Health
What is the scale for B.C.S?
1-9 Scale
What is a foals' response when you pull on them?
They will brace, or pull back.
Who was the buckskin colt that Galen used for his demonstration?
Ruger
When should a weanling be weaned from it's dam?
4-6 months
What is the proper term for a horses "grandmother?"
Grand Dam
Weanlings should have access to free choice water and _____.
Salt
What are the three reponses when a young horse gets scared?
Flight, Fight, Freeze
Who is Ginn's dam?
Star
___________ and __________ can prepare your weanling to be weaned because they will already trust you as a handler.
Haltering and brushing
What did we do in the first week of class?
Introductions, haltering, overview of the class
Weanlings must have these THREE types of feedstuffs in their diet to growth successfully.
Concentrates, Forage, and Minerals/Vitamins
1. Introduce
2. Pet/Sack out all over
3. Run hands down leg
4. Pressure/Squeeze until pick up
5. Cradle foot and release when relaxed
Name the five "Shea" field foals.
Ginn, Ferrari, Walter, Ellie, Riley.
Weaning is very ____________ at first for both the foal and mare, and sometimes the foal can get sick from it.
Stressful
What are the two methods of breeding?
Artifical Insemination
Live Cover (in hand or pasture breeding)
Explain creep feeding and give an example of a creep feeder on the white board.
Creep feeding: supplying a separate feed source to nursing foals, especially important on farms that wean later than four months of age. Mare will not have access to the creep feeder.
Explain the critical steps in order to teach a weanling how to lead.
Firstly, left to right motions only. Gain hindquarters both ways and encourage forward motion. Avoid pulling straight out which the wealing will brace on you.
What is Shooter's (our grey Stallion) registred name? What famous AQHA stallion is he by?
Shooting From Memory, by Playgun.
True or False..
The foal’s nutritional requirement is met solely from the mare’s milk for the first couple months. They don't rely on forage alone
True
Name the Ca to P ratio...
(Calicum to Phosphorus)
3 to 1