Weaning Foals - A Big Job for Late Summer Episode 8 Low Country Cowboys
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- čas přidán 21. 03. 2019
- It's weaning time on the ranch and this foal crop is the prettiest yet!! Also, a broken golf cart keeps the crew busy as does hay season. Be sure to go to b1horsemanship.com to see training tips, and instructional videos from Richard Boatwright!!
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How is your show not on TV?!?! Amazing production and content.
I guess im asking the wrong place but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot my account password. I would love any tricks you can give me.
@Randy Louie Instablaster ;)
Man what I would give to spend a summer someplace like yours to learn about everything.
When we weaned, we did a 7 day method. We separated babies during the day in a pen with other weanlings while their moms were next door. The mares grazed in earshot and foals were reunited at night. On the seventh day, they were separated for good and the babies were not stressed at all. It was an amazing process!
Thanks for sharing!
I absolutely love how you handled it while your horse got scared at the beginning. It jabbing, not forcing. Just letting him take his time.
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Great job separating the mares from the foals, I’m from Georgia and used to work on a smaller horse ranch/farm. Our hay was brought in from Oregon from two tractor trailers with conveyor shutes to the loft of the barn and these were 3 stranded 100+ lb bales of Timothy/ Alfalfa hay, not my favorite days but all a part of the work. Yes weaning is very stressful for both the foals and the mares. I had a young bay mare from your ranch, by a Sorrel son of Tanquerey Gin crossed on a Mr San Peppy mare and she was a nice filly that started very quiet. I eventually sold her as a four year old and she went to Kansas and was working on a feedlot and Pasture roping on her off time. One of the Cowboys up there said she took to it like she’d been doing it all her life and thanked me for the groundwork that I’d put on her. Thanks for the well bred horses! Greg
Greg, thanks for the kind words. I wonder which stud that was.
Wagon Stake?
My day just got better thanks to your video, can't tell you how much I enjoy watching what you do, again knowing how hard it is I get envious, thanks a lot, take care and have a great day
Thanks, Wes. Good to hear from you!
Ever since I was a child it's literally My dream to be with horses. I'm indeed a big fan of horses, but here in Philippines this kind of dream is really impossible. I hope one day i can work there even without salary just to be with horses and learn their nature. Haha God bless you and your family for sharing this kind of content to us watchers. Always take care guys.
I only get 1 or 2 foals a year so weaning is still stressful , but as big of deal. When I was young I used to help my cousin and we would gather a band of 60 and take the 2 year olds off and swim them across the river to the main Ranch. Then we would cut the yearlings and it was so good for young horses to work other horses . It was fun as a young man to have a 6 mile run with 60 head of horses and a stud that acted aggressive, great vid Richard
18:52 What a curious little fella
I think if you keep making video's with this much effort involved that clearly show the amount of passion you have for your occupation and labor of love, you will easily end up with the #2 equestrian channel on CZcams. I say #2 because I don't think it will outgrow Dale Brisby and his unique depiction of ranching if you want to call it that. In time though, this will turn into something far greater. I really enjoyed the visit the other day with you and your little blonde partner. She is very special. Congratulations on putting together another great video.
Thanks John. Humbled to be mentioned in the comment that includes the superpuncher! Richard.
It was nice to see you as well. Caroline says Hello!
Just found your channel and I'm in love! Makes me miss riding horses so much
Really enjoy watching ur show richard I have learned alot .just over all love ur life style I would love to come to the ranch to get some knowledge from you. Thank u for taking ur time to make these vidioes richard
good video Richard.like watching them its my relaxing time been away from anything Ranch/farm for over 30 years just lately been thinking about it. howdy from N.E.Ga near Toccoa Falls.
Thanks, Butter Bean. Good to hear from you!
@@LowCountryCowboys I surely would have really appreciate being part of the ranch
OMG!!! This ranching sure beats sitting in an office pushing paper and withering away. I love this. These little horses are so cute, they look like small wambloods. :-)
Ingrid Blohm-Hyde they look like stock horses to me but idk 💕
I am currently writing a book about a girl and her horse and their life on a ranch. I've loved horses all my life, but do not have a ton of experience working with them, at least not in this perspective! So this video is giving me so much insight and knowledge into what ranch life is like! Thank you! I felt like I was watching a movie.:)
So awesome to get a video.....they are such an adventure.
You have an incredible set of broodmares and foals.
Thanks Fiona C!
3:34 anyone else see that little spider in the left corner?😂
Wolfie Mia Little?😳...
I noticed a big spider.
Yes I seen the little one on the gate
I gotta applaud your latest video. Great job!
