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18angovem said:
casportpony said:
Exactly! We happen to have two studs, but neither are what I would call stud quality, so both are scheduled for brain surgery, lol.


-Kathy



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Brain surgery? You have two stud stallions? I used to be a partner in a horse breeding business before the horse market crashed and we had two stud stallions and they were horrors! They had to be kept in an entirely different barn and entirely different pastures and then the two studs had to be kept seperate as well! I miss owning all those horses... We had 40 counting stallions. All thoroughbreds or quarter horses. Except one appaloosa kept for a pet... I had to sell them all when the horse market crashed.... I only  kept the appaloosa and she died of collic about 7 yrs ago...
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Yes, two studs. One is quite sweet, but still a stud, the other is an arse that we should have cut a couple of years ago. Finally made the decision to geld both as they will make top notch geldings.

-Kathy
 
Amykins said:
My great-aunts had a dairy farm, one of my favorite memories is getting to hold a newborn calf and having it suckle my thumb. It felt so weird, there's no way to describe it!

Also Lacry, it's really not as bad as you make it sound. A cow's...erm...yeeeah is rather large. I've never seen a cow so much as flinch during the process. They literally don't even register it as anything, I don't even know if they can feel it! :p
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It is one of the best feeling to have a new born calf suck on your thumb! I love it soo much. I always train my calves to follow me when I have my hand in their mouth so you will see me walking around the farm with my hand in a calves mouth... lol.

I dont think the cow feels the semen tube being inserted but I have had some cows show "uncomfort" when you insert your hand in their rectum....
 
Amykins said:
My great-aunts had a dairy farm, one of my favorite memories is getting to hold a newborn calf and having it suckle my thumb. It felt so weird, there's no way to describe it!

Also Lacry, it's really not as bad as you make it sound. A cow's...erm...yeeeah is rather large. I've never seen a cow so much as flinch during the process. They literally don't even register it as anything, I don't even know if they can feel it! :p
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It is the worst though when a bigger calf is sucking on your thumb and they headbutt and their teeth cut up your hand! It hurts soo much. They headbutt because they arent getting any milk from yur hand and with the mom if they dont get milk headbutting sometimes triggers milk flow. While I am typing this the back of my knuckles are all cut/scratched up from big calves headbutting me.
 
18angovem said:
casportpony said:
Yes, two studs. One is quite sweet, but still a stud, the other is an arse that we should have cut a couple of years ago. Finally made the decision to geld both as they will make top notch geldings.


-Kathy
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May I ask why you kept them as stallions to begin with?
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I have no good excuse (hides head in shame). We breed, train and show Welsh ponies and at the time we were trying to figure out if they would be easier to sell as stud colts or geldings. All of our mares are too closely related, so even if they were stud quality it would make no sense to keep them intact. The pally stud is a 10 mover and jumper and will make a lovely hunter pony. The bay, he's an okay mover, but doesn't jump well, so not sure what he'll be good for. Maybe a steak dinner? Just kidding, I'm sure we'll find something he can do and sell him.

So many exceptional studs available it makes no sense for the average backyard breeder to own one. Next time a colt is born here it will be gelded as soon as possible.

-Kathy
 
18angovem said:
casportpony said:
Yes, two studs. One is quite sweet, but still a stud, the other is an arse that we should have cut a couple of years ago. Finally made the decision to geld both as they will make top notch geldings.


-Kathy
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I have a gelding and I love him! 
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We have four and love them, too!

-Kathy
 
18angovem said:
At least I was lucky enough that my bull is nice. But, still a bull and I cant turn my back on him for once second in his pen! Quick story: So he normally has a auto waterer in his pen but it froze due to cold so I have to carry water in buckets to him and I was filling up his water and the power went out so I am standing in the middle of a bull pen in the dark and if I make a single move the bull might mistake me for a threat and attack me.. or he may just move over to get a drink and knock me on the ground and trample me... I just stood there not moving for about 20 minutes till the light came back on! It was pretty frightening! I do have one cow who is even worse and knocked me down 4 steps onto a concrete slab. Luckily I wasnt hurt seriously.
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WOW, are they really that sensitive???
 

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