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Can anyone tell me why and how a completely healthy one month old foal would have ulcers??. We have been breeding and raising foals for 17 years; I had lots of sick babies over the years, but never one like this. Our little Poco was fine on Saturday afternoon, a very spunky little colt, by 8:30...

I would like to know how to get mares and a stallion live happily together. We have been breeding minis since 1994, and always hand breed because I like to know exactly when foal will arrive. I guess I like to be in control of foaling season!! But we have tried pasture breeding over the years...

Is it possible for a mare to conceive, then come back into heat and willingly be bred while she is actually in Foal.??? Last year I bred a 3 year old maiden mare in early June, and she returned to heat six weeks later. So we bred her again. All breedings were hand breedings. This mare has...

Well it finally happened. That plastic notch slipped and my 36 inch gelding ( 4 years old), got three quarters of the Panomec (Ivermectin) tube. I knew this would happen one day. I feel so bad. Needless to say, will be watching him very closely over the next couple of days. Has anyone had...

Just had my 8 year old mare ultra sounded this afternoon. I was very suspicious something was very wrong, this mare aborted her foal six weeks early back in March for no apparent reason (foal was vet checked to be normal). Since then she has been exhibiting very unusual behavior and very...

With all these foals arriving; is anyone having problems with the foals developing the diarrhea at about a week old. (some claim to be caused by the foal heat). My vet has told me previously not to worry, it is normal and they will get over it. However, we had one once get dehydrated and...

I am so worried about my mare. She is currently at 286 days gestation. She was hand bred and is not due to foal till May 17th, and she is developing quite the udder and her back end is quite relaxed. Ironically, this mare was ultra sounded last August to NOT be in foal.!!! Another mare is at...

Does anyone have any home remedies for a skin allergy??. My 8 year old mare whom I have owned since three months old, is driving both herself and me crazy with her itchiness. She has rubbed the hair off her hips, inside her back legs, on her face and around her ears, everyday it is somewhere...

Yesterday was not a good day. Awoke at 7:30 with a splitting headache from having a wisdom tooth out the day before. Glanced at the monitor to check a mare due to foal, April 18th, much to my surprise, the mare in the next stall due on April 24th, was licking a foal.!! I bolted to the barn to...

I plan to offer my advanced 4-H members the opportunity to learn Harness Driving this year. Their Achievement for their 4-H credit will be to compete in a Youth Driving Class at a local Fair. Thus far, I have organized a driving clinic with a professional miniature driver. Safety, of course...