Any guesses on breed(s) of my colt?

[patandchickens]

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It doesn't actually seem like they ever DO anything - just a little eek spook now and then, that's it. It's kind of weird - if a warmblood did the same moves, I'd be making out a WILL.

Yeah, exactly. Drama without risk

Pat​

 

[babyblue]

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very backyard bred saddlebred, but perhaps maybe a little Morgan in the mix for the bulkier build. its not a qh type bulk I dont think.

 

[itsjustjen]

Do any of ya'll know how to age a horse from teeth? I just can't believe what someone told me. That Falcon is already over a year old!?! I just can't believe it to be honest.

 

[SpringChickens]

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Aging a horse by its teeth is very accurate for the first 6 months, then from 2.5 to about 11. Unfortunately, the age range you're in (9 to possibly 14 months) is not particularly accurate.

Here's how it goes:
6 days- eruption of the top middle two incisors
6 weeks - eruption of the next top two incisors (4 on top total)
6 months - eruption of the last top two incisors (6 on top total)

At 2.5 -3 years, they lose their top middle two incisors
3.5 - 4 years, lose next two
4.5 - 5 years, lose last two top incisors.

Truthfully, you'll probably never know to the month how old your baby is. If he was born in January, he'd be 14 months (or so), but if he was born in June or July, he'd only be 8 or 9 months. Its relatively safe to say he's somewhere in that range! With him being as tall as he is (14hh), I would guess he was a earlier baby (January - April), but that's really just a guess. Height depends a lot on genetics as well as age.

 

[itsjustjen]

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Aging a horse by its teeth is very accurate for the first 6 months, then from 2.5 to about 11. Unfortunately, the age range you're in (9 to possibly 14 months) is not particularly accurate.

Here's how it goes:
6 days- eruption of the top middle two incisors
6 weeks - eruption of the next top two incisors (4 on top total)
6 months - eruption of the last top two incisors (6 on top total)

At 2.5 -3 years, they lose their top middle two incisors
3.5 - 4 years, lose next two
4.5 - 5 years, lose last two top incisors.

Truthfully, you'll probably never know to the month how old your baby is. If he was born in January, he'd be 14 months (or so), but if he was born in June or July, he'd only be 8 or 9 months. Its relatively safe to say he's somewhere in that range! With him being as tall as he is (14hh), I would guess he was a earlier baby (January - April), but that's really just a guess. Height depends a lot on genetics as well as age.

I'd been thinking that he could most likely be an April baby given the way his confo is shaping up. But I don't put him over a year right now even though he has some wear on his corner incisiors. What if he got his corners fully in right at 7 months, that gives him a good 3 months to wear them down, right? He also went from no grain/hay to lots of hay and daily grain rations so his height literally shot up over night. He was 13.2 the day we brought him home 3 weeks ago and he taped right at 14 even this morning.

 

[SpringChickens]

Another thing to take into consideration: If he was starved before you got him, he was probably eating a lot of inedible things, like wood and rocks. That would add considerable wear to his incisors; a lot more than hay or grain would.

 

[itsjustjen]

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I've had him roughly 3 weeks and the rescue got him in Mid Jan but I never saw his teeth very clearly before today. I feel it is safe to put him as 11 months and just for fun I am making his birthday April 1st! He's my foolish little baby anyways so why not!

You knows what the sweetest thing about having an April baby? My very first horse that I ever owned, Nate, was born Arpil 19th and it is him that I saw in Falcon the first time I ever saw him. I lost Nate on 9/10/01 and have looked for him in every horse I have ever owned and it's almost having him back again. He was an Appendix and firey in spirit just like Falcon and most of all, he was a sorrel!

 

[welsummerchicks]

Actually my equine dentist says that with rescue horses their mouth often looks YOUNGER than it should!

Because they are getting that much less food!

 

[itsjustjen]

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I still say that 11 almost 12 is a safe bet.

Another of the foals that was adopted by my best friend ( who lives just down the road ) was seen by the vet today and he said that he ( the other colt ) was 9 months old. His corners aren't touching nor are they as far in as Falcons. But given the malnourishment, I'd say closer to 10 for the other and 11 for Falcon.