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Need some advice on what to do with a 4-month-old colt. He is always trying to bite us and often tries to jump up on me. I have tried everything I can think of to make him learn he can't act that way but nothing seems to be getting through to him. After I discipline him he usually turns away...

I have been watching my mare closely on her diet since she foaled at the end of May. She was plump to start with, but she feels like she is losing some weight. I upped her feed a little but thought about adding beet pulp to her diet as well. How much beet pulp would be a good amount to start...

Our horses are on a dry lot but occasionally we will let them out in the yard to graze. We let them out this evening for about an hour. Our mare goes crazy when we let her in the yard to graze. Tonight after I put them up she immediately started rolling. She went down about 5 times in a matter...

This is my first experience with foals so I am not sure what is normal and what is not. For the past two days I have noticed that our little colt looks weak in the front legs. When he is standing in one place his legs almost look like they are starting to bow out. I am not sure if this is normal...

Okay so the situation is that when we were building our house a few years ago we had a cement pad poured because we were going to build a shop there. However, we got bit by the "mini horse loving bug" and have changed our mind about building a shop and now want to build a barn. The area we...

Colt! Last summer we bought our first minis, a gelding and a mare. When we bought them the man said that there was a possibility the mare might be bred. Sure enough she was so we have been waiting excitedly for this day! This was her first and was a first for us so very exciting! He was born...

Our mare foaled yesterday morning! She had a colt! I will post pics later; he is a cutie! Anyway, she is doing a great job taking care of the little guy but is extremely protective of him. She will not hardly let us pet her let alone get a hold of the foal. She tried to kick me yesterday, tried...

Our mare is at about 300 days now. I keep reading everyone's posts lately about losing foals or having to do CPR to save the foal. I am an absolute nervous wreck! I am so very thankful for all the information on red bag and dystocia to where at least if it happens I have some idea what is...

I am so excited to be able to post to this forum! Okay, last July we bought two minis, a gelding and a mare. The man we bought them from said he fed sweet feed which we started out with. They were both rather hefty when we bought them. We took them off of the sweet feed and started them on...