This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---"Jon A. Ofjord" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: does anyone have any helpful information on when to geld colts? > Right now he is 3 1/2 months old. What do most of you do or recommend. > This is our first colt and he should probably be gelded, although I'd like > a couple of opinions on this too. Maybe our experience can be of some help in your decision process. While some horses do quite well kept "whole" for several months/years, some do not. We have had both kinds. Our first colt was sold at 9 months old as a stallion. He was beautiful, threw lovely babies, etc. But he never adjusted to his hormones and remained extremely energetic, hard to keep weight on, etc. He was gelded at the age of five and is now nine years old. He has made a wonderful gelding and is the perfect gentleman. Another young (14 months) horse came to us recently gelded (three weeks before we got him). He remained "studdy" the entire time we had him, although he had never been used for breeding. We sold him to a farm where he is the only horse and he does quite well. While we had him he went through the fence twice to get to our mares. My current gelding was "cut" at seven months. He is a pretty little fellow and a perfect gentleman. I had him gelded because I wanted to keep him as my riding horse, no other reason. Maybe he would have grown to be an acceptable stallion, but he was to be my horse and I do not like to handle stallions. Sometimes you have to decide whether or not to geld a horse based on what his intended use is. Hope this helps. == Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
