No rest for Komma. Shortly after giving birth to Prestur, we are asking her for another one. Our vet, Bernado, counted the days after birth for the next ovulation which we would skip but give a short-cycle her so that she would be ready. It involved giving her a shot when Prestur was only a week old. I'll post the details.
Two weeks later Bernado came by and checked Komma to see when should be bred again and we scheduled Martina to bring Stigandi by.
Martina took Stigandi out of the trailer and put him in a stall at our neighbor's barn. Rather than put him back in the trailer to bring him to Komma, she did what horses are supposed to do...
It was time for some get togethers and for Thokki to meet his father.
While we waited for Bernado, we had a little discussion over the difference between the two stallions, Stigandi who was Thokki's father, and Klerkur, who sired Prestur.
Bernado arrived. He was now used to my filming him. Maybe too much so!
For Stigandi it was time to go back to the barn and take a rest...
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Now, I have already heard from friends in Iceland that they do it differently over there. Not that the mare mounts the stallion, but that they have a large field with one stallion and a bunch of mares and... a few weeks later they are taken away and presto! foals show up the next year.
There is nothing wrong with that and I am not criticizing Iceland for having large farms, lots of pasture, and a huge amount of horses. In fact, if the USA had the same ratio of horses to people as Iceland, we would have 70,000,000 of them. Seventy million! So we have to do it differently. If you would like to see how it works in Iceland, check this out from the farm, Flugumýri.
There is nothing wrong with that and I am not criticizing Iceland for having large farms, lots of pasture, and a huge amount of horses. In fact, if the USA had the same ratio of horses to people as Iceland, we would have 70,000,000 of them. Seventy million! So we have to do it differently. If you would like to see how it works in Iceland, check this out from the farm, Flugumýri.
