Thursday, May 07, 2009
NEW FOAL ALERT
We have had a beautiful colt born on the farm on May 3, 2009. This is a wonderful colt that is healthy and entertaining to watch. If you want to see more photos, please go to www.denlore.com and click on the our farm link.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Waiting for baby
Precious is due on April 25th and we are waiting.We took her blanket off yesterday and her big belly is there in all it's glory. Being twenty years old and never having a foal, I think she is wondering what the hell is going on.
We are getting milk replacer and other items we may need just in case she has a hard time of it or does not produce a lot of milk. Being her first foal and of course her age makes this baby birth a big risk.Maybe she will surprise us all! Come back often to see how things turn out!
We are getting milk replacer and other items we may need just in case she has a hard time of it or does not produce a lot of milk. Being her first foal and of course her age makes this baby birth a big risk.Maybe she will surprise us all! Come back often to see how things turn out!
Sunday, December 21, 2008
A New Year!
We have had a wonderful year at Denlore. The breeding season went well and Storm is enjoying his winter. He will be eighteen years old in 2009 and hopefully we will have many or seasons to make wonderful Morgan foals with this great stallion.
Most people would never understand how you can become so close to a horse let alone a stallion. But we raised him from a foal and went through the training and some wonderful showing moments. He has brought wonderful memories on and off the farm and is not only my best friend but he has become one of the family.
Only a Morgan can do that.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Most people would never understand how you can become so close to a horse let alone a stallion. But we raised him from a foal and went through the training and some wonderful showing moments. He has brought wonderful memories on and off the farm and is not only my best friend but he has become one of the family.
Only a Morgan can do that.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Friday, August 08, 2008
Breeding Season Conclusion
We have had several other Stallions in on the farm for collection and our breeding season has come to an end.
Tootsie was not as easy to breed as she had been in the past. The live covers just were not getting her in foal and I was beginning to be concerned about her breed ability.
We decided that we would make a last attempt at breeding her the third week of June. The owner did not wish to breed her any later than that date and if we could not get her in foal, then she would have to go home un-bred. We decided to breed her AI instead of live cover. This would give us better control over the time she would get covered.
We had the vet come as soon as she was in heat to ultra sound her and found that she would be dropping a follicle in several days. The vet came back several days later to breed her AI however the vet could not get here to cover her AI the next day so Laura had to breed her first mare by AI. With a quick over the phone tutorial, Laura did a fine job breeding Tootsie AI and we found two weeks later that she was in foal. SUCCESS!
We decided to send Jazzy home. We felt that since the amount of milk that she produced was questionable that we did not want to take a chance breeding her and sent her back to her owner.
Our twenty year old mare, Precious ended up in foal after we did AI at just one heat and she is doing fine. We hope she carries her foal full term and has no problems. Her age is a concern however she is in good condition. Her foal is being offered for sale before it is even born. We will keep you updated.
Den
Tootsie was not as easy to breed as she had been in the past. The live covers just were not getting her in foal and I was beginning to be concerned about her breed ability.
We decided that we would make a last attempt at breeding her the third week of June. The owner did not wish to breed her any later than that date and if we could not get her in foal, then she would have to go home un-bred. We decided to breed her AI instead of live cover. This would give us better control over the time she would get covered.
We had the vet come as soon as she was in heat to ultra sound her and found that she would be dropping a follicle in several days. The vet came back several days later to breed her AI however the vet could not get here to cover her AI the next day so Laura had to breed her first mare by AI. With a quick over the phone tutorial, Laura did a fine job breeding Tootsie AI and we found two weeks later that she was in foal. SUCCESS!
We decided to send Jazzy home. We felt that since the amount of milk that she produced was questionable that we did not want to take a chance breeding her and sent her back to her owner.
Our twenty year old mare, Precious ended up in foal after we did AI at just one heat and she is doing fine. We hope she carries her foal full term and has no problems. Her age is a concern however she is in good condition. Her foal is being offered for sale before it is even born. We will keep you updated.
Den
Monday, May 26, 2008
BREEDING!!!!!
Sorry that it’s been so long since my last post to this blog but we have been so busy.
Let’s start with Tootsie who has been here since March 2nd. Tootsie came into heat in Early April. We watched her and we felt that her heat was a little to weak. Tootsie is one of the few mares we will live cover with the stallion and it is very important that she is in a strong heat otherwise she may not accept the stallion. Most of the mares we breed we do by AI (Artificial Insemination).
