You were banished from your old herd...They hated you, and drove you off...And now you found a sancuarty....large fields...safe woods..but your not alone..will you join a herd? Make a herd? stay a loner...
The Cimmaron field has lost all horses, now they are coming in the hundreds it seems...will you be snaked? Fight for mares? Have foals? Be caught by the nearby humans?
Rules
BE NICE!
Dont go in detail when breeding...just say 'He mounted her *timeskip* '
A snaked mare may NOT sneak back to her old herd (However, a stallion may go and look for her and snake her back, tho if that happens she may only be snaked on more time by the same stallion)
Please be realistic..small cuts scab over in a few days, larger or deeper ones can take weeks...bones months...etc
Every hit a horse makes wont hit, and a horse cant dodge every attack.
All of BYC rules
Just keep in mind, Mares are needed 90% more often then stallions, if there are more loner stallions i will please ask for people to start making mares
Ranks
Lead Stallion
Lead Mare
Mares
Stallions
Colts & Fillies
Form
Name:
Breed:
Rank:
Herd:
Personality:
Height:
Age:
Gender:
History:
Dam:
Sire:
Siblings:
Coat Color (if known):
Other:
Username:
Pic:
Humans
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Personlity:
Other:
Horses (you own):
Herds
Aidan's Herd
Lead Stallion - Aidan
Lead Mare- DancingFire
Mares-- Maddie, Hera, BurningCloud, Hera, Lilac, Belle (BellBell)
Colts-
Fillies-
Marcus's Herd
Lead Stallion- Marcus
Lead Mare-
Mares-
Colts-
Fillies- Twix
Arcady -
Lead Stallion- Unaem
Lead Mare- Lefareah
Mares- Szaak, Ellei, Della, Laeona, Coco
Colts- Daruk
Fillies- Xia, Salila
Lone Mares/Stallions-
Oreo-Mare
Legend- Stallion
Rose- Mare
LightFoot (Light) -Stallion
Bobby- Stallion
Domino-Stallion
((please excuse me for any mistakes, im half asleep right now so will edit and make it better later LOL))
FORMS-
Name: Aidan
Breed: Friesian
Rank: Lead Stallion
Herd: His own
Personality: Sweet, kind, yet hot headed with other stallions. Makes sure his mares are happy
Height:16 HH
Age: 9 year
Gender: Stallion
History: He prefers not to talk about it, but if you ask he might tell you..
Dam: Scarla (Deceased)
Sire: Agruila (Deceased)
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Black
Other: Picks his favorite mare and she becomes head
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
Pic:
Name: Oreo
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Loner
Herd: None
Personality: Caring to her mate and foals, but it ends there pretty much, shes not nice to other mares, and is nice to older stallions, treats younger stallions like colts
Height: 14.7 HH
Age: 8 year
Gender: Mare
History: Used to be a breeding mare however her and her penmates escaped, but they banished her
Dam: Cass (deceased)
Sire: Legend
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Silver blagdon (?)
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
Other: None
Pic:
Name: Legend
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Loner
Herd: None
Personality: Shy, yet bold and flirty with mares
Height: 15 HH
Age: 6 year
Crush: None
Mate: None
Gender: Stallion
History: Forced out of his herd because of being a stallion
Dam: Lilac (Deceased)
Sire: Uknown (he as born in a farm where stallion breeds with everyone)
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Red Roan
Other: None
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
Pic:
Name: Marcus
Breed: Noriker
Rank: Lead Stallion (of his herd)
Personality: He is nice and harsh when needed.
Height: 16 HH
Age: 7 years
Gender: M
History: He left his old herd and started a new one.
Dam: Hana (deceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Chestnut/bay leopard
Other: None
Username: ArmdChicken
Pic:
Name: Maddie
Breed: Mustang
Rank: Mare (aiden's herd)
Personality: Shy, keeps to herself, she can be nice when she gets to know someone
Height: 13 1/2 hands
Age: 5 1/2 years
Gender: F
History: Her sister was killed by a couger when they both were young.
Dam: Unknown
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: Rachael (deceased)
Coat Color (if known):Flea bitten
Other: Her foster mom raised her after her sister was killed.
Username: ArmdChicken
Pic:
Name: Rose
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Lone Mare
Personality: Bubbly, enjoys talking, she doesnt trust stallions very often
Height: 16 HH
Age: 6 years
Gender: F
History: She left her old herd because of the lead stallions behavior.
Dam: Eden (Deceased)
Sire: Danny (Deceased)
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Red Roan
Other: None
Username:ArmdChicken
Pic:
Name: Light Foot (Light)
Breed: Rocky Mountain Horse
Rank: Loner
Herd: None
Personality: Skiddish around stallions
Height: 15 HH
Age: 4 year
Gender: Stallion
History: Was raised on a breeding farm so hes pure breed
Dam: Salila (Deceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Chocolate
Other: None
Username:CochinBrahmaLover
Pic:
Name: Dancing Fire
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Lead mare?
Herd: Aiden's herd
Personality: Very sweet and likable, she cares about everyone, but is firm when needed.
Height: 15 HH
Age: 5
Gender: F
History: She rarely talks about it.
