I've been looking at the info pages on here as trying to do some esimating of adult height on my youngsters, aged foals - 2yrs old.
I'm sort of coming unstuck... especially when i compair the height's i'm getting to a height of my 3 yr old..
Chaos was born at 22" tall, very tall, very leggy... even now from cannon bone measurements and looking back at her foal heights... she is coming out at she should be 33/34" (mum is 35", dad is 33") however... as a 3yr old she stands at just 31"... her full brother is standing at approx 29" as a yearling (i remember her measuring 30" as a yearling... she grew quickly) but has shorter cannon bones than her and in sense he is more like dad rather than mum (who chaos takes after, all legs)
Mum has just had her 3 foal who is standing at 23" tall... with 7.5" cannon bone measurement.. but again like his sister is just all legs...
The other one i'm semi compairing to is my 2yr old colt who is currently standing at approx 28", his foal height and cannon bone measurements all put him at around 28/29" which i think is right...
So.. getting confused.. i know this is only a guide.. but can a very leggy family give miss readings? And what is the best way of estimating adult height... and best age to do it.. (i think i read somewhere about 3 months)
I'm sort of coming unstuck... especially when i compair the height's i'm getting to a height of my 3 yr old..
Chaos was born at 22" tall, very tall, very leggy... even now from cannon bone measurements and looking back at her foal heights... she is coming out at she should be 33/34" (mum is 35", dad is 33") however... as a 3yr old she stands at just 31"... her full brother is standing at approx 29" as a yearling (i remember her measuring 30" as a yearling... she grew quickly) but has shorter cannon bones than her and in sense he is more like dad rather than mum (who chaos takes after, all legs)
Mum has just had her 3 foal who is standing at 23" tall... with 7.5" cannon bone measurement.. but again like his sister is just all legs...
The other one i'm semi compairing to is my 2yr old colt who is currently standing at approx 28", his foal height and cannon bone measurements all put him at around 28/29" which i think is right...
So.. getting confused.. i know this is only a guide.. but can a very leggy family give miss readings? And what is the best way of estimating adult height... and best age to do it.. (i think i read somewhere about 3 months)