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gunner07 Reg. Jun 2011	Posted 2017-01-22 11:42 AM Subject: Honest opinion on shipping weanlings
Veteran Posts: 158	I am looking into the option of shipping a broodmare in foal and/or her late 2016 baby across the country, AZ to TN to be exact. I'm basically looking for the good/bad/ugly, if anyone has great success stories or if you pulled a traumatized unhealthy baby off the trailer and would never do it again. This particular colt has never been hauled prior. Thanks in advance!
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NoNoBadGirl Reg. Feb 2004	Posted 2017-01-22 3:09 PM Subject: RE: Honest opinion on shipping weanlings
I Sell Dreams Posts: 1654 Location: Freestone TX	Depends on the shipper. I used to sell a lot of weanlings and send them all over the country. Do your homework and find a reputable shipper with lots of references. My buyers always selected the shipper so I had no input on that. I have used Brazos Wilfong recently in the past and had very good experiences with his service.
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aprilhollinger2003 Reg. Mar 2010	Posted 2017-01-22 7:24 PM Subject: RE: Honest opinion on shipping weanlings
Member Posts: 23 Location: Ellensburg Washington	I shipped a weanling from Arizona to Washington and was real pleased !!! Would do it again... I used Gibson horse transportaton !!!
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cheeka77 Reg. Nov 2013	Posted 2017-01-22 11:03 PM Subject: RE: Honest opinion on shipping weanlings
Extreme Veteran Posts: 415	I can't say I have experiance with shipping that young, but we've used Diamond Spur Transport and MJK Horse Transport and both are amazing and I would highly reccomend. We're in WI and had someone in Hawaii who wanted our weanling which meant the long haul, plus putting him on a boat and quarantine so unfortunately we passed as we didn't want to put him through that
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TwistedK Reg. May 2006	Posted 2017-01-23 8:23 AM Subject: RE: Honest opinion on shipping weanlings
Bulls Eye Posts: 6443 Location: Oklahoma	I've hauled many weanlings... from OK to San Diego. I put them in 2 slant stalls and opened up the divider. Offered bermuda hay in front of them. When I layed over at night, hung water buckets and opened up all dividers. DID NOT UNLOAD. They were not even halter broke at the time.
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