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I can answer live cover breeding questions, gestation issues, foaling issues, nutrition for brood mares, foals and stallion. I have have been breeding TBs for 15 years.

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I breed TB horses for racing and other disciplines.

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BA/BS. I studying breeding for many years..

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Recent Answers from Lisa Kalp

2012-05-20 Is my mare pregnant?:

Hi Valerie,          Congratulations on your new horse. She does look like she could be pregnant, with the way her belly is. The only way to be sure is to have the vet palpate her. If she is pregnant

2011-11-14 Clear fluid in teats:

Hi Rochelle,          There are some mares who will excrete a clear fluid from their teats after having been on lush green grass. This can also be a sign of a mare coming into or leaving

2011-05-24 first stage of labor:

Hi Wendy,          As she been checked in foal by a Vet? If so did they give you a possible breeding date? If she is close to the first stages of labor then she should have milk veins. Her tail head

2011-05-19 Blind:

Hi Diane,          There are steps that you will have to take to keep the foal safer as the mares can not see them. The biggest worry will be the mare stepping on the foal. You will have to separate

2011-03-09 Breeding an older mare:

I would not recommend that you breed this mare. She would be 22 by the time the foal was born. The weight of a foal will cause more stress on her back legs. Also older mares have more of a chance of having

 

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