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Location: Tennessee | Curious to see how big everyones 2 year olds are? We have a cutting bred filly that is looking like a yearling still....she is a late May baby but is barely pushing 13.1!!! Do you all feed growth feed? And if so do you think it helps them to mature faster? |
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Location: Kansas | Mine is just shy of 15hh.....he was a puny little rescue colt I took in at 3 months old |
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Location: California | My 21 month old is 14h. Dam is 14h at withers, 14.3h at hip. sire is 16h even. He was pretty level when born, his high end shoots uuup and then his front end takes its time on catching up. lol |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | If fed properly they will only mature what they are supposed to. Since yours is cutting bred, depending on bloodlines, I wouldn't expect much over 15 hands. Most we rode as coming 2's were 14 hands tops. Most matured 14.2-14.3. There were Smart Chic Olena and by sons of his, Highbrow Hickory, Hollywood Dun It, Gallo, Del Cielo, some Duel Peps. |
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Location: CA | About 14.3. Good sized, but not a monster.
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| Mine is every bit of 15-2. The panels in her stall are five feet and her withers are a couple of inches above them. |
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Location: Idaho | My 2 year olds are still stud colts (gelding to happen in May) - they are both huge! My Dats A Frenchman is so wide and so studly looking, he is so handsome and could be a stud prospect, but we have on interest in doing that! He is about 14.3 in the hip right now. My other colt, he is all race bred, Rare News colt, so he is lean (I like his built), but he is 15hh at the hip, this colt should get to 16hh. I imagine I will have two good size colts on my hands. I don't ride my 2 year olds, but both these colts will spend their summer tied to the posts by the arena, get ponied and probably saddled by late summer. If they are big enough by fall, might put 30 days on them, then turn them back out for the winter. They are way too friendly, I really have to becareful going into their pen because if I am brushing one, they all want to be brushed and petted haha. |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Left is a 3 yr old , right is a 2 yr old
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Location: Alberta, Canada | My 2 year old (turns 2 may 4) is pushing 15.1 at the shoulder. His dam is 16.1 and his sire is 15.3. He almost died at a week old from a bacterial infection -- was on iv for 48 hours -- so we're thrilled that he's growing normal and well :) |
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Location: Tennessee | SmokinGirlie - 2014-03-28 10:56 AM
Left is a 3 yr old , right is a 2 yr old
Can't see any pictures???
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Sorry am on my ipad, apparently I had to make it teeny tiny so you can hardly see it before I could upload it! Let me try to fix it!
This is kind of better. Anyways, you can tell my 3 year old is more mature looking but my 2 year old is taller....crazy!
Left is 3 year old, Right is 2 year old.
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Location: Alberta | My guy will be turning 2 May 6th and he isn't very tall but he already has a fairly thick body. When he his next to my 4 year old who is 15.1 and still growing he looks even shorter. He still has his family jewels so I think that is contributing to his body size. I hope he still grows a lot because his dam is 15.3 and his sire is about 15.1 |
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| I have a coming 3 yr old (April 13 th) all cow bred filly .. She is a little over 14.1 at the withers & little over 14.2 at the hip .. How much more do you all think she will grow ? I was hoping she'd hit 15hh.. But it may be 14.3 :/ think I have a chance ? Lol |
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Location: run2win land | mine is 15 hands and built downhill right now. I don't want much over 15 hands so hope it slows down!!! |
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Location: Royal J Performance Horses, AZ | Born Feb 18, 2012 Sire 15.1 Dam 14.3
Cow and old foundation bred
Stands at 14.3 HH right now, IMO there is nothing awkward about this filly right now.
ETA: these pictures were taken in Aug 2013 So she was down hill, but she isnt now. I should take some updated ones of her but she hasnt finished shedding out yet.
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| My filly will be 2 in late April..she is 14.3 and is all cow bred....she is my first baby and first cowbred and she looks so TINY to me...I have always been use to big 16 hd-ers but my hubby ( who grew up with cow breds) and my vet say she is fine and looks great and can be started.
She ony gets 1/2 scp whole oats and 1/2 scp of a 10% fat sweet feed 2x a day, coastal hay and no supplements. She is a little lighter weight wise to me too but my FIL who has raised a bunch of babys says that it is better to keep them lighter to avoid messing up ther legs with weight issues...
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| My guy is almost 5 now but he was around 15.2 at 2 years old and he'sabout 16.2 or a hair under right now. I fed him Dynasty junior through his younger years |
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Location: Northern CA | Just bought a 2 year old Nic It In the Bud x Freckle Face Smoke gelding. He seems tiny to me! He measures right at 14, but seems smaller. I have his half brother who is a yearling, and he is already a little over 13, betting he is going to be be bigger as a 2 year old. Also have a 4 year old half brother that was about 14.1 late in his 2 year old year, he is now 15 and built like a brick s***house. It is amazing how different they are. |
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Location: Muskogee, OK | Mine is a little over 14h right now....People get really worried about how fast they grow, etc. The most important thing is a BALANCED feeding program, and not not rush the process by over-feeding. With these young horses you do not want them to grow too fast, it will predispose them to things such as OCD.
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Location: Tennessee | Here is a photo of the filly I am referring to. This is obviously when she was a yearling but she has not changed much at all!
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