Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Mustangs

Haven't seen many black cherry trees growing in the middle of Nevada.......

Bonnie Davis


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles" <cdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Mustangs


> Is there any way to give them the caterpillars they had in Kentucky?
> 
> Charles
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Zephyr Arabians" <z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [RC] Mustangs
> 
> 
> > 
> > --- oddfarm <jsalas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I still don't understand how we can gather herds,
> > > test for EIA and WNV, file feet, vaccinate and worm,
> > > but you say that birth control hasn't worked? Why
> > > the heck not?? If we can hold them to draw blood and
> > > give a shot, it would be just as easy to do a quick
> > > slice.  OUCH! Why would any one waste money on the
> > > "patch" for the mares? I don't get that one. 
> > 
> > It only takes ONE stallion per herd to get all the
> > mares pregnant.  Gelding would make little to no
> > difference in the number of foals produced.  It
> > basically has to be the mares that are sterilized,
> > whether temporarily or permanently. 
> > 
> > Actually, I think another option might be to give some
> > of the lead stallions a "vasectomy" type operation. 
> > Let them continue to breed but not sire any foals. 
> > Not sure what that would do to the herds though.  Just
> > as the "imported" stallions didn't survive.  Would
> > this sort of thing just eliminate the strongest
> > stallions, and actually damage the herds?  I don't
> > know.  Just theorizing off the top of my head. :)
> > 
> > ~Nicole
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