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Boomer
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Username: hev1
Post Number: 21
Registered: 10-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008 - 9:38 pm: |   |
I have a young pony stallion who has a wonderful temperament and has just completed his AI training and yet to cover a live mare. I would much prefer that he could be turned out with mares and run with them year round as I believe it is just so much better for them than being kept isolated by themselves. My problem is that, although I have mares on the farm, it will be a few years before any of them could be allowed to run with him as some are in foal to other stallions and some are related to him. My vet suggested a hinny (female mule) may be a good option for company for my stallion. I do not want cross-bred foals each year so I do not want to purchase a broodmare that is able to conceive and, spayed mares are very hard to come by. With a Hinny being sterile, that would not be an issue. I am just wondering if anyone has had experience with a hinny running with a horse stallion and how they may react. I believe that Hinnies do still cycle and have estrus so I presume they would allow the stallion's advances when in heat and refuse him when they are not just like a mare? Any comments?? Thanks |
jos
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Username: paardex
Post Number: 634
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, Apr 10, 2008 - 3:48 am: | |
I had stallions accompanied by a gelding[ONE stallion ofcourse] or by another younger stallion but only if the youngest was for instance a bigger race[sturdy enough] and they were used to it from the day they were born.
No experience with Hinny[???] but everything that cycles will tease him imo
Jos
PS An experienced bigger broodmare already pregnant worked fine to |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 20441
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Thursday, Apr 10, 2008 - 6:54 am: | |
Why not a mare mule? Though I have had little experience with hinnys but as far as I know they as do mare mules cycle regularly. The one advantage to a hinny might be they are smaller and since it is a pony. You should note that frequent breeding tends to make stallions pushy or in some individuals more aggressive. Have you considered geldings as a better choice. Our stallion stays with the geldings on our farm.
DrO |