I just found y'all and I LOVE your videos!! I am dying for an update on tiny!! Also, your blue roan mares are to die! Just beautiful!! Much love from Houston.
Hi Ashton Dunkirk, Tiny is doing well! She has started running with a local band of does and has been spotted by the neighbors sneaking around. We hope she will come by this spring to show off her baby, if she has one. Thanks for the kind words and for watching! Richard
It's a stressful but necessary part of life to wean babies from their mothers. Some get taken too early and some get taken too late, but it's cool to see you guys do it in a pretty gentle manner. Then to take all that time and teach them domestication, must take a lot of patience and love.
Hello,what an incredibe job,greetings from Uruguay
What an amazing man and a life I would LOVE!!!!! An absolute dream. Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
That's a NICE spider! Lotsa silk!!
Them mares is all bred back and due to foal in spring..the ol'stud hoss woulda drove the horse colts outta the band shortly anyways..mares gotta fat-up good to carry next spring's foals so this year's foals gotta be weaned by fall anyhow..
Nicely done. I appreciate that you don't use "gimmicks" or "trick words" working the stock. Too many clinicians with "special" tack. And you also appear to realize that a good horse isn't made in 3 weeks. Time spent down will pay dividends later either in sale price or solid working stock that aren't lame or one person critters. Thanks for renewing my faith, I hope to see more videos to watch your progress with the young ones - both horse and kids!
Thanks for watching and the kind words! Richard
TheGaitedtrailrider Agreed! Just found this channel but I really like what I've seen so far. I've raised horses for over 50 years & sometimes just smh at some of the ways people handle horses. These guys know horses, good to see.
Woulda screamed man, that spider was huge
Love your Horse sense 👍
Wow just found this so beautiful such a big place where is this ranch to have such big spiders lol makes me miss my ranch and my horses. Thanks so much for posting subbed please keep them coming.
Interesting episode, guy. I’m sold!🤙🏿#subscriber
Enjoyed your vid. Greetings from south west Wisconsin.
"Jeremiah was a bullfrog!" Hahaha
Michal Mcmeel(singer of 3 dog night) runs an event called Inner City Slickers for kids that live in the city to come out and ride horses and rope. You should like it on Facebook!We got to meet him, he’s a cool dude.
My favorite shows:
1. *Low Country Cowboys*
2. *The Cowboy way ~ Alabama*
Re: knowing when to quit, absolutely. With any horse of any age.
(With dogs also!)
I'm terrified if spiders where are you located so I stay away lol
Some horse breeders just put the mares in one pasture and the foals in an adjacent pasture with an older mare for comfort; the mares n foals can visit over the fence but no nursing and limited contact; once the foals start spending most of their time away from the fenced mothers then they can b put in a farther pasture; not so stressful for the foals or the mares...
I just started to watch your videos. I'm hooked. I can't figure out which which state you call Low Country.
@Karen R. South Carolina, thanks for watching!
Beautiful,,horses,,great,,video,,beautiful,,view,,to,,see,,thank,.you😍😄😊😏😆😍
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Great video. I would love to come help y’all sometime!
Great video!!! Can I come and work for you??? LOL!! Would be a dream come true!!!😍😍😍
I wanna come two...
Wow, look at the amount of them hays you collected. How many of them that you need for a winter? Please bear with me, never been living a day in the farm, not talking anout a ranch. Thank you for your video, it help greatly to understand the common horse behaviors when they are in the weaning process.
Hi Michel Nguyen, We store around 10,000 rolls of hay each year to feed horses and cattle throughout he winter. Thats about 6,000 tons or 12,000,000 lbs! Thanks for watching!
That was fun 🤗🇨🇦
Your horses are beyond gorgeous
Good to see people who don't feel the need to wear a helmet every time they get on a horse! Just curious, why you didn't just have the gate open since you would be driving the herd back through there. (I'm new to your vids so don't know your set up.)
I guess I was under the impression that the mares decided when to wean the foals.
Are they kept separate from the herd?
At this point, almost none of the foals are nursing anymore.
golfcart.. as long it turn right, it ain't wrong :P x)
Music is the key to the soul...but so are seat belts. 😳
True...you caught us. Thanks for watching!!
Okay so dumb question. What are the white things on the some of the Mares necks?
Those are bands with ID numbers on them so we can keep track of the mares. Thanks for watching!
more please!
Love you're property so much space ...space is an epic problem in ireland I don't know anyone with a stud so large here , we don't call horse properties ranches here farms or studs only stud close to this size is owned by foreign investors who might never step foot on there land mostly Arab owner's, love you're daughter's name same as my only daughter's name..she'd love this ..hagen to ask did you use a stabliser on you're camera great footage from horseback, mine is always up n down. .lovely looking young stock...can I come live there plzzzzzzz. ..
