Farm Onsite Stallion Service Agreement is an agreement between Breeder and Mare owner. The agreement is for a particular breeding season for one foal.
Farm Onsite Stallion Service Agreement is an agreement between Breeder and Mare owner. The agreement is for a particular breeding season for one foal.
In general, a stallion can mate a few times in a day, although this depends on his age, health, and overall fertility. Some stallions may be able to breed up to three times a day, while others might need a day or two of rest after each breeding session.
Stallions may always be “on,” but that doesn't mean they can constantly breed. After all, they do need time to eat, sleep, exercise, and socialize. A stallion can typically cover one to three mares a day and about 30 to 40 mares in one year.
Close breeding such as a mating between sire and daughter will test the good and the bad genes in that family. Such matings are used on an experimental basis to discover if there are any undesirable recessives in the family (such as red coat colour in Friesians).
During this period, the mare undergoes a series of cycles, each approximately 22 days in length. The estrous cycle is divided into two physiological parts: estrus and diestrus. The estrus, or "heat" segment of the cycle, is three to seven days in length and is the time when a mare is receptive to the stallion.
In a pasture breeding program, a stallion is typically turned out with a band of up to 20 to 25 mares for approximately 60 to 90 days or more beginning in April or May. The advantages of pasture breeding are decreased horse handling, decreased expenses for personnel, and decreased breeding expenses.
Horses can be capable of breeding from 18 months old, but domesticated horses are usually allowed to mature to at least three years old before breeding. Gestation lasts between 11 and 13 months, depending on the breed, and usually results in the birth of just one foal.
8 Steps for Breeding Your Mare Step 1: Consider the mare's overall health. Step 2: Schedule a breeding soundness examination and address any problems. Step 3: Get the mare cycling. Step 4: Track the mare's estrous cycle to know when she's ovulating. Step 5: Determine when to breed the mare.
Sire and dam: A sire is a horse's father, a dam its mother. To produce and to sire: A mare produces foals; stallions sire foals; stallions do not produce foals.
A foal is the term we use for baby horses. Male foals are called colts and female foals are called fillies. When a mare (female adult horse) has her baby, we say she has foaled. When foals turn one year old, we no longer call them foals but instead we call them yearlings.
Mare, to a stallion (89.64%) Mottled mare or stallion (77.35%) Mares' mates (72.51%) Mare's mate (62.56%)