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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | I'm back :) Let me see what I have on this phone...This is the one Herbie has...El Scorcho out of Bluffin Rail by Rail.
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| My colt will be two in April. He is just over 14 hands at the withers, and 15 hands at the butt.
Don't mind the antlers, the pic was taken at the beginning of December lol
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Location: California | See all your yearlings look like horses... my mom's looks like a half donkey, half colt, half mammoth. I will snap a picture today of him |
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| My yearling will be 2 in mid-March. He's the darker gray. The lighter gray is a coming 5 year old and they are out of same stud. She's about 15 hands and the sorrel is about 15.1-2
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| Here are mine the one by the pond is my Blazin Jetolena she will be 2 in June and is 13 2hh right now. 2nd is my Stickmans Stone X Merganser daughter he will be 2 in March and is 15hh right now
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Location: California | Okay... what is wrong with this one then... he is WAY smaller. Looks like a weanling....
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| little_bug - 2014-12-28 2:25 PM
Okay... what is wrong with this one then... he is WAY smaller. Looks like a weanling....
Worming is where I would start. Have you owned him long? Poor nutrition from the beginning can "stunt" them for awhile or for life depending on how severe. |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | These pics were taken in September. Pulled out of the pasture so not exactly groomed up LOL. They have grown (and also have more hair) since then. They are all between 14 and 15HH at the withers. The last filly was out of a mare that had never carried a foal before and was a June baby so she's the smallest of my 4.
April 2013 filly by Firewater Finale x Bold And Famous (Dash Ta Fame)
April 2013 filly by Frostman San Peppy x Its Complicated (Dash Ta Fame)
April 2013 filly by Frostman San Peppy x Lena May
June 2013 filly by Firewater Finale x Lena May
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Location: California | Tn_Barrelracer - 2014-12-28 11:49 AM little_bug - 2014-12-28 2:25 PM Okay... what is wrong with this one then... he is WAY smaller. Looks like a weanling.... Worming is where I would start. Have you owned him long? Poor nutrition from the beginning can "stunt" them for awhile or for life depending on how severe.
He gets wormed very regularly... Always has. Have owned him since he was weaned... I don't feel like he has had poor nutrition but maybe he has. He gets fed the same as all our other horses who look great. Has always been fed.... |
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Location: East Texas | little_bug - 2014-12-28 2:57 PM
Tn_Barrelracer - 2014-12-28 11:49 AM little_bug - 2014-12-28 2:25 PM Okay... what is wrong with this one then... he is WAY smaller. Looks like a weanling.... Worming is where I would start. Have you owned him long? Poor nutrition from the beginning can "stunt" them for awhile or for life depending on how severe.
Really there isn't much you can do if he is getting fed good and dewormed. I had a colt that was out of my old barrel mare, and a fairly well known stud. He was stunted and he didn't look smaller than the others as a weanling, but they grew and he didn't. He was very small with a small frame. He probably matured to 13hh maybe. I never sticked him. I am not saying this is what is wrong with your yearling, but I would at least get a vet out to draw some blood and see if there is an underlying issue, and maybe they can give you more insight. The vets suspected that since the mare was older, that when the baby was in the womb he didn't receive all that he needed and thats why he was stunted. |
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Location: California | NoGutsNoGlory - 2014-12-28 12:39 PM little_bug - 2014-12-28 2:57 PM Tn_Barrelracer - 2014-12-28 11:49 AM little_bug - 2014-12-28 2:25 PM Okay... what is wrong with this one then... he is WAY smaller. Looks like a weanling.... Worming is where I would start. Have you owned him long? Poor nutrition from the beginning can "stunt" them for awhile or for life depending on how severe. Really there isn't much you can do if he is getting fed good and dewormed. I had a colt that was out of my old barrel mare, and a fairly well known stud. He was stunted and he didn't look smaller than the others as a weanling, but they grew and he didn't. He was very small with a small frame. He probably matured to 13hh maybe. I never sticked him. I am not saying this is what is wrong with your yearling, but I would at least get a vet out to draw some blood and see if there is an underlying issue, and maybe they can give you more insight. The vets suspected that since the mare was older, that when the baby was in the womb he didn't receive all that he needed and thats why he was stunted.
Do you think he is stunted or can still grow at some point? Mom and dad were both large horses. He will get turned out on some very nice/rich grass come late spring for the entire summer/fall. Horses seem to really bloom on it. |
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Location: East Texas | I cant really say since I am just going off a picture. From the looks of the picture, he looks to be the same size as my weanlings, but its hard to tell size from a picture. I had other colts to compare mine to his entire life, so I knew there was something wrong fairly early on. |
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Location: California | NoGutsNoGlory - 2014-12-28 12:52 PM
I cant really say since I am just going off a picture. From the looks of the picture, he looks to be the same size as my weanlings, but its hard to tell size from a picture. I had other colts to compare mine to his entire life, so I knew there was something wrong fairly early on.
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| This was taken in September. She was 14-3. She has grown another inch since then so is about 15 hh. She is a February baby and will be headed off to get broke as soon as the days start getting a little longer.
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| If he has always been on a good worming/feed program then I would go with blood work like NoGutsNoGlory suggested. Maybe he is just genetically slow to mature? Have you sticked him to see how tall he is? Hard to tell from a pic :) |
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| I would say several factors. First of all, prenatal care and nutrition are essential. If you did not own he mare you have no idea what kind of nutrition she got. Good pasture is not gonna get it. I would suggest a power pack for worms. That is a good start. Some type of Junior feed that is high in protein. Be sure that you feed enough. So many people think that feeding handful of feed because they are small is enough. Probably not. A quality loose horse mineral left out 24/7.
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Location: California | Haven't sticked him but would say under 13 hands for sure... will get bloodwork when he gets gelded.
Editted to add he is no where near a size I would put a saddle on, let alone have anyone step onto his back.
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Location: Where I am happiest | What is his birth date and what is he getting fed? Also can you post a pedigree? |
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Location: Oklahoma | Ok... I'm able to post pictures now that I'm not on my phone. Here is my filly. She gets 6lbs a day (3am/3pm) of Nutrena Pro Force Fuel and free choice bermuda hay. The dun mare in the picture is 15 hands that she's next to.
eta: we roate paste wormers every 60 days too.
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Location: DUMPING CATS AND PIGS IN TEXAS :) | You say he's been fed same as the other's. A growing foal should be fed differently than the older horses. Just off this picture. I would say bring him to the vet. Check a fecal. Check for ulcers and draw some blood work. Then I would proceed. |
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