Hi catherine donoghue, It's wonderful to hear from you all the way from Ireland! The device we use to stabilize the camera is called a gimbal. works like magic! Thanks for the kind words and for watching! Richard
@@LowCountryCowboys impressive results. .well impressed with the job on the doe's leg
How do you handle 22 head of colts. I raise 6 and seems like all I do is ride colts
Captain Kerr, Nice to hear from you again! All I can say is there are no magic tricks, just long, well planned days. Thanks again for watching. Richard
Me: I want to work there eeekkk!!
13:10 NEVERMIND
"Hit it like you've got a pair, son"😂😂😂😂
I have never seen a spider so big in my life! I hate spiders! 😨
Hello. How much do u sell your horses 4?
What gonna happen to those horses once they're grown?? Also what would happen if the foals weren't weaned?
Please see the above reply, and thanks for watching!
To answer the first question: if they are lucky, they will find good homes, if not, they will be worked hard until they are broken both physically and mentally and then they will go to slaughter. To answer your second question: mares would wean them themselves when they feel is the right time, with much less stress for the foal and the mare.
meaTbuN, thanks for watching! We raise American Quarter horses that will go on to fulfilling lives in a variety of situations. We focus primarily on cutting and ranch horses, but there are many of our horses that are barrel racing, roping, reining, playing polo, trail riding, mounted shooting, therapeutic riding, and just being companions to humans and other horses. The notion that we breed horses in an irresponsible manner or that we somehow neglect their wellbeing for the sake of making money simply is false. We love what we do. Weaning is a practice that any conscientious horse breeder will utilize for the sake of his or her herd. We wean to ensure that the foal continues to receive the proper nutrition, gentling, and healthcare necessary for proper development. Weaning is necessary for the mare and her next foal as well, for a myriad of reasons. Thanks again, Richard
How many horses do you have
How old do y’all usually wean your foals?
7 months. That helps with rhodococcus problems. 🙂
Don't let the foals fall, fill the hole in.
You treat them like cattle. We separate them when they are older and then just at night. When they are wiened(?) they have a old mentor with the babies. Who shall otherwise teach, defend and make them secure?
Hi Cathrin Gustafsson, thank you for your comments. Although our cattle are treated better than most horses in the world today, I have to disagree when you say we treat them like cattle. Our horses are given the best of care and weaned with as little stress as possible. Our horse herds run on beautiful open pasture with ample room to graze and grow. The foals live freely with their dams until weaning time, when they are moved into open stalls and gentled so they are easily handled in case of injury or during vaccinations and deworming. After they are domesticated some (usually 2 weeks) they are turned out with older "babysitter" geldings. Our program is holistically designed to give the horse the best possible life and to prepare them for success in the future. Thanks for watching. Richard
@@LowCountryCowboys OK. So upsetting the mares and foals and then treating them as wild is OK
Well we don't do so. We interact with the mother and lead them next to their moms. And Never ever these SHARP halters of rope. Our foals then dont behave as "wild". No trauma and we let it take time. Sorry but I'm not very impressed by the cowboy Macho method. Parelli has made a lot of harm to our countries horses. We have had an several hundred year Tradition of old cavalry horsemen, where they Respected the horses and didn't let anyone make them anxious. You could have made it much less complicated when you chased them by open Both gates.Simple things makes it less potentially dangerous. We also have a lot of ridingschools where people learn to behave around horses.
We Don Break them. We prepare them by daily care. There are very seldom any trouble at all. No rodeo what so ever since they trust us and KNOW that we would never Scare or hurt them. Calm trusting individuals. I've seen horrific things done by Parellis. Mostly by the wife since she obviously can't read horses. These things shall not be teached by videos. Anky van Grunsven's order " Do NOT try this at home!! ". Well. Thanks for you answer. You could learn some things from Europeans who have much longer traditions. I've seen ONE good Horsemanship guru. I don't remember his name, but he looked like Clark Gable and had a softer method. The only thing I have used is to bend the head to my side when I Mount them the first times. It's been of good use since I have had 6 feet high horses or a ladder. Have a nice day now. Hug your horses.
@@cathringustafsson2426 well said, I hope people don't see this video and think that this is the right way to treat foals
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Well I ride but not on farm at shows!