Dam: Sakhet
Sire: Racing Dawn
Siblings: Burning Cloud, sister.
Coat Color (if known): Black Silver Dapple
Other: N/A
Username: LittleLady98
Pic:
Name: Burning Cloud
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aiden's herd
Personality: Much her sister's.
Height: 15 HH
Age: 4
Gender: F
History: She never talks about it.
Dam: Sakhet
Sire: Racing Dawn
Siblings: Dancing Fire, sister.
Coat Color (if known): Silver Bay
Other: N/A
Username: LittleLady98
Pic:
Name: Hera
Breed: Friesian
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aiden's
Personality: Fragile, and very feminine. She fears most stallions.
Height: 15HH
Age: 4
Gender: Female
History: She used to live on a Friesian breeding farm, until it burnt down in the summer when a wildfire raged through the area. She and several other horses, who were in a safer area of the farm, managed to escape.
Dam: Alisa (deceased)
Sire: Mick (deceased)
Siblings: None.
Coat Color (if known): Black
Other: For a Friesian, she is quite dainty. Occasionally Hera will have coughing fits due to inhaling some smoke during her barn's fire.
Username: ZinniaHen
Pic:
Name: Trix
Breed: Appaloosa
Rank: Filly
Herd: Marcus
Personality: Bubbly, nice, and always trying to be helpful
Height: Unknown
Age: 10 months
Gender: F
History: Her mother died giving birth to her
Dam: Jay (Deceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: none
Coat Color (if known): bay leopard?
Other: Her foster mother took care of her.
Username: Armdchicken
Pic:
Name: Bobby
Breed: Warlander
Rank: Lone Stallion
Herd: None
Personality: Doesnt like others, he prefers to be a loner
Height: 15 HH
Age: 3
Gender: M
History: Kicked out of his herd because he was a stallion
Dam: Lilac
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Lusitano
Other: None
Username: armdchicken
Pic:
Name: Lilac
Breed: Warlander
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aidan
Personality: doesn't talk much, nice, will speak her mind
Height: 14 HH
Age: 12
Gender: F
History: She doesn't like to talk about it.
Dam: Tina (deceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Buckskin
Other: None
Username: Armdchicken
Pic:
Name: Domino
Breed: Unknown
Rank: Loner
Herd: He lived in a small nomadic herd in the area that consisted of one stallion and three mares, until they drove him out at the age of one.
Personality: Mischievous, often flirting with mares from other herds and attempting to herd them off for himself.
Height: 14.3HH, and still growing.
Age: Around two.
Gender: Male
History: See herd information.
Dam: Black Magic
Sire: Cloud
Siblings: He has a three half siblings, two from his father, and one from his mother.
Coat Color (if known): A roan-looking dun.
Other: N/A
Username: Zinnia-Hen
Pic:
Name: Unaem
Breed: Nonius
Rank: Head Stallion
Herd: Arcady
Personality: He seems tough around others, but with his herd, he’s kind.
Height: 16.2 hh
Age: 10
Gender: Male
History: He was raised to be the leader of Saturn’s herd, but he was kicked out when he started a fight with another stallion. That was 7 years ago. Since then, he has been a nomad with Lefareah. They have had three foals, but two died and one was snaked.
Dam: Ellendeaux
Sire: Saturn
Siblings: Deceased.
Coat Color (if known): Dark bay
Other: He and Lefareah are good friends and lead the herd well together. Unaem can be naïve at times, and she keeps him out of too much trouble.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Xia
Breed: Tarpan
Rank: Filly
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Bubbly and full of energy.
Height: 13 hh
Age: 2
Gender: Female
History: She drifted too far away from her herd one day, and she couldn’t find her way back.
Dam: Ash
Sire: Snow
Siblings: Unknown
Coat Color (if known): Dun (turns to white in winter)
Other: She has zebra markings on both her front and back legs. She also has a dorsal stripe
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Lefareah
Breed: Latvian Warmblood (Half thoroughbred, half trakhener)
Rank: Lead Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Kind, but mature. She is very level-headed. Sometimes a little strict with her herd.
Height: 17hh
Age: 15
Gender: Female
History: She was born to two nomads. She was alone until she met Unaem 6 years ago.
Dam: Carolina
Sire: Skylark
Siblings: Daniella
Coat Color (if known): Black
Other: Has a sock on her back left foot and a white star on her head.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Szaak
Breed: Welsh Cob (section C)
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: She is shy sometimes, but at other times she is loud and outgoing.
Height: 12.9 hh
Age: 3
Gender: Female
History: Her mother, Sadella was part of a herd, but then they escaped together. Sadella was killed by a snake.
Dam: Sadella
Sire: Markus
Siblings:
Coat Color (if known): Light bay
Other: Has a white stripe on her head that curves a bit.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Ellei
Breed: Karabakh
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality:
Height: 14.3hh
Age: 7
Gender: Female
History: She was part of a large herd of karabakhs, but she wanted to explore the world.
Dam: Mia
Sire: Fin
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Light chestnut? (I don’t know how else to explain it)
Other: Has socks on her two back feet.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Della
Breed: Belgian Draught Horse
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Will fight for her voice to be heard. She argues often.
Height: 16 hh
Age: 20
Gender: Female
History: She was a brood mare until the farm she was on shut down.
