I have a five year old stallion that bred his first mare at three and then bred four mares at four, all live cover. This year, as a five year old, I plan to breed my own mares live cover again, but I am now standing him to the public as live cover only. The owner of the first mare I booked in January just informed me that her mare will not stand for a stallion and must be AI'd. I called my vet and she said she has all the equipment at her clinic - phantom mare, AV, etc. and that we can do the collecting there and she will inseminate the mare. She said it may take a couple of heat cycles to get the results we want since he has never been collected before. My questions are, how will this affect the stallion? Will he learn that he does AI at the vet's office and live cover here at home or is this going to confuse him? How difficult will it be to collect from the phantom? Do stallions take to this readily or is it a hard process when they have done only live cover before? Will he begin to associate the trailer with breeding? If this is going to mess my stallion up mentally, I will send the woman her money back and cancel the breeding.
Anonymous Posted From: 206.130.170.11
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2004 - 06:27 pm:
My stallion bred for three seasons only live cover. Then I began to collect him (no training was needed) at a breeding farm. He collected very well for another three years at various breeding facilities. Now I collect him myself at our farm on a phantom we built. It is in a shed located within his paddock. Never any problems. Last year we began covering live again, also inside his paddock (for safety) bringing the mare in first, then our boy. No problems. He bounces back and forth between mare and phantom breedings. At the same time I ride, train and show. Try not to make breeding special, just fit it in to your day.
Ronnie Wayne Posted From: 66.6.80.48
Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 03:16 pm:
Anonymous March 15 How did you build a phantom? Would you share material and construction info?
Jos Posted From: 165.121.167.243
Posted on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 - 06:22 pm:
Stallions will generally figure out a breeding situation rather than location pretty quickly, so there is no need for conern about AI at one location and live cover at another.
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