How is the breeding season going for you?

Mood Swings · Postby **Mood Swings** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:52 am

I have always heard that if one farm is having blank everyone else is having blank as well. This year it seems our vet has had a lot of twinning as have our own mares and it seems to be the year of the fillies. We are up to 28 fillies and 14 colts :shock:

A farm I visited yesterday had around 26 fillies and 9 colts.

Is this the general consensus?

teb · Postby **teb** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:02 am

Hi Mood Swings,
Well only foaled clients mares so far and had one colt and one filly. The mare who had the filly has had 5 foals all fillies to date. The colt was from a maiden. Have bred 2 this year of my own. One confirmed in foal, one not but she was rebred. The one not in foal is an AI'r and she didn't go in foal last year. Got fet up so sent her to stud to be cross covered and stitched. My vet said she didn't need stitched even though I thought she might need to be, anyway vet down there feels she won't go in foal without a stitch. Sorry that was boring. One confrimed pregnancy on the farm I live that, and that's twins. She is having one pinched tonight. This mare has never twinned before. In another couple of weeks my mares will be foaling.

Terri

TB Dreamin' · Postby **TB Dreamin'** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:57 am

Hi Moodswings,

Seriously, alot of twinning??? Were these mares ultrasounded and just missed? Or??? That's always my worst fear, that something like that would happen to my mare...tell me more about the details!

Thanks!

Amy

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:01 am

I have two colts and one filly so far.. and am praying for a Street Cry colt out of my next one..

bcassidy · Postby **bcassidy** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:24 pm

Well at least I know what's behind it now, all of my mares are having fillies. My clients are all getting colts----Strange isn't it? 6 and 4 so far.

Karie · Postby **Karie** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:24 pm

All fillies for me!
Bred one mare so far.. and she is in foal. 2 mares were dropped off in KY today! Hopefully they will be bred soon!
At the farm we have 7 colts and 11 fillies (i think) hard to count so many!

Bondama · Postby **Bondama** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:30 am

It's been two and two for me. Two colts, two fillies, although one filly was a stillborn/aborted due to placentitis in the mare (last Nov.). Expecting one more in July.

Intrinsic Worth · Postby **Intrinsic Worth** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:13 am

TB Dreamin' wrote::shock: Hi Moodswings,

Seriously, alot of twinning??? Were these mares ultrasounded and just missed? Or??? That's always my worst fear, that something like that would happen to my mare...tell me more about the details!

Thanks!

Amy

I don't think Moodswings means that a lot of mares are delivering twins, but on the initial ultrasounds to check for pregnancy, the mares are carrying twins. One will need to be pinched off.

Gerry · Postby **Gerry** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:35 am

Is anyone else finding mares are carrying very very late and the open mares are still cycling irregular as well. It may just be our weather, but I have had mares carry as much as 6 weeks overdue and mares due early April still dont have full bags...nothing in my feeding program has changed so thats not the issue.

clh · Postby **clh** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:50 am

I am having issues getting all my mares in foal this year and my vet who is a repo specialist and the best around here (not just MY opinion either) said he is having problems everywhere! We only bred one mare at our farm this year - had to send her to KY twice to be bred - she carried that freaking follicle forever - the vet was freaking out

She is confirmed in foal and we were fortunate that the farm let us bring her back a few days later for a second cover on the same heat cycle. The mares in KY are just not taking this year for some reason. Had some covered three times (UGH) - some are confirmed at 15 days and I'm keeping my fingers crossed - one was bred last week and the other one gets checked this coming Friday. Sent one off last week to foal. I think the mares are confused - warm sunny weather than snow and ice in April - they're saying okay time to go to work - then no ummmmm maybe not time to do our thing yet

Foal count for me so far - 3 colts and 1 filly - and one due in May. That's the Toccet out of the Seattle Slew mare - I'm just praying for a live foal

and will take what I can get!

pembroke · Postby **pembroke** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:48 am

Three fillies so far. One late but one just foaled last night. She wasn't due until May 1st. One mare bred back on foal heat and took on one cover and one mare who carried the follicle. Still is for that matter! Just talked to a farm in KY and they said their mares are all going late!

ct2346 · Postby **ct2346** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:08 pm

Gerry -
Yes, we had one of our (NY) mares go five weeks over. Our NY mares that foaled on time were the ones that were supposed to be early (Jan. due dates). Everything after that was late. On the plus side the NY group has gotten in foal on one cover but the KY group is taking a lot of tries. Not sure why...even the maidens in NY caught on one cover.

springboro · Postby **springboro** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:42 pm

2 breedings, 2 conceptions so far. It appears that Andromeda's Hero is very fertile.

Mood Swings · Postby **Mood Swings** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:11 pm

clh wrote:I am having issues getting all my mares in foal this year and my vet who is a repo specialist and the best around here (not just MY opinion either) said he is having problems everywhere! We only bred one mare at our farm this year - had to send her to KY twice to be bred - she carried that freaking follicle forever - the vet was freaking out She is confirmed in foal and we were fortunate that the farm let us bring her back a few days later for a second cover on the same heat cycle. The mares in KY are just not taking this year for some reason. Had some covered three times (UGH) - some are confirmed at 15 days and I'm keeping my fingers crossed - one was bred last week and the other one gets checked this coming Friday. Sent one off last week to foal. I think the mares are confused - warm sunny weather than snow and ice in April - they're saying okay time to go to work - then no ummmmm maybe not time to do our thing yet

Foal count for me so far - 3 colts and 1 filly - and one due in May. That's the Toccet out of the Seattle Slew mare - I'm just praying for a live foal and will take what I can get!

We have not had the most succesful start in getting our Canadian mares in foal either. We have had four mares that have had to be covered twice and one that is getting covered for a third time :roll:

TB Dreamin' wrote:Hi Moodswings,

Seriously, alot of twinning??? Were these mares ultrasounded and just missed? Or??? That's always my worst fear, that something like that would happen to my mare...tell me more about the details!

Thanks!

Amy

Hi Amy,
Exactly what Intristic Worth said

henthorn · Postby **henthorn** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:24 am

Thankfully my final mare of three due delivered last night. The first mare was 2 wks late, and the other two right on time. Two single colts and one single filly, easy deliveries.

All four except the newest mom are already bred, with one confirmed pregnant for a February foal. Others have news pending, but wouldn't be due to deliver before late March to mid-April. One failed to produce an effective follicle until 60 days after foaling and an open mare was slow to cycle. Other two cycled easily, one was open and the other on foal heat. Hopefully this current new mother can be transported to KY for stallion service on foal heat for chance of producing April foal, as she had an easy delivery.

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