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[RC] Pasture Arrangements with Mares/Geldings - Equus Wolf>>>>So, my question is: What do you do about mixing geldings and mares? thanks Keith<<<<< When I was younger, I had my horse at a farm where mares and geldings were kept together. I never saw it as a problem *if* the horses were a good match in personalities. However, my mare hooked up with a gelding and it would take us hours to catch them (never had catching problems until that.) The gelding was moved to another pasture and problem solved immediately. I also remember another mixed pasture that frequently had injured horses from kicks/bites because the geldings didn't "get the drift" when the mares were in heat and got too close (even if it was innocent.) Since then, I have been at stables that keep mares and geldings separated. Herd dynamics just seem to work better. It prevents the mare/gelding forgot he was a gelding issue. We also keep
the pastures rotated in such a way that the mares and geldings never share a fence line. No broken fences yet. And that's a first of anywhere I've been. I think it just depends on the types of horses you have (personality wise). Both of my mares would be find with geldings that knew they were geldings. I know mares that would tear a gelding up if he even thought of entering her "space" *laugh* Sounds almost like a playground at school! Jennifer
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