She came back into heat and we covered her twice, on April 25 and 27. She was out of heat on the 29th of April. Now you may be wondering why we covered the mare every other day. Semen will survive for forty eight hours inside the mare so there is no reason to live cover a mare more than every other day during her heat.
To prepare for breeding we wash both the stallion and the mare to make sure both are clean. The Penis and the Vigina both need to be dried and close attention needs to be made to make sure no water is present since water will kill the sperm. We wrap the mare’s tail with vet wrap so that hair does not get pushed into the vigina and the she is brought out to get ready to accept the stallion. The stallion may be brought to the mares stall several times so that he and the mare may be “teased” which gets them both ready for the breeding.
The stallion is lead to the mare, directed to her hip so that he can get a clean mount onto the mare and yet be some what out of the reach of her if she were to kick. Again, if a mare is in a good “standing heat” she will stand and accept the stallion.
Tootsie, even though we got two good covers on her, she came back into heat on May 9th and 11th we got two more good covers on her. She is due to come back into heat on May 30th so we have started to tease her so that we will know if and when she does. If she shows no sign of a heat by June 1st, we will call the vet to have an ultra sound done to confirm her to be “in foal” and bred.
Precious is a twenty year old mare who has some very nice old blood lines that we would like to cross with Desert Storm. She is also very well put together with great type, conformation and nice bone. She was bred on May 13 and 14 by AI and went right out of heat. We did find that her cervix did not open very wide and being an older mare we have some concerns about getting her in foal. Even if we do get her in foal, we will be very lucky if she does not abort. Being a twenty year old virgin along with some of the issues we founds upon breeding her, I will say that she is our long shot.
Precious is due to come back into heat on May 39th also.
Our third mare is named Jezzy and she came in on March second along with Tootsie however she came to us already in foal. Her due date was April 15 and we have her here so that we can breed her in her foal heat right after her foaling.
Most mares foal around 340 days however this mare went 369 days and foaled a very nice filly. We did have some problems however because the mare had very little milk to nurse her foal. After evaluating the foal and checking the mare for several hours we decided to call in a vet. After a transfusion of plasma to the foal and other goodies to get her strength up, we then gave the mare a shot of Oxytosin to make her drop her milk.
We started another oral medication to help the mare produce more milk. After one week the foal is doing fine, eating grain and the mare is producing enough milk to supply the foal.
At this time Jezzy is in her foal heat and we may attempt to breed her in the next day or two.
We will collect Storm and we will breed Jezzy by AI.
When we collect a stallion we start out by washing the stallion and make sure he is completely dry. We prepare the AV (Artificial vigina) by putting a liner which has a plastic bottle which has a filter in it, down the middle of the AV. The AV itself is a round plastic tube about four or five inches in diameter and twenty four inches long. It is lined with a rubber bladder and through a valve on the out side, it can be filled with the correct temperature water at the correct tightness for the stallion. Our AV fits inside of the phantom (the dummy mare the stallion mounts) so a person does not have to hold the AV while the stallion is mounted. It takes time to train the stallion but collecting a stallion is a lot safer than live cover for both animals and handlers.
Wish us luck as we wait for the results of two mares and we get ready to breed the third.
Let’s start with Tootsie who has been here since March 2nd. Tootsie came into heat in Early April. We watched her and we felt that her heat was a little to weak. Tootsie is one of the few mares we will live cover with the stallion and it is very important that she is in a strong heat otherwise she may not accept the stallion. Most of the mares we breed we do by AI (Artificial Insemination).
She came back into heat and we covered her twice, on April 25 and 27. She was out of heat on the 29th of April. Now you may be wondering why we covered the mare every other day. Semen will survive for forty eight hours inside the mare so there is no reason to live cover a mare more than every other day during her heat.
To prepare for breeding we wash both the stallion and the mare to make sure both are clean. The Penis and the Vigina both need to be dried and close attention needs to be made to make sure no water is present since water will kill the sperm. We wrap the mare’s tail with vet wrap so that hair does not get pushed into the vigina and the she is brought out to get ready to accept the stallion. The stallion may be brought to the mares stall several times so that he and the mare may be “teased” which gets them both ready for the breeding.
The stallion is lead to the mare, directed to her hip so that he can get a clean mount onto the mare and yet be some what out of the reach of her if she were to kick. Again, if a mare is in a good “standing heat” she will stand and accept the stallion.