Dam: Fira
Sire: Seph
Siblings: Many
Coat Color (if known): Flaxen chestnut
Other:White socks on all feet and a white blaze on her face.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Laeona
Breed: Spanish Mustang
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: (I'm going to figure this out myself.)
Height: Somewhere between 14.3 and 15HH.
Age: 6
Gender: Female
History: She grew up normally into a wild herd, and was driven away at the age of two to find a new herd.
Dam: Cadi (deceased, unknown to Laeona she was killed by a stallion.)
Sire: Unknown.
Siblings: She has several half siblings she does not know of.
Coat Color (if known): Black and white pinto.
Other: If you can't tell in the picture, her eyes are ice blue.
Username: Zinnia-Hen
Pic:
Name: Esther
Breed: Gypsy vanner
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aidan's
Personality: Quiet, not very talkitive. She's a very patient horse and has almost never gotten angry.
Height: 15 hh
Age: 6
Gender: female
History: She was once part of a herd, but doesn't remember much after a traumatizing experience concerning abusive handlers.
Dam: Ariel
Sire: Apollo
Siblings: N/A
Coat Color (if known): Black and white (I've forgotten what the official name for it is.
) Piebald
Other:
Username: chickendiva25
Pic:
Name: Vida Traen (Vida)
Breed: Clydestale
Rank: Mare
Herd:Arcady
Personality: Shy, skiddish
Height: 16 HH
Age: 3 year
Gender: Mare
History: Why would she tell you? Maybe if she trusts you she'll tell you
Dam: Salila (Old herd)
Sire: Legend (old herd)
Siblings: None that shes knows of (1 half sister though)
Coat Color (if known): piebald
Other: Doesnt realize shes actually fairly tall
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
Pic:
Name: Ariana
Breed: Shagya Arabian
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aidan's herd
Personality: Nice, calm, loyal.
Height: 15.7 hh
Age: 5
Gender: Female
History: Escaped from a breeding farm.
Dam: Ava
Sire: Donovan
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): White
Other:
Username:NixNoodleNumat
Pic:
Name: DustWalker (Dust)
Breed: Mulassier
Rank: Mare
Herd: Adacary
Personality: Youll see
Height: 17.1 HH
Age: 4 year
Gender: Mare
History: She was on a butcher farm, for pigs & cows, until the owner went broke and had to slaughter all his animals. She narrowly escaped
Dam: Caddie (Desceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: All dead
Coat Color (if known): Err, look at pic
Other: None
Username:
Pic:
Name: Coco
Breed: Clydesdale
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Sweet and gentle, but feirce in protecting what she loves
Height: 17 HH
Age: 8 year
Gender: Mare
History: raised in wild
Dam: Chessie
Sire: Sam
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Piebald
Other: Has a twin foals named Daruk (colt) and Salila (filly)
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
Pic:
Name: Daruk
Breed: Clydesdale
Rank: Colt
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Sweet, funny, easy going
Height: 6 HH
Age: 7 months
Gender: Colt
History: Born 7 month ago
Dam: Coco
Sire: Who knows
Siblings: Salila
Coat Color (if known): Piebald
Other: None
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
Pic:
Name: Salila
Breed: Clydesdale
Rank: Filly
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Shy, skittish
Height: 7 HH
Age: 7 months
Gender: Filly
History: Born here
Dam: Coco
Sire: Dunno
Siblings: Daruk, her annoying brother
Coat Color (if known): Piebald
Other: None
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
Pic:
Name: Talia
Breed: Arabian
Rank: Mare
Herd: Loner for now
Personality: Friendly when you get to know her, but can come across as rude/arrogant at first. She is headstrong and often defiant, prefering to do things her own way then listen to others.
Height: Just over 14HH
Age: 7
Gender: Female
History: Raised in another herd but left for a reason she will not say
Dam: Unknown
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: Unknown
Coat Color (if known): She has a beautiful, light grey dappled coat with a darker mane and tail
Other: None
Username: HollyBird24
Pic:
HUMANS:
**YOU MAY MAKE A HERD***
***STALLIONS MAY FIGHT FOR AN ENTIRE HERD****
The Cimmaron field has lost all horses, now they are coming in the hundreds it seems...will you be snaked? Fight for mares? Have foals? Be caught by the nearby humans?
Rules
BE NICE!
Dont go in detail when breeding...just say 'He mounted her *timeskip* '
A snaked mare may NOT sneak back to her old herd (However, a stallion may go and look for her and snake her back, tho if that happens she may only be snaked on more time by the same stallion)
Please be realistic..small cuts scab over in a few days, larger or deeper ones can take weeks...bones months...etc
Every hit a horse makes wont hit, and a horse cant dodge every attack.
