Search results

Miniature Horse Talk Forums

Help Support Miniature Horse Talk Forums:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. Joanna Cooke

    Safely sire out a stallion?

    Thank you so much! That really means a lot to me😊
  2. Joanna Cooke

    Safely sire out a stallion?

    I am in the same place with the showing stuff. I think it would be cool to show the ponies, but I would have to learn A LOT about it all and there would be a ton of other obstacles to overcome for me to be able to do that. I also relate with the whole nervous wreck thing😄, I was a big fat stress...
  3. Joanna Cooke

    Safely sire out a stallion?

    Ma’am, I appreciate your honesty, and I will be honest as well by saying that I didn’t think siring out a stud was such an ordeal, because I had really just hoped to make a little extra money right now if possible. I hadn’t even considered doing it until a friend of mine asked if I would let her...
  4. Joanna Cooke

    Safely sire out a stallion?

    Yeah, the contract was a lot. I was this 🤨 pretty much the whole time I was reading it, lol. That all sounds crazy, though! So some people ended up dumping their mares on you?? That’s terrible! And all that does sound very stressful, it’s definitely making me think twice about all this...
  5. Joanna Cooke

    Safely sire out a stallion?

    You are absolutely correct, which is why I don’t plan on doing mare care for more than a few days at one time. I will have to consider that though, as I’m thinking through all this stuff. Thanks!
  6. Joanna Cooke

    Safely sire out a stallion?

    This is a lot of great info, thanks! He is proven, he sired a couple of foals ( that was with another mare before I got him, so I'd have to somehow get pictures of his previous foals again). I plan to pasture breed, and he hasn't ever been used for any kind of showing or anything, nor is he...
  7. Joanna Cooke

    Safely sire out a stallion?

    Hey all! Just wondering if anyone has any info on how to safely (and successfully) sire out a stallion? I would like to start doing it with Buddy, (my miniature palomino stud), but, frankly, I’m not sure where to start. I’ve read things about contracts and having the owners of the mares test the...
  8. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    Thank you so much😊 My sister actually came home yesterday to visit and I had her look at Peg. She has always been an animal person and has a lot of experience with them, and she just graduated from college with a bachelors in animal science, so I trust her opinion. She told me that, because...
  9. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    She’s actually been getting a coat supplement that has those things in it, ever since I’ve had her, because her coat was really bad. That’s another reason the hair thinning seemed kind of weird, because she had been getting that supplement.
  10. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    Yes, I do think it is roundworm because, good news! Right after I posted that picture of the worm, I put her back in her pen and I saw worms in her poop! Thank goodness the wormer is working! And maybe, since there were quite a few in her poop, she just had an infection that got a little out of...
  11. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    Another question... Anyone know what this is??? It was hanging out of her butt, and it looks like a worm to me, but what kind?? And I just dewormed her!
  12. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    No I only got her this May. She is only 8 too, but I will gladly believe that this is all normal! And I really do think she is a welsh pony. She’s just got the physique and gait to prove it. I took this just now. I gave her a tea tree shampoo bath to see if that does any good, and while was at...
  13. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    I I hadn’t thought about that, but I can certainly try it! I did worm her with a little ivermectin paste and some fenbendazole pellets just a couple of days ago. Thanks!
  14. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    Yes, I looked at the Equioxx stuff after you mentioned it before, and the only reason I hesitate to try it is because she doesn’t seem to be uncomfortable or in any pain, unless I’m messing with her by rubbing/poking around. Also, what’s the issue with wrinkles on her neck? Why is that...
  15. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    Thanks for the advice! She isn’t itchy at all from what I’ve seen, and I actually forgot to mention that, when I rub her top part/poke it a little around her withers and spine, it seems to be kind of painful for her. She seems to walk and trot fine though, so I thought that might have to do with...
  16. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    Yes, she does get easily sunburned but I am keeping her in a shaded pen during the day and I let her out at night. I thought it might be a slight allergic reaction or something like that, but I’m not sure how to pinpoint where it’s coming from! Thank you though! She is a pretty girl☺️
  17. Joanna Cooke

    Questions about my mare

    It’s going to be hard to tell from these pictures, but there is something going on with my mare’s fur, among other things. I would love ANYone’s opinion about this stuff. I have noticed that she’s been losing more fur than normal for this time of year. Both sides of her neck have REALLY thin fur...
  18. Joanna Cooke

    Gestation period

    I have got a pony mare (she is about 42 inches tall), who I am 99% sure is pregnant. She will be about 3 months along in the middle of August. To give you some background (just because;)), I got her in May. Her name is Pegasus (I call her Peg or Peggy) and she was a rescue, so NOTHING was known...
  19. Joanna Cooke

    introducing myself madmax1950

    Greetings from KS! It’s great that you found some minis who stole your heart, and it sounds like they have a great place to grow old! Would love to see pictures of them if you get a chance!
  20. Joanna Cooke

    Hello from Kansas

    Yes, that would be fun! I would appreciate any advice you have for Buddy, considering you have had much more experience than I have. I actually also have a mare pony now who was extremely skiddish when I first got her. I have been using the Downunder Horsemanship method with Clinton Anderson (I...
Back
Top