I have 4 mares total and the little filly. My mare Dolly is the "Grandmare" of the filly (Lil Sadie) and she is very very docile. My other two mares are mother/daughter (Sassafrass and Teaspoon) and Sassy has been trying to take over Dolly's rank as herd boss for a year now. Teaspoon is still...
I live on a dirt road that has about 4 cars travel down it a day, one being mine. My stallion is secure in my mom's pasture. I don't find it "amusing" that he ran away to woo the mares across the street. I was just bringing up the subject about how he thinks he is god's gift to mares and...
I've witnessed crows chasing hawks in the air here in Ohio. They can be agressive and destructive. Crows get on my last nerves and lucky for them, my old daisy red rider bb gun shoots sideways or else.....
How far back in a horse's pedigree will genes affect a foal's coat colors? for example, if mama is a blue roan with lots of roans/silver dapples in her pedigree on both parents sides will she retain a dapple gene? Genetics... oi...!! What a confusing subject
I have a newborn foal and it's amazing how spunky she is, being born just 3 days ago! She runs around like a fool and sometimes her mom nickers to her like "Enough child! Settle down!"
She is already sniffing/nibbling at hay that her mama drops and this morning she was checking out the salt...
I've decided to call her Lil' Sadie Jo (a play on words - after my beloved Aunt Lil and Aunt Sadie and horse loving godmother Jo)
Vet says both mama and baby are doing great - she commented that Sadie is a "little piglet" and very alert. She believes she will either be silver or turn roan like...
An update to this previous post:
http://www.miniaturehorsetalk.com/index.php?showtopic=134220
In the wee hours of the morning, my mare Baby gave birth to her first filly. It happened sometime between 2am and 8am Sunday morning - the baby was completely clean & dry by the time I went to the...