3:33 do someone see the spider?
how old are these foals? 😌
Probably fix the gateway wouldn’t hurt
Haha Iove this I ride
Sure they kick hard i seen 4 months old colts kick in the leg a cowboy and broke hes leg dor eeal
If there's grass... my mare could care less when I wean 🤷♀️
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i just saw something im allergic to... Barbed-wire fence, in a horse pen!!??
MineLox Monn....Ranch horse’s are exposed to barbed wire. I don’t like it but it’s reality. My using horses were behind it at line camps and at a lot of the outer pastures.
@@fionajane56 I wish i could afford flight tickets to get to your place for a couple of weeks, and ride some new horses. My own mare is like a big puppy.
MineLox Monn They can be safe if strung properly. Horses aren't stupid & get familiar with it.
Predators maybe
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Do you raise quarter horses??
Proudly!
Low Country Cowboys that is what I thought. I raise emm as well
Where did ya go not seeing anything new? 🤕
New episode in the works. Look for it the first week in May.
How many acres on this ranch?
~20k
And i can't even clean my room. 😳
what breed are the horses?
im guessing Quarter horses
We're are you located I will like to buy a horse
Please send me your email address and we can talk it over. Richard
Ya me to
Poor mares.
Poor mares
That golf cart was all right before you fixed it
I fell lilei can't do this 😂
Some people just have to take 3 rights to go left........!!
Feel like*
this music some wolfquest shit
where do you live.
Allendale county, SC
How old are the babies when they are weaned of the mother? :)
Hi Karoline Arnie, These foals were were from 6 to 10 months old when weaned. Thanks for watching!
@@LowCountryCowboys wouldn't mama be a better judge of when she doesn't want to be fed from? I mean after all, they have been doing this a lot longer than we have... js
@Tara Monette Perhaps in some cases, but most domesticated mares today have little sense of the proper time to wean their foals. Often times a mare will allow her foal to nurse long past the decline in her lactation which can cause malnutrition and udder damage to the mare. Besides, the danger of early maturing colts and fillies breeding in the pasture, or worse, a colt breeding his mother is a concern. We also must consider the amount of forage available to the young horses going into winter. We wean our foals in the fall and put them on extra feed designed for growing horses so that they get the proper nutrition without competition from other foals and adult horses. Thanks for your comments and for watching our show. Richard
Tv has too many commercials, must do what told, like their advertisers. utube is better.
Heart wrenching watching the foals being taken away from their mamas.
Diane Reiser it’s something that’s gotta happen, heart wrenching or not
it will happen one way or another. If the foal isnt weaned by humans, the mama with wean it herself
@@jennywalker2251 yes the mare will wean the foal herself but much, much later and with much lower amounts of stress for both of them. Lets face it people, they are weaning them this way because they can sell them faster
Don't animals know when to wean their own babies? What right do we have to take their babies away from them?
skye every right
1:17 it’s not even summer yet it’s spring???
Poor babies😭 but it must be done :((
No there's a reason the mare's are crying and wailing. It's unnatural. This is commercial breeding at it's finest...
Danielle Bundy Ik it’s sad but I mean their going to have to be separated from their moms at some time. I just wish they could stay together longer
Best way to wean a foal? Don't. Mom horses know what to do and when to wean. Let nature take it's course the way it's supposed to.
Neon Fox It's always been my experience the mares do, but it's later than the usual time people separate them. They can become herd bound with the mare & it's difficult to separate them when broken to ride etc. without alot of anxiety.
What does wean mean?? 😂
Are you serieouis
Kinsley Audia it was a joke lol probably a pretty stupid one but a joke 😂
Kinsley Audia Not everyone is a horse person you know. So Weaning is an unknown term
Dakota Eventing I horse ride every two days and I've entered a competition or two but I guess I just don't really do research on the correct terms 😂
Bro...... Wean means giving birth
So, all mother animals, wild and domestic know when to wean and how to wean. It is instinct. Why do you feel the need to intervene? No disrespect, but this is a natural process between mothers and their babies so am just trying to understand why a horse would be unable to follow its nature when it comes to weaning.
because sometimes when a foal dosent understand when his mama wants him to be on his own, he can get hurt. the mama can bite, kick, etc...you dont want to take that risk
@@jennywalker2251 not true, foals understand that loud and clear when the time comes. They are weaning them too young only for money. Faster you wean them, faster you can sell them
What age do you. Start weining.
around 4 to 6 months is what i prefer
SHOW DON'T TELL. There is NO need to cut to a person saying this is what we are going to do when you can show it being done while explaining it.
what's wrong with this: "golf cart", I see no golf balls or them sticks ya beat'em with, I sold the golf cart and bought a horse. and for the record you sing like a bird, a crow.