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Hi This year i have my first homebred foal (unplanned, but very much loved!), but because i'm a novice in breeding I have a few questions Weaning - i know most of you start weaning at about 4-6 months, but what is the latest you have weaned. I have a 4 month old foal which i am in no rush to...

............COLT. After keeping me waiting for what seemed like forever (well 355 days to be exact) Bubbles gave birth this morning to a very handsome red and white colt, which my 4 year old daughter has named ' Pedro' (after pedro pony from peppa pig). We are still undecicded on a registered...

Hi I am a novice when it comes to minis especially foaling and this may be an odd question that makes me look silly, but i need to know. I have just been checking my mare Bubbles, who is now past her due date, and when i looked inside her vulva i noticed a tiny white bubble near the back at...

Having lost a foal a little over a week ago, from my maiden mare Bagpuss, i am now very anxiously awaiting the, hopefully, safe arrival of my second and last foal of 2011. Bubbles is now at 343 days and having foaled last year on her due date i was expecting this foal yesterday! I wouldn't...

Hi I have 2 unplanned babies due any time now, so i have been reading up on foaling etc, i have read that mares can hold off foaling if they get disturbed, but i was just wondering how long they can hold off for, is it hours or days? Thanks

Hi I am hoping to get my colt out to some shows this year. He will need to be clipped but i'm not sure how soon before the first show i should clip him. Any advice? Thanks in advance

Hi Some of you may have seen my previous post 'in a bit of a panic'. Well my maiden mare (Bagpuss) is definatley in-foal and so is her mother (Bubbles), both unplanned babies by the same colt (Sly - Sly by name Sly by nature ). I am quite excited to be having 2 babies this year, due, i...

Last year in May my, then, 2 yr old colt got through the fence and in with my mares (9 yr old broodmare and her 3yr old daughter). Didn't think much of it as i was sure both mares have since been in season, but today i suddenly noticed my now 4 yr old Mare looked quite large. I felt her tummy...

Hi This will probably apply more to the members in the UK (which is where i am from) , but i welcome anyones advice. I have a 2 year old colt who i showed in coloured classes last year as he was red & white. He has now almost completley shed out, and he is now, white & roan with spots, which i...

Hi I have my first (own) foal due over the next few weeks, and it got me thinking. I was wondering how much influence feeding has on foal growth, before and after it is born. For example, if you fed the mare very well, would that produce a larger foal and therefore a larger adult, or is...

I know this question has probably been asked a million times before, but i can't find the info i'm looking for, either on here or on the internet. I have 4 miniatures, which i have recently weightaped for worming purposes, and i'm not sure if their weights are correct for there size, age , etc...

I have recently purchased a new mare (well i say purchased, she is now living with me but i haven't finished paying for her yet!!!). I am unsure of her past but i would say she has had some kind of abuse as she is not too sure about humans. She doesn't like to be caught and when you do have...

Hi I have asked this question before but i didn't have any pictures. This time (hopefully, if i have done it right) there should be pictures. I have a yearling colt out of a spotted mare and homozygous skewbald stallion. As you can see in the pictures he is skewbald with paw prints, but also...

Hi Can anyone help me decide what colour my chap is? (unfortunatley i don't have any decent pictures as yet, but as soon as i do i will post them, so i will just describe the best i can) I have a skewald colt, or at least thats what i thought he was. In the last few months i have noticed more...

Hi I have 4 miniatures. A 34" gelding, 31" mare (in foal), 29" filly and a 29" yearling colt. Obviously i need to keep the colt away from the mare and filly, but what sort of minimum acreage could i get away with (either per horse or total paddock to be divided up for all four). I am in the...

Hi I know how wise and well informed you lot are on here, so i am hoping you can give me some advice. I have a small herd of miniature horses and miniature shetlands, and i was wondering how weighty they should be for this time of year, here in the uk. They all currently have good covering...

Hi, I have a 7 month old colt who came out of the stable this morning unable to bend his off hind (right back leg). It kind of popped then he was fine for a couple of strides, then it went all stiff again until it popped again and so on. I felt down his leg and picked up his hoof, which he was...

Hi My name is Nicky and i live in the UK. I have been watching this forum for some time, and have finally plucked up the courage to register, so i can join in the many wonderful discussions, and hopefully get any advice i may need in the future. I am fairly new to the world of miniature...