Breeding Horses Naturally

This colt (unrelated to this mare or stallion) learns polite behaviour by shadowing the herd stallion.
This colt (unrelated to this mare or stallion) learns polite behaviour by shadowing the herd stallion.

When we choose to breed horses responsibly, there are many traditional practices that can be questioned.

  • Keeping a stallion segregated from all horses can lead to major problems, especially when it comes to serving mares.
  • Gelding a colt is often done between 1 and 2 years of age, but is this the best time?
  • Handling stallions, serving mares, weaning and gelding can all be done with a more natural approach. Find out how below.

Raising an orphan or rejected foal? Get some help and tips here.

Follow the progress of a foal from birth to yearling here.

Learn more about breeding horses naturally from the posts below. 

Orphan Foals

By Cynthia Cooper The dream of breeding and raising your own foal can very quickly become shattered when you are faced with an orphan foal....

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A Natural Breeding Experience

MY COLT’S FIRST MARE by Cynthia Cooper Although I’ve been breeding horses for over 33 years,  witnessing my arab colt’s first sexual encounter with a...

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Welcome to the World

A Non-Invasive and Loving Approach to Imprinting a foal by Liz Mitten Ryan De-sensitization and imprinting are found in every trainer’s tool box. Their importance...

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Educating the Foal

by Cynthia Cooper Fortunately, many horse breeders now recognise the pay-off for spending time with the foal in the early days. And many like myself...

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Progressive Weaning of Foals

By Cynthia Cooper Weaning a foal in a progressive way more closely imitates nature and is proven to reduce stress and future separation anxiety. I...

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4 thoughts on “Breeding Horses Naturally”

    1. I always look to nature for answers to ideals like this, and from what I see, stallions usually have from 1 to 6 mares and their offspring in their harem.
      So I’d use this as a good guide – however, a stallion without competition from other stallions could probably cope with more mares in a domestic situation because he’s not expending energy protecting them.
      I hope that helps. Cheers, Cynthia.

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