Baby Horse Pictures Biography
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A baby horse, donkey, mule, zebra or pony under one year old. If a mare is said to be 'in foal' that means she is pregnant with a foal. Usually foal is used to refer to a very young horse, but you'll sometimes hear an adult horse referred to as another horse's, either it's sire or dam's foal. The foaling date means the date the mare is predicted to give birth. Sometimes, colt is used to refer to any baby horse, but this is incorrect. A colt is a male foal and a filly is a female foal.
and just like other horses, minis give birth eleven months after mating. A newborn miniature horse only weighs about 20 pounds and stands between 16 and 21 inches tall. It's easy to pick one up and carry it like a human baby or a puppy. But the little foal is all horse. Soon after birth, it is standing on its own four feet and nuzzling its mother, looking for milk. In a few hours, it can dash around the pasture and buck and jump in the crisp spring air.
The young horse stays with its mother for a few months and plays with other foals in the pasture. Its owners hope that it doesn't grow too quickly. A weanling mini - a foal that is old enough to be taken away from its mother and is eating grass and grain instead of milk - can't be called a miniature horse if it is taller than 30 inches at the shoulders. When it is a year old, it can't be more than 32 inches tall.
Watching Foals Grow
The owners also watch closely to see how the foals grow. Since some of the animals from which the miniature horse began had short legs and big bodies, some minis today have legs that are too short for their bodies or bodies that look too long for the shorter legs. Some also have rounded bellies like Shetland ponies. Animals that look like this are not as valuable as those with the same proportions as a full-sized horse. But they make perfectly good pets for people that are not interested in showing their horses.
One problem that miniature horse owners worry about is the possibility of having dwarf foals. A dwarf is different from a miniature. Its teeth often don't match up properly for good chewing. A dwarf may have a head too big for its neck and a pot belly. A horse with some dwarf traits may be perfectly healthy and make a fine pet, but others have problems with bones and teeth that make life painful for them. Dwarfs cannot be registered as miniature horses. As miniature horse breeding improves, fewer dwarfs are born.
and just like other horses, minis give birth eleven months after mating. A newborn miniature horse only weighs about 20 pounds and stands between 16 and 21 inches tall. It's easy to pick one up and carry it like a human baby or a puppy. But the little foal is all horse. Soon after birth, it is standing on its own four feet and nuzzling its mother, looking for milk. In a few hours, it can dash around the pasture and buck and jump in the crisp spring air.
The young horse stays with its mother for a few months and plays with other foals in the pasture. Its owners hope that it doesn't grow too quickly. A weanling mini - a foal that is old enough to be taken away from its mother and is eating grass and grain instead of milk - can't be called a miniature horse if it is taller than 30 inches at the shoulders. When it is a year old, it can't be more than 32 inches tall.
Watching Foals Grow
The owners also watch closely to see how the foals grow. Since some of the animals from which the miniature horse began had short legs and big bodies, some minis today have legs that are too short for their bodies or bodies that look too long for the shorter legs. Some also have rounded bellies like Shetland ponies. Animals that look like this are not as valuable as those with the same proportions as a full-sized horse. But they make perfectly good pets for people that are not interested in showing their horses.
One problem that miniature horse owners worry about is the possibility of having dwarf foals. A dwarf is different from a miniature. Its teeth often don't match up properly for good chewing. A dwarf may have a head too big for its neck and a pot belly. A horse with some dwarf traits may be perfectly healthy and make a fine pet, but others have problems with bones and teeth that make life painful for them. Dwarfs cannot be registered as miniature horses. As miniature horse breeding improves, fewer dwarfs are born.
The most valuable horses in any breed are the males, called stallions. A mare can have only one foal each year. But a stallion can mate with many mares every year and father a number of foals. An especially fine stallion can have a very important effect on a breed. For example, all Morgan horses can be traced to just one stallion, while all Thoroughbreds share just three stallions in their background.
A miniature horse stallion seems not to notice his own small size. He will challenge other males by whinnying and prancing about with his neck arched. Never mind if his rival is twice as tall. Miniature horse breeders take special care of their valuable stallions, usually keeping them in barn stalls away from the mares most of the time. That way, they can choose which stallion will breed with which are and when.
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
Baby Horse Pictures Images Wallpapers Photos 2013
