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What is the earliest you would wean?

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equussynergy
Reg. Feb 2009
Posted 2014-04-09 3:08 PM
Subject: RE: What is the earliest you would wean?



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BARRELHORSE USA
Reg. Sep 2011
Posted 2014-04-09 5:24 PM
Subject: RE: What is the earliest you would wean?




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ndiehl - 2014-04-08 7:40 PM

For health issues in the mare? What would be the earliest you would consider weaning if she started to go downhill? No flaming please... she developed this after she was bred, I wouldn't have bred her otherwise.

What's wrong with your mare ... sounds like she picked up some kind of low grade infection or is wormy big time.

If a mare is showing weight loss after visiting the stallion I will give PenG or SMZ and worm her twice in 30 days ... Quest then Ivermectin ...

I typically feed 8 lbs of 14% daily year round to my brood mares and if one is lacking up it to 11 lbs for her.

Nursing and summer heat will pull a mare down big time ... so you have to start feeding more in late April or May and increase feed during the time frame to keep her in good body condition with good pasture to go with it.

Weaning babies .... I will do everything I can to keep a baby with his dam till it is 6 months old ... that 5th and 6th month is where the mare teaches her rowdy brat some manners and it learns to socialize with other babies and mares ...

Look at the many pictures of babies you see on BHW with pot bellies, dead hair, big heads and extra long mane and tails while owner is saying they feed a half a cup of this and that and can't figure out why their baby is not shiny and growing ... lol ...

It all begins before the mare gets pregnant and continues after the foal is weaned .... once you see the downfall ... there is no Immediate catching up .....

IMO a skinny horse usually just needs some more groceries with a good feeding program to maintain or re-gain good body condition ...

6 MONTHS OLD IS WHEN I WEAN ... unless new owner demands taking the baby over my objections .... lol

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Douglas J Gordon
Reg. Jun 2008
Posted 2014-04-09 6:21 PM
Subject: RE: What is the earliest you would wean?



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Location: Somewhere between S@%&# stirrer and Saint		6 months for me no big hurry.
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