All of BYC rules
Just keep in mind, Mares are needed 90% more often then stallions, if there are more loner stallions i will please ask for people to start making mares
Ranks
Lead Stallion
Lead Mare
Mares
Stallions
Colts & Fillies
Form
Name:
Breed:
Rank:
Herd:
Personality:
Height:
Age:
Gender:
History:
Dam:
Sire:
Siblings:
Coat Color (if known):
Other:
Username:
Pic:
Humans
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Personlity:
Other:
Horses (you own):
Herds
Aidan's Herd
Lead Stallion - Aidan
Lead Mare- DancingFire
Mares-- Maddie, Hera, BurningCloud, Hera, Lilac, Belle (BellBell)
Colts-
Fillies-
Marcus's Herd
Lead Stallion- Marcus
Lead Mare-
Mares-
Colts-
Fillies- Twix
Arcady -
Lead Stallion- Unaem
Lead Mare- Lefareah
Mares- Szaak, Ellei, Della, Laeona, Coco
Colts- Daruk
Fillies- Xia, Salila
All About a Horse
Things to know
A harem, or band/herd, consists of one stallion and a few mares. There is only one stallion in a band, and any colts will be kicked out at two years old. The stallion mates with all the mares during the spring, when they're in heat. Next spring, one year later, they will give birth to one foal, rarely twins. A few days after giving birth they will go into heat again and sometimes a mare will be in heat for the first of summer.
A lone mare is a mare or female yearling that does not belong to a herd, but in the spring there will be very few of these, because stallions fight over mares constantly. Mares are like prized possessions or trophies to a stallion.
A bachelor is a stallion or male yearling that has not yet started a herd of his own. Bachelors will sometimes join together to steal mares from herds or will walk alone, occasionally harassing band stallions until they manage to get a mare of their own.
A band stallion is the one and only stallion in a herd. He steals mares from other bands and mates with all the mares in the spring. He is also the one responsible for protecting his herd against predators and rival stallions. If a band stallion dies, the mares may either split up or the stallion's eldest son may take over the herd.
A lead mare is a mare that is chosen by the lead stallion to lead the herd to watering holes, and also takes the lead when they migrate to the canyon/valley each year in the fall. She is bred by the band stallion.
A foal is a baby horse of either gender from 0-12 months old.
A yearling is a horse of either gender from the ages 1-3 years. Colts are kicked out at the age of two, and fillies may either leave to find a herd of their own, or stay.
A stallion is a male horse over the age of three years and a mare is a female horse over the age of three years.
Courting is a more gentle way to bring a mare into a herd, or to tell them where to go if a stallion is moving the band to a new location. A stallion will nudge the mare in the direction he wants her to go.
Snaking is a harsh way of getting a mare into a herd, and is how stallions steal mares from other stallions. The band stallion will lower his head and flatten his ears, galloping behind the mare, chasing her into his herd. If a mare is being snaked, there is little she can do to resist the stallion before being forced to go where he wants you to.
If a mare is stolen from another herd, she may NOT sneak back to her old harem.
A Horse's Life
First few hours -
Horses can be up and about within a half an hour after birth. They need to be quick and agile very soon after birth because in the wild predators would love a little foal for dinner. As soon as a foal is born its dam (mother) licks it to dry its wet coat and stimulate blood flow.
First weeks -
In the first weeks of a horses life its baby central incisor teeth come through its gums. Their second, third and fourth premolars also come through in their second week of life. They also start learning how to handle their long, out-of-proportion legs. At this time the foal is still suckling. It will stay very close to its dam because in the wild she would be its only source of food and defence.
1 month to 6 weeks -
During this time of a horses life its baby intermediate incisors come through and it starts getting more adventurous and bold, going farther and farther from its dam. The foal is still dependant on its dam for food and protection but as it reaches the two to three month area of its life it no longer will hide behind its dam or cling to her side.
6 months to 9 months -
As a horse reaches the 6 to 9 month period of life their corner incisors break through their gums. Their permanent wolf teeth should start to push through. Some horses never get these teeth, but if they do then they get them within the period of 6 months to 3 years. They also get weaned at around 6 months. At first the mare will gently push her foal away when he comes to suckle, but as time goes on she will get tougher and harsher with her rejecting. Eventually, if the foal does not get its dam’s message she will begin kicking it and biting it and then, if the foal still doesn’t understand the foal could possibly die during this. This may sound harsh but all foals have to grow up sometime and often separating the mare and her foal is the kindest way to do it.
1 year to 2 years -
Not a lot happens in this time of a young horses life. A young horse will get its second molar and it will continue growing bigger and slowly start filling out but besides that there are hardly any changes.
2 years to 3 years -
Now a whole lot starts happening! This is one of the busiest times in a horses life. As they turn 2 they start getting their permanent central incisors, their second premolar and their third premolar. When they reach the 2 and a half marker they become ready to breed which means that all the colts and the fillies must be separated. By the end of this season they will also start getting their third molar and their fourth premolar.
3 years to 4 years -
As the young horse turns 3 it should start getting its intermediate and corner incisors. They also might get their canines, but some horses never do. They now will look just like an adult horse and will have reached their full height. When a young horse turns 4 they are no longer classified as a “colt” or “filly” but now as “stallion”, “gelding” or “mare”.
The rest of a horses life -
Whatever happens to them, most horses will be in their prime of life at around 10 to 12 years of age and die around the age of 20 to 30 years. Horses that have lived hard lives will die sooner then that since they have their prime at around 3 to 6 years of age, but horses that had gentle lives as stud stallions, brood mares or just simply horses can be known to live up to 40 or even 50 years, but these horses are few and far between. But what age the horse dies at doesn’t matter! It’s what they did before they died that does! If they had an unhappy, traumatized life then it was not a good horses life. But if they had an enjoyable, free and pleasure filled horses life doing what they were good at then it was most worthwhile!
