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Post by goingmad on Sept 23, 2007 22:44:50 GMT
Some help needed please ? What is the best age for a mare to have it's first foal ?
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Post by lillie on Sept 24, 2007 18:23:43 GMT
best to ask Stefan, he breeds cobs!
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Post by ysewynwelshcobs on Sept 24, 2007 20:29:50 GMT
Most breeders start breeding when the mare is 3 years old, so she'll have her 1st foal when she is about 4 years old.
My mare (Rhanwid Daisy) is now 6 and has had her 3 foal this year... and is back into foal to Geler Ryan.
Some people start already when the mare is only 2, but - from what I've seen around me - it then often happens that mares do not get "full" (don't know if this is the correct word, English is not my native language, sorry) the year after.
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Post by goingmad on Sept 24, 2007 21:38:21 GMT
Hi thanks for the help I always thought around 3/4 years but someone told me to put my filly in foal 2008 (2yrs old) otherwise she would never make a good mother !!!!
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Post by ysewynwelshcobs on Sept 25, 2007 12:17:08 GMT
Hi thanks for the help I always thought around 3/4 years but someone told me to put my filly in foal 2008 (2yrs old) otherwise she would never make a good mother !!!! Don't worry about that. My mare has had her 1st foal when she was 4 (covered at the age of 3). She's a very good and protective mother (I still have the 'bite-scar' from this year ::) ) First time she foaled, she did it all on her own withouth anybody being around. Second time, her owners saw it, but didn't do a thing. Third time (this year), she surprised us all with having a foal a month early. |
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Post by Kekezza Welsh Cobs on Oct 26, 2007 14:02:25 GMT
our mares arent covered until they are 6yrs old. This gives them a chance to mature and get themselves well known in the show ring(people tend to want a foal with well known parents). Our 3yr old filly was bred 2 Thorneyside The Boss in 2004, and didnt know what to do with a foal, she wanted to play-she plays by kicking around with the occasional bite, but of course this was injuring the foal. She was 2 immature. She was covered last yr(age 6) by same stallion and has a stunning black colt! Hope this helps.
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Post by ysewynwelshcobs on Nov 4, 2007 19:57:23 GMT
our mares arent covered until they are 6yrs old. This gives them a chance to mature and get themselves well known in the show ring(people tend to want a foal with well known parents). Our 3yr old filly was bred 2 Thorneyside The Boss in 2004, and didnt know what to do with a foal, she wanted to play-she plays by kicking around with the occasional bite, but of course this was injuring the foal. She was 2 immature. She was covered last yr(age 6) by same stallion and has a stunning black colt! Hope this helps. Glad to hear this. My mare had her first foal when she was 4 (covered when she was 3), but she wasn't my property at the time yet. To be honest, I was also thinking into that direction with my filly of this year. First showing her a while and only start breeding on a 'later' age. |
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Post by rosiehannah on Nov 9, 2007 16:50:49 GMT
my boy's dam had him when she was 3  compared to his dad who is 15.2 (if i remember correctly) he is only 14.2, 14.3 if we are lucky, not sure how tall his mum is though  so we arent sure whether he is a shorty cause his mum was only a baby herself or cause she was a shorty, or hes just a shorty ;D any ideas? hannah xxx |
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compared to his dad who is 15.2 (if i remember correctly) he is only 14.2, 14.3 if we are lucky, not sure how tall his mum is though 
so we arent sure whether he is a shorty cause his mum was only a baby herself or cause she was a shorty, or hes just a shorty ;D any ideas?