4,777 answers about horses & farm animals
Horses and farm animals run on routine — feeding schedules, hoof and health care, safe fencing and calm handling, in all weather. This page gathers the horse and farm animal library of KinsLe Answers in one place, organized by topic from daily care to travel and senior animals. Every answer is original, written by KinsLe, and tied to a real KinsLe feature.
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The running walk will not tell you, but the underside will, when you sex a young Tennessee Walking Horse. A colt has a sheath on the underside of his belly, and a filly has a vulva under her tail, just below the anus, with no sheath at all. Let the foal wander with its dam in a small paddock and watch for a relaxed…
Look underneath, not at the face or build, to sex a young Morgan foal. A colt has a sheath on the midline of the belly, toward the hind legs, while a filly has a vulva tucked under the tail, just below the anus, and no sheath along the belly. Watch from the side while the foal nurses or stands relaxed rather than…
Check under the tail and along the belly of the young Friesian to tell its sex, parting the long hair rather than trusting the foal's outline under that thick black coat. A filly shows a vulva under the tail beneath the anus and small teats between her hind legs, while a colt shows only the anus under the tail and a…
Look under the tail and between the hind legs of the young Clydesdale to tell its sex, working around the heavy feathering on those big legs that can hide what you are looking for. A filly has a vulva under the tail below the anus and small teats between her hind legs, while a colt has only the anus under the tail and…
Check under the tail and along the belly of the young Arabian to tell its sex, because this breed's refined head and pretty face make colts and fillies look almost identical. A filly has the vulva directly under the tail below the anus, plus tiny teats between her hind legs, while a colt has only the anus under the…
Lift the young Appaloosa's tail and look underneath its belly to tell its sex reliably, because coat spots give no clue at all. A young filly has two openings close together under the tail, the anus and the vulva, while a young colt has only the anus under the tail and a sheath midway along the belly. Between the hind…
Arrange a young Tennessee Walking Horse's first full health check within his first week of joining you, or in his first days of life for a homebred foal, before training plans or turnout groups are built around assumptions. The visit should cover a full physical examination, hooves and movement with his natural gait…
Book a young Shetland's first full health check within his first week of arriving with you, or in his first days of life if he is a homebred foal, because the breed's hardiness hides problems until they are well established. The visit should cover teeth and mouth, feet and movement, an honest weight and condition…
Give a young Rhode Island Red her first full health check in the first couple of weeks after she arrives, or once a home-hatched chick is sturdy and growing, rather than trusting the breed's hardy reputation to substitute for a baseline. The visit should cover weight and condition, eyes, beak, and breathing, skin and…
Book a young Quarter Horse's first full health check within his first days if he is a newborn foal, checking that he has nursed and received colostrum, or within the first week of arrival for an older youngster bought in. The visit should cover a full physical examination, legs and feet with movement observed, teeth…
Arrange a young Plymouth Rock's first full health check within the first couple of weeks of her arrival, or early in life for a home-hatched chick once she is past the fragile first days, so problems are caught while she is still growing. The visit should cover weight and condition, beak, eyes, and breathing, skin and…
Schedule the first full health check in the first week or two after a young Khaki Campbell arrives, well before she approaches laying age, because this breed's famous egg production asks a great deal of a body that must be built correctly first. The visit should cover growth and weight, leg soundness, eyes and…
Book the first full health check in the first week or two after a young Indian Runner arrives, or early in life for a home-hatched duckling, because her upright, fast-growing build makes leg and nutrition issues easiest to correct while she is still small. The visit should cover weight and growth, legs and feet, eyes…
Arrange the first full health check within the first week or two of a young Embden joining you, or early in life for a home-hatched gosling, because this breed grows so fast that leg and nutrition problems establish themselves quickly. The visit should cover weight and growth rate, legs and feet, eyes and nostrils,…
Book the first full health check soon after the lamb joins you, or in the first weeks of life if he was born on your holding, rather than waiting for a problem or for shearing season to force the issue. That visit should cover overall condition and growth, feet and legs, eyes and mouth, a parasite and vaccination plan…
Expect an intelligent, food-focused youngster who will spend his first week mapping the pen for weak points, rooting the bedding into architecture, and learning your feeding routine with impressive speed. Young pigs chill easily and sunburn readily, so he needs deep dry bedding, draught-free shelter, shade, and a…
Expect a settling-in week, not a training week, because travel, new forage, new water, and new companions all load a young horse's gut and mind at once. Keep his hay as similar as possible to what he was eating, introduce turnout and herd mates gradually, and watch droppings, appetite, and gut sounds daily. Short,…
Expect the week to split by one question: is she still on milk, as a bottle kid needing feeds on schedule, or weaned and eating hay and browse, because that answer sets every other routine. Either way she needs goat company, fencing she cannot climb or squeeze through, fresh water, and minerals made for goats within…
Expect a messy, fast-growing week in a warm brooder, because a young duckling cannot hold her body temperature and will chill quickly if the warm zone is wrong or she gets soaked and cannot dry. Give her water deep enough to dip her whole bill and clear her nostrils, but in a container she cannot climb into and drown…
Expect a cautious, watchful youngster who may stand back and study your household for days before deciding you are safe, because donkeys assess rather than obey and a young donkey new to a home is doing serious evaluation. Feed him far more sparingly than a pony of the same size, since donkeys thrive on sparse,…
Expect a week of feeding rhythm and close watching, whether your young calf arrived as a newborn needing colostrum history confirmed or as a slightly older calf settling into a new pen and routine. Appetite at each milk feed, bright eyes, a dry navel, and droppings that stay formed rather than scouring are your daily…
Expect a week ruled by temperature and tiny details, because a newly arrived chick cannot regulate her own warmth and depends on a brooder that offers a warm zone and cooler edges she can move between. Dip each beak in the water on arrival so she learns where drinking happens, watch that she finds the starter feed,…
Expect a plump, cold-hardy bird with a flat rose comb hugging her head, often in striking laced plumage, who matures at a steady pace into a reliable layer of brown eggs. Wyandottes handle cold better than single-combed breeds, forage well, and carry a calm confidence that can shade into bossiness with very timid…
Expect a compact, powerful draught youngster, always chestnut, with notably clean legs free of heavy feather, and a willing, economical way of working that reflects centuries of farm selection. The Suffolk Punch matures into serious pulling power, but a young horse's joints and back must not be asked for draught loads…
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