Markings
Facial Markings
Star- A Star is a diamond shaped white patch of hair that appears on a horse’s forehead. Take note though – Just because it’s called a “star” doesn’t mean it’s shaped like one. A star can also be the shape of a circle, oval or square.
Stripe - A long white line of hair about 2 centimetres thick that runs from a horse’s forehead to its muzzle.
Blaze - A long white line of hair about 6 centimetres thick that runs from the horse’s forehead to its muzzle.
Bald Face - A huge patch of white hair that covers most of the horse’s face.
Snip - A small white snippet of hair that appears on a horse’s nose between its two nostrils.
Interrupted Stripe - This is just like a stripe except that it has small patches of the horse’s body colour running between the white line of the stripe.
Leg Markings
Stocking - A stocking is a big patch of white that goes from a horse’s hoof to its knee on its leg.
Sock - A sock is a small patch of white that goes from a horse’s hoof to just above its fetlock.
Half-Pastern - A half-pastern is a small rim of white that goes from a horse’s hoof to halfway up its pastern.
Crown - A crown is a little liner of white that goes from a horse’s hoof to just above its coronet.
Coronet - A tiny ring of white that goes just around the top of a horse’s hoof.
Other Markings
Flesh Markings - Flesh markings are random white splotches that are found underneath a horse’s belly, normally around the girth area.
Zebra Markings - Black slashes of hair that appear on a horse’s hind legs.
Dorsal Stripe - A tick black stripe that runs from the top of a horse’s tail to its withers
Things to know
A harem, or band/herd, consists of one stallion and a few mares. There is only one stallion in a band, and any colts will be kicked out at two years old. The stallion mates with all the mares during the spring, when they're in heat. Next spring, one year later, they will give birth to one foal, rarely twins. A few days after giving birth they will go into heat again and sometimes a mare will be in heat for the first of summer.
A lone mare is a mare or female yearling that does not belong to a herd, but in the spring there will be very few of these, because stallions fight over mares constantly. Mares are like prized possessions or trophies to a stallion.
A bachelor is a stallion or male yearling that has not yet started a herd of his own. Bachelors will sometimes join together to steal mares from herds or will walk alone, occasionally harassing band stallions until they manage to get a mare of their own.
A band stallion is the one and only stallion in a herd. He steals mares from other bands and mates with all the mares in the spring. He is also the one responsible for protecting his herd against predators and rival stallions. If a band stallion dies, the mares may either split up or the stallion's eldest son may take over the herd.
A lead mare is a mare that is chosen by the lead stallion to lead the herd to watering holes, and also takes the lead when they migrate to the canyon/valley each year in the fall. She is bred by the band stallion.
A foal is a baby horse of either gender from 0-12 months old.
A yearling is a horse of either gender from the ages 1-3 years. Colts are kicked out at the age of two, and fillies may either leave to find a herd of their own, or stay.
A stallion is a male horse over the age of three years and a mare is a female horse over the age of three years.
Courting is a more gentle way to bring a mare into a herd, or to tell them where to go if a stallion is moving the band to a new location. A stallion will nudge the mare in the direction he wants her to go.
Snaking is a harsh way of getting a mare into a herd, and is how stallions steal mares from other stallions. The band stallion will lower his head and flatten his ears, galloping behind the mare, chasing her into his herd. If a mare is being snaked, there is little she can do to resist the stallion before being forced to go where he wants you to.
If a mare is stolen from another herd, she may NOT sneak back to her old harem.
A Horse's Life
First few hours -
Horses can be up and about within a half an hour after birth. They need to be quick and agile very soon after birth because in the wild predators would love a little foal for dinner. As soon as a foal is born its dam (mother) licks it to dry its wet coat and stimulate blood flow.
First weeks -
In the first weeks of a horses life its baby central incisor teeth come through its gums. Their second, third and fourth premolars also come through in their second week of life. They also start learning how to handle their long, out-of-proportion legs. At this time the foal is still suckling. It will stay very close to its dam because in the wild she would be its only source of food and defence.
1 month to 6 weeks -
During this time of a horses life its baby intermediate incisors come through and it starts getting more adventurous and bold, going farther and farther from its dam. The foal is still dependant on its dam for food and protection but as it reaches the two to three month area of its life it no longer will hide behind its dam or cling to her side.
6 months to 9 months -
As a horse reaches the 6 to 9 month period of life their corner incisors break through their gums. Their permanent wolf teeth should start to push through. Some horses never get these teeth, but if they do then they get them within the period of 6 months to 3 years. They also get weaned at around 6 months. At first the mare will gently push her foal away when he comes to suckle, but as time goes on she will get tougher and harsher with her rejecting. Eventually, if the foal does not get its dam’s message she will begin kicking it and biting it and then, if the foal still doesn’t understand the foal could possibly die during this. This may sound harsh but all foals have to grow up sometime and often separating the mare and her foal is the kindest way to do it.
