Archive for June, 2007
A Horse Vice is in fact just another name for a bad habit. Some vices can seriously affect your horse’s wellbeing but fortunately most are harmless if not annoying. Many of these bad habits can be ignored, while others need to be dealt with and stopped. While horses appear to develop vices for a number of reasons, the majority appears to develop the vice due to boredom and this is something you can fix.
Out of all the vices, here are three that you are likely to encounter.
| Mating & Gestation Stats | |
| Proper age at first mating | 3 years |
| Period of fertility | 10-12 years |
| Average estral cycle (including heat) | 21 days |
|
Estral range |
10-37 days |
| Average length of heat | 5-6 days |
|
Heat range |
2-11 days |
| Usual Ovulation | 24-48 hours before estrus ends |
| Cycle returns, if not breed | 21 days |
| Average gestation | 340 days |
|
Gestation range |
310-370 days |
