Hi,
So in late Nov I got my mini who is 32" 4yrs old and still a stud, but super mellow and excellent manners. He lived in a little herd with geldings.
It turns out he is very lonely and hated the goats he has an adjoining stall and turn-out with. When I let one of my does into his pasture he chased her with bared teeth and then cornered her and whirled around to kick at her.
So I have been looking for another mini gelding, and I wanted one trained to drive and 36", go figure i found one! I am going to see him tomorrow, though I can't believe after talking to his current owner and pouring over albums of pictures of him that I would not want to bring him home. This gelding is currently living with both mares and geldings.
Both previous owners describe the boys as very good with other horses and middle to lower herd members.
My horse area consists of a 10 X 12 (modular steel and wood,2" hemlock, for the big horses) stall and attached acre turnout fenced with 5' no climb horse fence.
So How would you introduce them? Oh it is very much winter and frozen here in Maine, I can't enter the pasture except through the stall, and the pasture is crusty snow except the paths the current mini has made.
If I should make the current stall into 2 what would you use to divide it?
Turn them out together and let them run?
So in late Nov I got my mini who is 32" 4yrs old and still a stud, but super mellow and excellent manners. He lived in a little herd with geldings.
It turns out he is very lonely and hated the goats he has an adjoining stall and turn-out with. When I let one of my does into his pasture he chased her with bared teeth and then cornered her and whirled around to kick at her.
So I have been looking for another mini gelding, and I wanted one trained to drive and 36", go figure i found one! I am going to see him tomorrow, though I can't believe after talking to his current owner and pouring over albums of pictures of him that I would not want to bring him home. This gelding is currently living with both mares and geldings.
Both previous owners describe the boys as very good with other horses and middle to lower herd members.
My horse area consists of a 10 X 12 (modular steel and wood,2" hemlock, for the big horses) stall and attached acre turnout fenced with 5' no climb horse fence.
So How would you introduce them? Oh it is very much winter and frozen here in Maine, I can't enter the pasture except through the stall, and the pasture is crusty snow except the paths the current mini has made.
If I should make the current stall into 2 what would you use to divide it?
Turn them out together and let them run?