Tootsie, even though we got two good covers on her, she came back into heat on May 9th and 11th we got two more good covers on her. She is due to come back into heat on May 30th so we have started to tease her so that we will know if and when she does. If she shows no sign of a heat by June 1st, we will call the vet to have an ultra sound done to confirm her to be “in foal” and bred.
Precious is a twenty year old mare who has some very nice old blood lines that we would like to cross with Desert Storm. She is also very well put together with great type, conformation and nice bone. She was bred on May 13 and 14 by AI and went right out of heat. We did find that her cervix did not open very wide and being an older mare we have some concerns about getting her in foal. Even if we do get her in foal, we will be very lucky if she does not abort. Being a twenty year old virgin along with some of the issues we founds upon breeding her, I will say that she is our long shot.
Precious is due to come back into heat on May 39th also.
Our third mare is named Jezzy and she came in on March second along with Tootsie however she came to us already in foal. Her due date was April 15 and we have her here so that we can breed her in her foal heat right after her foaling.
Most mares foal around 340 days however this mare went 369 days and foaled a very nice filly. We did have some problems however because the mare had very little milk to nurse her foal. After evaluating the foal and checking the mare for several hours we decided to call in a vet. After a transfusion of plasma to the foal and other goodies to get her strength up, we then gave the mare a shot of Oxytosin to make her drop her milk.
We started another oral medication to help the mare produce more milk. After one week the foal is doing fine, eating grain and the mare is producing enough milk to supply the foal.
At this time Jezzy is in her foal heat and we may attempt to breed her in the next day or two.
We will collect Storm and we will breed Jezzy by AI.
When we collect a stallion we start out by washing the stallion and make sure he is completely dry. We prepare the AV (Artificial vigina) by putting a liner which has a plastic bottle which has a filter in it, down the middle of the AV. The AV itself is a round plastic tube about four or five inches in diameter and twenty four inches long. It is lined with a rubber bladder and through a valve on the out side, it can be filled with the correct temperature water at the correct tightness for the stallion. Our AV fits inside of the phantom (the dummy mare the stallion mounts) so a person does not have to hold the AV while the stallion is mounted. It takes time to train the stallion but collecting a stallion is a lot safer than live cover for both animals and handlers.
Wish us luck as we wait for the results of two mares and we get ready to breed the third.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
BREEDING SEASON!! But we still have snow!
Here it is, the end of February, and tonight we are expecting sixteen inches of snow. Can it be spring yet? Well the horses are starting to shed some of their winter coat and the first mare coming in for breeding will be here in two weeks.
Lets call this mare Tootsie. Tootsie is a registered Morgan Mare who has been bred to Storm before. When she comes into the farm, we will start teasing her with the stallion to see when she comes into heat. We will flush her vaginally with antibiotics and other fluids so that if she has any infections or other organisms that might prevent her from conceiving, that they get eliminated and her vigina becomes a pleasant place for semen. The goal is to get this mare in foal as soon as possible so that the customer can take her home. Since we have bred Tootsie before by live cover, we will live cover her again. Live cover is something that we don’t do very often because it puts your stallion and the handlers in danger.
Usually we will collect Storm by having him mount a “Phantom” and then go use the semen on the mare we wish to breed. This keeps everyone safe and makes it so that we have more control in getting a mare to conceive.
Lets hope winter decides to end soon so we don't have to cover Tootsie standing in three feet of snow. I will let you all know when Tootsie arrives. Stay tuned!
Lets call this mare Tootsie. Tootsie is a registered Morgan Mare who has been bred to Storm before. When she comes into the farm, we will start teasing her with the stallion to see when she comes into heat. We will flush her vaginally with antibiotics and other fluids so that if she has any infections or other organisms that might prevent her from conceiving, that they get eliminated and her vigina becomes a pleasant place for semen. The goal is to get this mare in foal as soon as possible so that the customer can take her home. Since we have bred Tootsie before by live cover, we will live cover her again. Live cover is something that we don’t do very often because it puts your stallion and the handlers in danger.
Usually we will collect Storm by having him mount a “Phantom” and then go use the semen on the mare we wish to breed. This keeps everyone safe and makes it so that we have more control in getting a mare to conceive.
Lets hope winter decides to end soon so we don't have to cover Tootsie standing in three feet of snow. I will let you all know when Tootsie arrives. Stay tuned!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Equine Affaire 2007
I'm not sure I mentioned Equine Affaire in my other posts however November of 2007 was Storms tenth year at this event. Here is a video of him being presented.
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