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Post by fantasykiger on Mar 10, 2011 17:51:30 GMT -5
Mind you I am not doing anymore breeding, but when Fantasy comes into heat she does have the pick of 3 geldings to express her love for. Across the fence is a gray Paso Fino and a Chestnut TB. In our pasture is a chestnut Arabian. Herd behavoir is very interesting to me and I love watching my ladies. None of my mares care for the Chestnut Arabian in their own pasture, they do not show to him or follow him around. However the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. ;D Fantasy's gelding of choice is the gray Paso Fino, they will spend hours just standing together with just the fence seperating them.  |
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Post by stlkigers on Mar 10, 2011 21:27:42 GMT -5
I have a friend that runs a boarding business....no breeding....and she swears (and Fantasy seems to bear it out) that horses are color prejudice! Her horses all seem to pair up by colors in turnout pastures....NOT breed specific as she has paints, QH's, mustangs, TWH, MFT, and TB's....but the sorrels seem to group together, as do the palominos and bays.... Anyone else see this?  |
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Post by lindad on Mar 11, 2011 9:15:37 GMT -5
I have read that horses of the same color tend to buddy up or hang as a group in the herd. I wonder is it prejudice and desire to promote on's genetics or is it weak form of camoflage. You stand out less in the crowd, if you blend in with horses of the same color. Just a thought...
You can imagine how my daughter's zonkeys felt when they met one another. lol
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Post by stlkigers on Mar 11, 2011 10:26:30 GMT -5
Maybe a huge sigh of relief there was someone "like them" to be with? LOL....I'm sure there is some scientific reason for the buddying up of same/similar colored horses...we just joke and laugh it's color prejudice!
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Post by fantasykiger on Mar 11, 2011 13:36:25 GMT -5
I am sure that first meeting of Zonkeys was fun to watch. ;D Curious, but the fact they may be choosing like color to fool predators as zebras do does make sense. Especially in a large herd situation.
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Post by gotkiger on Mar 11, 2011 14:31:11 GMT -5
I have seen it three way in one herd. 2 gray duns, 2 grullas, and 2 duns with one dun left ou in the cold. But she would pair up with one of the grullas when the other wasnt there
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