Redheart Appaloosa Foals – Say HAY!!!
Our foals are weaned, they have each other, they are happy and content with their HAY!
Appaloosa Stallion – Frozen Semen For Sale
If you have a mare and want to breed, might we suggest you continue to read
Our semen is stored at Stallion AI, it’s available should you wish to apply
Their stable names are Reus and Blu, they are so diverse its untrue
Their breeding is pure Appaloosa Blood, one good reason why they’re at stud
Reus’s Grandsire is the famous Eagles Thundern Toby, there’s a book published in all his glory
Blu boasts the Nez Perce Tribe, Grandparents from the famous Decker line
Their natures are brave, intelligent and kind, maybe the type you have in mind
With County, National and International awards, they are most definitely treated like Lords
We believe in taking things calm and slow, now under saddle just like pros
Trotting poles, grid work we’ve started, training their minds we don’t take for granted
Their progeny’s have been seen about; we believe their education is paramount
We’ve seen them win their Championship too, the eldest is Reality, the youngest is Ru
Choose a stallion to compliment your mare, we feel it’s important to make you aware
They are registered with all that are mandatory, we’ll file the stallion report as statutory
The LP gene is what you need, for the characteristics to be seen
Don’t get confused with the colour, use the AG calculator to save you an error
What coat pattern you get will be a surprise, it depends on your mare as you’ll soon realise
Contact us with any questions, we’re always happy to make suggestions
We want to share your goal of producing a healthy quality foal.
Paula Cooper
We have a new Face Book page for our frozen semen that’s available for the UK & Europe.
The 2019 Redheart Appaloosa Foals Are Weaned…
Well, that was the easiest weaning we have ever had…
Maybe because we have four foals, maybe because our new stables have “windows” for them to interact?
Minimal “calling” from the mares and foals, quite honestly, we don’t know why the foals were actually not bothered, so we are just going to go with it!
Redheart Appaloosa Foals – Registered – Apaloosa Horse Club (ApHC)
All done…
We have 1 x 97% FPD, 3 X 100% FPD, 1 x GAP 5 and 1 x GAP 6 registered foals.
Our breeding plan is slowly getting there, 10 years later 🙂
Appaloosa Frozen Semen At Stallion AI
Its been twelve days since our stallion DFR Patahas Redheart entered the Stallion AI centre, they collected from him seven times and he’s averaged 8 doses per collection, his semen is of a small quality being less than 10ml per collection, seriously concentrated!
It is a long process to get the health papers, both pre and post, we have two weeks to wait before he can have his first post collection CEM swabs taken, a further seven days before the second post CEM swabs and then a further seven days before we have the results. Only then will his frozen semen be validated for sale and shipment for the UK and Europe.
He certainly looks very well, the Stallion AI Team have taken great care of him. We are very happy to have him home although I believe from the staff reports he certainly enjoyed his holiday and behaved impeccably, as expected.
On his arrival home, he certainly had a lot to tell Reus…
Everyone likes a goody bag, such a nice touch 🙂
6am to 6pm – Herd Checks
There is no doubt our herd of Appaloosas appreciate routine, they are always near the gate in the morning and in the evening.
We don’t give treats, therefore they never look for them but we do give a lot of scratches.
Photography At It’s Finest…
If you work with animals and children then you will know you have to go with the flow…
They have their own minds and don’t necessarily understand what you want from them, so you have to wait and wait and wait!
So we waited, all we wanted was one picture of all four foals together.
Within an hour (that’s amazing) we got not what we asked for but for what we hoped for, four foals in a line.
Boom… The Redheart 2019 foals, not only in a line but in age order! Priceless
I’m not a photographer, I don’t pretend to be a photographer but I do like to capture images of my horses that speak volumes to the equine world!
Foaling and the Placenta – A calcified yolk sack remnant!
Eight foals have safely been born at the stud, we feel very fortunate everything has relatively gone to plan. We have endured premature foaling from Peyres Catori Cat with Reus, the deep red coloured placenta below, we inspect all our placenta’s and make sure they are all intact…here are just a few random pictures.
Princesse Pascale endured a challenge whilst foaling Ben, the difficulty was the positioning of Ben’s forelegs but we managed to correct this and then break his fall just as the Vet arrived!
One thing we always meet is the patience game with our maiden mares, it always takes a while for them to allow the foals to nurse but patience is something we have lots of…
Foaling is very rewarding when it all goes to plan and we have been very lucky to date but we are aware things don’t always go to plan. We are a young stud, we are still learning, therefore enrolling on a course called “Foaling The Mare” will surely only be a benefit, supported by the National Foaling Bank held at Twemlows Stud Farm.
Knowing what can go wrong is a daunting thought, when to intervene, how long before you intervene, is it in the mares best interest to wait for the vet or load the mare and drive to the vets…So many questions and time is always against you, 10 minutes can mean saving a mare and/or a foal and possibly ensuring the mare is fit for future breeding.
I cannot go into the course details but I strongly recommend anyone foaling book a place.
However, I would like to share a short video taken during the practical session where we discussed the placenta, as you can see below, this recent foaling produced a very large remnant of the yolk sac. We were all curious about its contents, a good strong steady hand with a hacksaw was definitely required!
Have a look at this video – Calcified yolk sack remnant
A very enjoyable and educational day, we also had a peak where they store Reus’s semen.
Sunday siesta…
Sunday siesta…