1 year to 2 years -
Not a lot happens in this time of a young horses life. A young horse will get its second molar and it will continue growing bigger and slowly start filling out but besides that there are hardly any changes.
2 years to 3 years -
Now a whole lot starts happening! This is one of the busiest times in a horses life. As they turn 2 they start getting their permanent central incisors, their second premolar and their third premolar. When they reach the 2 and a half marker they become ready to breed which means that all the colts and the fillies must be separated. By the end of this season they will also start getting their third molar and their fourth premolar.
3 years to 4 years -
As the young horse turns 3 it should start getting its intermediate and corner incisors. They also might get their canines, but some horses never do. They now will look just like an adult horse and will have reached their full height. When a young horse turns 4 they are no longer classified as a “colt” or “filly” but now as “stallion”, “gelding” or “mare”.
The rest of a horses life -
Whatever happens to them, most horses will be in their prime of life at around 10 to 12 years of age and die around the age of 20 to 30 years. Horses that have lived hard lives will die sooner then that since they have their prime at around 3 to 6 years of age, but horses that had gentle lives as stud stallions, brood mares or just simply horses can be known to live up to 40 or even 50 years, but these horses are few and far between. But what age the horse dies at doesn’t matter! It’s what they did before they died that does! If they had an unhappy, traumatized life then it was not a good horses life. But if they had an enjoyable, free and pleasure filled horses life doing what they were good at then it was most worthwhile!
Markings
Facial Markings
Star- A Star is a diamond shaped white patch of hair that appears on a horse’s forehead. Take note though – Just because it’s called a “star” doesn’t mean it’s shaped like one. A star can also be the shape of a circle, oval or square.
Stripe - A long white line of hair about 2 centimetres thick that runs from a horse’s forehead to its muzzle.
Blaze - A long white line of hair about 6 centimetres thick that runs from the horse’s forehead to its muzzle.
Bald Face - A huge patch of white hair that covers most of the horse’s face.
Snip - A small white snippet of hair that appears on a horse’s nose between its two nostrils.
Interrupted Stripe - This is just like a stripe except that it has small patches of the horse’s body colour running between the white line of the stripe.
Leg Markings
Stocking - A stocking is a big patch of white that goes from a horse’s hoof to its knee on its leg.
Sock - A sock is a small patch of white that goes from a horse’s hoof to just above its fetlock.
Half-Pastern - A half-pastern is a small rim of white that goes from a horse’s hoof to halfway up its pastern.
Crown - A crown is a little liner of white that goes from a horse’s hoof to just above its coronet.
Coronet - A tiny ring of white that goes just around the top of a horse’s hoof.
Other Markings
Flesh Markings - Flesh markings are random white splotches that are found underneath a horse’s belly, normally around the girth area.
Zebra Markings - Black slashes of hair that appear on a horse’s hind legs.
Dorsal Stripe - A tick black stripe that runs from the top of a horse’s tail to its withers
Lone Mares/Stallions-
Oreo-Mare
Legend- Stallion
Rose- Mare
LightFoot (Light) -Stallion
Bobby- Stallion
Domino-Stallion
((please excuse me for any mistakes, im half asleep right now so will edit and make it better later LOL))
FORMS-
Name: Aidan
Breed: Friesian
Rank: Lead Stallion
Herd: His own
Personality: Sweet, kind, yet hot headed with other stallions. Makes sure his mares are happy
Height:16 HH
Age: 9 year
Gender: Stallion
History: He prefers not to talk about it, but if you ask he might tell you..
Dam: Scarla (Deceased)
Sire: Agruila (Deceased)
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Black
Other: Picks his favorite mare and she becomes head
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
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Name: Oreo
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Loner
Herd: None
Personality: Caring to her mate and foals, but it ends there pretty much, shes not nice to other mares, and is nice to older stallions, treats younger stallions like colts
Height: 14.7 HH
Age: 8 year
Gender: Mare
History: Used to be a breeding mare however her and her penmates escaped, but they banished her
Dam: Cass (deceased)
Sire: Legend
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Silver blagdon (?)
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
Other: None
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Name: Legend
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Loner
Herd: None
Personality: Shy, yet bold and flirty with mares
Height: 15 HH
Age: 6 year
Crush: None
Mate: None
Gender: Stallion
History: Forced out of his herd because of being a stallion
Dam: Lilac (Deceased)
Sire: Uknown (he as born in a farm where stallion breeds with everyone)
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Red Roan
Other: None
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
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Name: Marcus
Breed: Noriker
Rank: Lead Stallion (of his herd)
Personality: He is nice and harsh when needed.
Height: 16 HH
Age: 7 years
Gender: M
History: He left his old herd and started a new one.
Dam: Hana (deceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Chestnut/bay leopard
Other: None
Username: ArmdChicken
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Name: Maddie
Breed: Mustang
Rank: Mare (aiden's herd)
Personality: Shy, keeps to herself, she can be nice when she gets to know someone
Height: 13 1/2 hands
Age: 5 1/2 years
Gender: F
History: Her sister was killed by a couger when they both were young.
Dam: Unknown
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: Rachael (deceased)
Coat Color (if known):Flea bitten
Other: Her foster mom raised her after her sister was killed.
