best with the mare.
Then it’s too late to cover – so everything has to be postponed to next year. Then you need association breeding permission, registration papers of the mare, matching stallion, tupferprobe. Then cover in April – May so that the foal is born in March – April.
At the time the mare is already 19. Whether you want to take the risk or not will be left to you.
4 Ways: 1. Foals and mare is fine, 2. Foals is charred and mare is fine, 3. Foals is charred and the mare is not good, 4. Both die under birth or shortly after.
Then there is 3 : 1
16 days ago, you asked what you can do to your mare good, because it degrades so fast…
In my eyes, she disqualifies this completely for breeding. You don’t get them built up in the abdomen without foals, how should it go if it’s pregnant and you have to take care of it? In addition, it then needs the energy for 2 horses as it has to supply the foal with nutrients.
You can’t train them as much as you can during the trench.
I’m sure she’ll be too old.
Apart from that, you need someone who finds the right deck stallion and that is very expensive. Wild and blind reproduction is cruel to your animal and foal.
in DIESER’s history there is only one: NOT DECKEN
or more drastically, if you want to kill them, please by spraying from TA and not by several months of suffering….
One out of the stables, has left her mare to cover with 27, age is not a problem. But you really should get the opinion of the others out of your stable, after all, the expert
That’s not true, the age is a problem! Or is that a parrot? They had foals…? Even then it’s gaga, a 27j. Let horse cover! What has led to such a decision in the individual case, of course, I do not know why a TA is going with it, either. Nice for the mare and the foal that everything went well!
Well, that was until she was 16 years in tuning sports and with 17 she got her first foals
in DIESER’s history there is only one: NOT DECKEN
or more drastically, if you want to kill them, please by spraying from TA and not by several months of suffering….
but this is soooo typical of the “breeders” around you: if rides no longer go, then grab stallion on it; At least the mare will bring money again before it is completely drained….
I’ve been “screaming” about this approach with sensitive feeling beings 40 years ago and wondering that it’s nothing better today….
Tip at the edge: best sell with current ultrasound at the end of October – then you win most and don’t have to wear the expensive winter and the problems of endangerment and birth that may arise
GÖNN IHR DOCH a beautiful life-autumn, if necessary with someone else, if you cannot afford it (dir)
If you’re standing in a courge, you know what risks your horse is carrying. There’s stallion xy still the least problem…
You had written in another question that your horse is too thin, quickly degraded – now it is suddenly topfit… within 17 days. ..? So fit that you give him a trench – at the age?
With all the professionals you have on site, I wonder why you need an Internet forum to answer your question. The people on the spot who know your horse who are actually also from the discipline (TA, who can judge the state of the mare etc.), can certainly better judge it or guess it or give recommendations like wild alien people. Even if they still have so much experience, I would personally rather rely on people or let me guess who know me, my horse and the situation.
Probably they have already betrayed these people and they still want to (Fohlen are soooo cute) and therefore want to calm their conscience if they can provide XX positive answers.
A mare can also be covered to the high age, which should not be a problem if it is physically still able to carry the foal.
All about this, I’ll leave a comment (in return to other letters) because that doesn’t matter to your question.
And by the way, your veterinarian should be able to judge this better than lay people in an Internet forum 😉
After reading your other questions, I think you’re missing some experience to choke a foal.
You have problems with the right feeding and riding doesn’t seem to be going right (is dangerous, according to your statement). Let’s get the attitude with your one horse.
“I want but” should be rather marginal in horsekeeping.
Yes, I find your mare too old to grow and you probably have much too little experience to be able to properly care for them in time.
Besides, your mare doesn’t seem so fit when you look at your other questions.
Top fit cannot be read out from your other questions. If she loses fast, something is often wrong. Then I wouldn’t grow up with her.
I don’t think she’s too old, but I don’t see the mare live in front of me. I also doubt that she’s very well trained when she’s constantly degrading. Then there will be no abdominal and back muscles, which is quite important in a breeding rod.
The veterinarian of your trust can really judge this – because he can check the real condition.
Then comes the question – a foal pull nice and good. Do you know about breeding? Or do you want to reproduce meaninglessly? Do you have enough money to pay the council for example in a deck station to find the right stallion together with them? Finally, the stallion is also supposed to compensate for building defects, etc. of the mare and vice versa. In addition, the money comes for the veterinarian, who will of course come by regularly. Also, not every birth runs smoothly. The rearing also costs a lot of money, as it is for years.
But: Please, if it’s serious for you and you have the necessary small money (I’d make roughly €10-15,000 here, then you’ll definitely be in a safe setting), a veterinarian will come and judge him.