New miniature horse

[Bunnylady]

Yea, I guess when I get her it will be trial and error with the big horse( I don't own the big horse but she live 3doors down). Also the 16by16 pen will work? My parents don't want to spend to much$$ since a few big holidays are coming up and my dad starting his new job on Tuesday. ( he got laid off two years ago and worked for wal-mart for 2 months) so were a little limited right now, but once I'm old enough and can get a job I'll expand as much as I can and build a few more shed/stalls( as many as I can do). Her name is Zena and hers a pic of her and me yesterday at our first show!! Two first place ribbons!

If money is this tight, you might want to hold off a bit longer on buying a horse. I just shelled out $350.00 in vet fees a couple of days ago when one of my minis choked (that means, developed a blockage in the throat that kept her from being able to swallow). Fortunately, I still had some antibiotics around from treating an infection than one of my big horses had on her leg a few months ago, but I needed more painkillers because those got used up when another of my horses hurt her foot a few weeks ago. Get the idea? Horses can be very expensive to keep. I make a point of keeping a certain amount of money in what I call the "vet fund," so that if one of these things do happen, I won't have to decide, "do I call the vet, or do I pay the phone bill?"

 

[Bunnylady]

She's a yearling. And I don't want her dead. She trust me more than she trusts her breeder. But hers a few pics of her

She's a cutey!! Silver bay?

 

[SternRose]

I never asked. But I could find out. I just call her the mule horse. Lol

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

As regards registration -

The breeder may have gotten temporary registration on this filly when she was born, but the registration becomes invalid the moment she sells her. If you become a member of the registry, she can transfer the registration to you, but it will only be good as long as your membership lasts (you have to pay dues to the registry every year to remain a member). When the filly turns 5 years old, you will need to get her certified as being within the height requirements of the registry, and get her registration made permanent. Otherwise, she will be unregistered.

Too many people look at a mare as a walking uterus - "hey, we can use her to make more, and we can sell them!!" The state of horses in general and minis in particular is such that you will spend more money getting a healthy foal on the ground than you will get by selling it, unless you are working with outstanding show animals. Minis frequently have problems when giving birth; getting the vet out for that can be really expensive, and you still may lose the foal, the mare, or both.

16 (feet?) x 16 is barely larger than a big horse stall - that isn't a pasture, it's a pen. As Ol Grey Mare said, it will be bare dirt in no time, so you will need hay. A lot of people only feed hay to minis, with maybe a "ration balancer" supplement to make sure that all nutritional requirements are met.

I wouldn't recommend letting your mini "play" with a Quarter Horse. Horses have pecking orders within their groups, even the usual kind of bumping and shoving that is done to sort that out could result in a dead mini.

The bolded is so true! I can't tell you how many people have commented regarding their opinion that we should breed our girls - and none of them have ANY business being bred.

 

[SternRose]

It's not tight realy it's just my dad hasn't started his big paying job yet. I'm saving money up so we can make her pasture a little bigger. The panels were getting are $20 a peice. So a 16by16 pen is about $100. So if I can save up $60-$100 she'll have eather a bigger pasture or better stall

 

[tlb625]

I think the pasture size is great till you get more money or what ever because some people have HUGE horses in a half of@ acre and get a chicken friend or two they are cheap to take care of.I have a lot of information on horses just ask me.

 

[SternRose]

Ok. Thanks guys. I think my parent are actually getting me her. Ok so what all equipment will I need? Brushes, hoof pick, lead rope, halter, bedding( pine or straw, apinions please) cross ties rings, bungy cords, feed and water buckets. What els do I need? Ok another question what is the smalles her stall can be?

 

[SternRose]

What stall will work best? And/or the cheapest?

 

[Bunnylady]

I think the pasture size is great till you get more money or what ever because some people have HUGE horses in a half of@ acre and get a chicken friend or two they are cheap to take care of.I have a lot of information on horses just ask me.

Half an acre is about 200' x 100', 16' x 16' is slightly larger than my master bedroom . . . .

 

[tlb625]

yes you have a perfect like place as long as you take her out a lot every other day she can live happily in there 16 by 16. and what you can do is but all your brushes and picks. get main n tail shampoo that's for people and horses also her treats salt licks and maybe make a first aid horse kit for cuts or whatever. if you got any more questions tell me,im a horse rider and help train horses for riding and im only 12 going to 13 lol .