Username: ArmdChicken
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Name: Rose
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Lone Mare
Personality: Bubbly, enjoys talking, she doesnt trust stallions very often
Height: 16 HH
Age: 6 years
Gender: F
History: She left her old herd because of the lead stallions behavior.
Dam: Eden (Deceased)
Sire: Danny (Deceased)
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Red Roan
Other: None
Username:ArmdChicken
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Name: Light Foot (Light)
Breed: Rocky Mountain Horse
Rank: Loner
Herd: None
Personality: Skiddish around stallions
Height: 15 HH
Age: 4 year
Gender: Stallion
History: Was raised on a breeding farm so hes pure breed
Dam: Salila (Deceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Chocolate
Other: None
Username:CochinBrahmaLover
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Name: Dancing Fire
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Lead mare?
Herd: Aiden's herd
Personality: Very sweet and likable, she cares about everyone, but is firm when needed.
Height: 15 HH
Age: 5
Gender: F
History: She rarely talks about it.
Dam: Sakhet
Sire: Racing Dawn
Siblings: Burning Cloud, sister.
Coat Color (if known): Black Silver Dapple
Other: N/A
Username: LittleLady98
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Name: Burning Cloud
Breed: Gypsy Vanner
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aiden's herd
Personality: Much her sister's.
Height: 15 HH
Age: 4
Gender: F
History: She never talks about it.
Dam: Sakhet
Sire: Racing Dawn
Siblings: Dancing Fire, sister.
Coat Color (if known): Silver Bay
Other: N/A
Username: LittleLady98
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Name: Hera
Breed: Friesian
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aiden's
Personality: Fragile, and very feminine. She fears most stallions.
Height: 15HH
Age: 4
Gender: Female
History: She used to live on a Friesian breeding farm, until it burnt down in the summer when a wildfire raged through the area. She and several other horses, who were in a safer area of the farm, managed to escape.
Dam: Alisa (deceased)
Sire: Mick (deceased)
Siblings: None.
Coat Color (if known): Black
Other: For a Friesian, she is quite dainty. Occasionally Hera will have coughing fits due to inhaling some smoke during her barn's fire.
Username: ZinniaHen
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Name: Trix
Breed: Appaloosa
Rank: Filly
Herd: Marcus
Personality: Bubbly, nice, and always trying to be helpful
Height: Unknown
Age: 10 months
Gender: F
History: Her mother died giving birth to her
Dam: Jay (Deceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: none
Coat Color (if known): bay leopard?
Other: Her foster mother took care of her.
Username: Armdchicken
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Name: Bobby
Breed: Warlander
Rank: Lone Stallion
Herd: None
Personality: Doesnt like others, he prefers to be a loner
Height: 15 HH
Age: 3
Gender: M
History: Kicked out of his herd because he was a stallion
Dam: Lilac
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Lusitano
Other: None
Username: armdchicken
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Name: Lilac
Breed: Warlander
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aidan
Personality: doesn't talk much, nice, will speak her mind
Height: 14 HH
Age: 12
Gender: F
History: She doesn't like to talk about it.
Dam: Tina (deceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Buckskin
Other: None
Username: Armdchicken
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Name: Domino
Breed: Unknown
Rank: Loner
Herd: He lived in a small nomadic herd in the area that consisted of one stallion and three mares, until they drove him out at the age of one.
Personality: Mischievous, often flirting with mares from other herds and attempting to herd them off for himself.
Height: 14.3HH, and still growing.
Age: Around two.
Gender: Male
History: See herd information.
Dam: Black Magic
Sire: Cloud
Siblings: He has a three half siblings, two from his father, and one from his mother.
Coat Color (if known): A roan-looking dun.
Other: N/A
Username: Zinnia-Hen
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Name: Unaem
Breed: Nonius
Rank: Head Stallion
Herd: Arcady
Personality: He seems tough around others, but with his herd, he’s kind.
Height: 16.2 hh
Age: 10
Gender: Male
History: He was raised to be the leader of Saturn’s herd, but he was kicked out when he started a fight with another stallion. That was 7 years ago. Since then, he has been a nomad with Lefareah. They have had three foals, but two died and one was snaked.
Dam: Ellendeaux
Sire: Saturn
Siblings: Deceased.
Coat Color (if known): Dark bay
Other: He and Lefareah are good friends and lead the herd well together. Unaem can be naïve at times, and she keeps him out of too much trouble.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Xia
Breed: Tarpan
Rank: Filly
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Bubbly and full of energy.
Height: 13 hh
Age: 2
Gender: Female
History: She drifted too far away from her herd one day, and she couldn’t find her way back.
Dam: Ash
Sire: Snow
Siblings: Unknown
Coat Color (if known): Dun (turns to white in winter)
Other: She has zebra markings on both her front and back legs. She also has a dorsal stripe
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Lefareah
Breed: Latvian Warmblood (Half thoroughbred, half trakhener)
Rank: Lead Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Kind, but mature. She is very level-headed. Sometimes a little strict with her herd.
Height: 17hh
Age: 15
Gender: Female
History: She was born to two nomads. She was alone until she met Unaem 6 years ago.
