I recently purchased a yearling colt that I plan on stnading at stud when he reaches maturity. At the moment he is out to pasture with a 5 year old gelding and mare. So far she hasn't come into heat and he hasn't realized he is a stallion. I'm sure that will be changing shortly. I was recently told by someone that I should not have them together beacause he might breed her befor I knew it, creating a negative affect on his fertility and ability to breed later in life. I have had several years of breeding experince, however never with young stallions, and have never heard of such a problem. I wouldn't consider myself an expert so I thought I would get some opinions from other people.
Elizabeth Hardy (12.38.198.125)
Posted on Thursday, April 04, 2002 - 11:30 am:
I would remove the mare, but leave him with the gelding. He may not yet realize he is a stallion but he will shortly. I do not think if he did breed her it would affect his fertility.. but it might affect his desire if he had a negative experince...
One of my friend's stallions had such a negative first experince with a mare that they can only Collect him... he will not live cover and if forced to will only mount the shoulder... staying far away form the "buisness end" of the mare.. ( this happened before they purchased him mare kicked him really hard, landing a good kick in the scrotal area ( Mare was hobbled but managed to kick any way.. she just got upset with his ( the stallions) fumbling attempts... In hindsight this mare was most likely not the best mare to use on a novice stallion.
SO in that line his first breeding needs to be with a mare who has alot of tolerance ...
Also would remove mare if you do not want her bred by this colt..
Elizabeth, Thank you for your input. I didn't think it should effect his fertility, but I thought someone elses opinon would be nice. I know a stallion that had a similar bad experince so I had that thought. I'm just kind of torn. Baron (the colt) and Mirage (the mare) are great pals, which is why I hesitate to seperate them. She has quite a bit of energy and loves to run. Befor I bought Baron she would often run and play by herself since she couldn't get any of the others to join her. Now she has someone to run with her. I was thinking about putting her in with my two bred mares. They would still be near each other with out being able to breed. My mother (Mirage's owner) however isn't sure she trusts my oldest mare to not corner mirage and kick her to a pulp.
Mirage will be the first mare I breed Baron to when we get to that point. She is very persistant with Cinnamon (my gelding) when she is in heat even to the point of trying to back up under him (she is about 11hh and he is about 15hh so she can about accomplish it). The most punishment she ever deals out is a nip on his shoulder to get his attention back on her. Usually its my gelding that gets fed up with her and kicks out. I think she would be tolerant with Baron, but at the same time should I take the risk? I guess I'll just have to decide for my self in the end.
Thanks again for your input. Anymore thoughts would be welcomed from you or anyone else.
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