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Location: Missouri | So this is my first time to breed a mare. It's exciting and so nerve wrecking all at the same time. She was preg checked in foal on Friday to A Streak of Fling and I couldn't be more excited, but, unfortunetly I know nothing about preg mares! I know the basics and have a beef cow operation so I know the general stuff, but I feel horses are so much more delicate than cattle. So my questions are what do you do? Feed, supplements, she is a competition mare and is getting the next month off from running, not riding, to let that baby grow some, what is your program like? Any and all advice is welcome. Even if you think it is common knowledge shoot it at me. I want to know it ALL!! Thank you. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | I wouldn't worry too much.. Them mares can get it done...
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Location: Kentucky | I treat my broodmare the same way I do my riding mare as far as turnout, feed, supplements. In the last two-three months I do up her feed. No fescue in the last 30 days. A lot of folks give the rhino shot. Deworm as schedules as well.
I do not ride my broodmares. They have a job, that's baking the baby. Breeding is expensive so I try to protect that investment. |
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  The Color Specialist
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Location: Washington. (The DRY side.) | Mine are treated jsut like any other horse. They are turned out on pasture 24/7. Free choice loose salt and minerals. |
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Location: Desert Land | If it was my mare - I would stop competing on her. The last thing she needs is the stress from competing causing her to abort. |
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 That's White "Man" to You
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| If she isn't turned out, she will benefit from exercise. With a ASOF baby, I wouldn't be competing on her...too much to lose. |
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Tried and True
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Location: Where I am happiest | I agree with the above. Bred mares have 1 job. Thats raising a baby. Way to much to lose in time, and investment to risk it by competing and hauling anywhere. The stress, all the other horses and pathogens they come in contact with to risk it. Not to mention, the risk of her falling at a race. |
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