Dam: Carolina
Sire: Skylark
Siblings: Daniella
Coat Color (if known): Black
Other: Has a sock on her back left foot and a white star on her head.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Szaak
Breed: Welsh Cob (section C)
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: She is shy sometimes, but at other times she is loud and outgoing.
Height: 12.9 hh
Age: 3
Gender: Female
History: Her mother, Sadella was part of a herd, but then they escaped together. Sadella was killed by a snake.
Dam: Sadella
Sire: Markus
Siblings:
Coat Color (if known): Light bay
Other: Has a white stripe on her head that curves a bit.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Ellei
Breed: Karabakh
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality:
Height: 14.3hh
Age: 7
Gender: Female
History: She was part of a large herd of karabakhs, but she wanted to explore the world.
Dam: Mia
Sire: Fin
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Light chestnut? (I don’t know how else to explain it)
Other: Has socks on her two back feet.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Della
Breed: Belgian Draught Horse
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Will fight for her voice to be heard. She argues often.
Height: 16 hh
Age: 20
Gender: Female
History: She was a brood mare until the farm she was on shut down.
Dam: Fira
Sire: Seph
Siblings: Many
Coat Color (if known): Flaxen chestnut
Other:White socks on all feet and a white blaze on her face.
Username: NixNoodleNumbat
Name: Laeona
Breed: Spanish Mustang
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: (I'm going to figure this out myself.)
Height: Somewhere between 14.3 and 15HH.
Age: 6
Gender: Female
History: She grew up normally into a wild herd, and was driven away at the age of two to find a new herd.
Dam: Cadi (deceased, unknown to Laeona she was killed by a stallion.)
Sire: Unknown.
Siblings: She has several half siblings she does not know of.
Coat Color (if known): Black and white pinto.
Other: If you can't tell in the picture, her eyes are ice blue.
Username: Zinnia-Hen
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Name: Esther
Breed: Gypsy vanner
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aidan's
Personality: Quiet, not very talkitive. She's a very patient horse and has almost never gotten angry.
Height: 15 hh
Age: 6
Gender: female
History: She was once part of a herd, but doesn't remember much after a traumatizing experience concerning abusive handlers.
Dam: Ariel
Sire: Apollo
Siblings: N/A
Coat Color (if known): Black and white (I've forgotten what the official name for it is.
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Username: chickendiva25
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Name: Vida Traen (Vida)
Breed: Clydestale
Rank: Mare
Herd:Arcady
Personality: Shy, skiddish
Height: 16 HH
Age: 3 year
Gender: Mare
History: Why would she tell you? Maybe if she trusts you she'll tell you
Dam: Salila (Old herd)
Sire: Legend (old herd)
Siblings: None that shes knows of (1 half sister though)
Coat Color (if known): piebald
Other: Doesnt realize shes actually fairly tall
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
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Name: Ariana
Breed: Shagya Arabian
Rank: Mare
Herd: Aidan's herd
Personality: Nice, calm, loyal.
Height: 15.7 hh
Age: 5
Gender: Female
History: Escaped from a breeding farm.
Dam: Ava
Sire: Donovan
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): White
Other:
Username:NixNoodleNumat
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Name: DustWalker (Dust)
Breed: Mulassier
Rank: Mare
Herd: Adacary
Personality: Youll see
Height: 17.1 HH
Age: 4 year
Gender: Mare
History: She was on a butcher farm, for pigs & cows, until the owner went broke and had to slaughter all his animals. She narrowly escaped
Dam: Caddie (Desceased)
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: All dead
Coat Color (if known): Err, look at pic
Other: None
Username:
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Name: Coco
Breed: Clydesdale
Rank: Mare
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Sweet and gentle, but feirce in protecting what she loves
Height: 17 HH
Age: 8 year
Gender: Mare
History: raised in wild
Dam: Chessie
Sire: Sam
Siblings: None
Coat Color (if known): Piebald
Other: Has a twin foals named Daruk (colt) and Salila (filly)
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
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Name: Daruk
Breed: Clydesdale
Rank: Colt
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Sweet, funny, easy going
Height: 6 HH
Age: 7 months
Gender: Colt
History: Born 7 month ago
Dam: Coco
Sire: Who knows
Siblings: Salila
Coat Color (if known): Piebald
Other: None
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
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Name: Salila
Breed: Clydesdale
Rank: Filly
Herd: Arcady
Personality: Shy, skittish
Height: 7 HH
Age: 7 months
Gender: Filly
History: Born here
Dam: Coco
Sire: Dunno
Siblings: Daruk, her annoying brother
Coat Color (if known): Piebald
Other: None
Username: CochinBrahmaLover
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Name: Talia
Breed: Arabian
Rank: Mare
Herd: Loner for now
Personality: Friendly when you get to know her, but can come across as rude/arrogant at first. She is headstrong and often defiant, prefering to do things her own way then listen to others.
Height: Just over 14HH
Age: 7
Gender: Female
History: Raised in another herd but left for a reason she will not say
Dam: Unknown
Sire: Unknown
Siblings: Unknown
Coat Color (if known): She has a beautiful, light grey dappled coat with a darker mane and tail
Other: None
Username: HollyBird24
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HUMANS:
**YOU MAY MAKE A HERD***
***STALLIONS MAY FIGHT FOR AN ENTIRE HERD****
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