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!