Could my mare get pregnant by 1 1/2 yr old?

[clpclop]

I have an almost 2 year old colt/stallion that has been turned out with my mare. Is he old enough to breed with her? She's looking rather chunky and I'm just hoping she's not!

 

[Katiean]

Oh yes. He is most deffinantly old enough. An arab my brother bought years fathered a filly just before he was gelded at 1 1/2.

 

[RobinRTrueJoy]

yes!

 

[nootka]

He's been old enough to get her in foal for over a year, by all the information I have read and heard.

Good luck...

Liz

 

[alongman]

I bought a young mare that was "just out running with the yearling colts". I got my 1 1/2 year old mare home - the foal followed three days after she arrived. DON'T EVERY RUN COLTS AND FILLIES TOGETHER UNLESS YOU WANT A BABY! (Remember, neither of the registries will recognize this foal since the mare isn't three years old.)

 

[Matt73]

Yeah, I think it's definitely a good idea to separate colts from fillies and mares at 6 months of age. Colts should be with other colts or geldings, fillies should be with fillies.

 

[skanzler]

YES... I always seperate my fillies and colts. I have a friend that had a 3 month old colt mounting mares and he was actually producing white creamy stuff. She had him checked and by golly there were live sperm......

 

[StarRidgeAcres]

Plenty old enough to accomplish the "deed"!

 

[horsehug]

I just wanted to clarify that AMHR has a rule about age, but AMHA does not.

Susan O.

 

[outlawridge]

And if you didn't purchase him as a future breeding stallion, get him gelded asap.

 

[Mona]

And this new thing with AMHR. CAN you register the foals that are the rult of a breedig being sired by a 2 year old stallion? I know you can't until the stallion goes permanent, correct? Put say after he is permanent at 3, can his foals then be reg'd the normal way? I don't fully undsertand that new rule. I am asking this, because I have a 2 year old that I plan to TRY to use this year to breed a few mares. He was born 04/30/06. So, supposing I breed them in May and he does not go permanent until April 30, 2008, but has a foal born on April 2, can I still register that resulting foal after the sire gets his perm registration?? Can someone explain the reason for this new rulke? I don;t recall that either, but I know there was a reason?? Thanks!

 

[dgrminis]

Yes he is old enough to breed her.

 

[MountainMeadows]

Baylee got 5 mares in foal in a 2 week period of time when he was only 15 mos old

-- one heat cycle per mare - probably not more than one cover per mare -- oh YES, they can settle mares at that age!

Stac

 

[MBhorses]

can a 11 mos old colt get mares bred?

 

[midnight star stables]

can a 11 mos old colt get mares bred?

Yes.

 

[Devon]

.... So if my 10 month old colt could breed a 10 month old filly?...

His half sissy..

 

[MBhorses]

we were told the earilest per our vet is 1 yr old. I hate to hear this, because he is with some mares right now.He is sold, but is not leaving til the end of the month.

 

[HGFarm]

My old stallion here has about three foals registered- he was used to breed at a year old, and settled the mares!

I NEVER leave my colts and fillies together after weaning and I also had a colt that was teasing AND mounting mares (and was ready to breed) at five months! I had warned the buyer not to put him out with any fillies or mares and they did anyway. A month later I got an email that they had to seperate him because he was actually trying to breed mares. Well, DUH!! I had already told them that- I guess they thought I was kidding??

Haha, in fact, come to think of it, that colt was the son of the old stud above- like father, like son??!

 

[nootka]

YES, a colt can get a mare in foal easily around 6 months of age. Syndi Kanzler posted above that they had a four month old doing that, with live sperm. THAT is the youngest I have heard of, and it certainly scares me to think of a four month old breeding his dam!

Intact colts should NOT be running with the herd after they are weaned. Fillies can be fertile as young as (I've heard) 10-12 months, however this may be somewhat rare. I personally would not chance it.

Separate the intact colts from the fillies, guys....

Liz

 

[Alex]

.... So if my 10 month old colt could breed a 10 month old filly?...

His half sissy..

Yes he could, Devon.

And to the origonal poster: Yes he most likley would get her pregnant.