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CoppiLane · Nov 2, 2020 10:23 AM

I let my premium run out, so I can’t use eggs anymore. But last season and this season, when not using eggs, it seems as though almost none of my foals pass BA.
This season only 1/4 of them have passed so far.
https://hj2.huntandjump.com/adv_search.php?runsearch=go&agee=1&owner=48981
The parents are all matching in paper and generation, last year I even had two mares in pasture for the full time and they still produced non passing foals. Am I missing something?

BlaxkDiamond · Nov 2, 2020 10:28 AM

Honestly I’d say you just haven’t bred enough foals this year.

Also sometimes you just have bad days. If I’m hand breeding and I either start getting too many colts or they all start failing BA then I take a break from breeding and come back either later that day or a couple days later.

CoppiLane · Nov 2, 2020 10:33 AM

@BlaxkDiamond thank you! I’ll try taking a little break before continuing. But in your experience, this is normal for the amount of foals bred?

BlaxkDiamond · Nov 2, 2020 11:03 AM

Yah id say it is. Out of the 8 foals I bred, only 2 passed BA, now I’m going to SBA them so I probably won’t even be able to keep the two that passed. But hey more show ponies.

https://hj2.huntandjump.com/adv_search.php?owner=48697&owner_lm=like&barn=0&barn_lm=like&runsearch=go

CoppiLane · Nov 2, 2020 11:26 AM

@BlaxkDiamond thank you! That makes me feel a little better about it, here I started thinking my horses just weren’t of quality!

BlaxkDiamond · Nov 2, 2020 11:37 AM

Lol the quality horse’s usually have a harder time producing foals of equal or superior quality in my experience.

pestilenttempest · Nov 2, 2020 11:43 AM

Yes I’m lucky to get one that passes out of 10, and typically they don’t pass my requirements. I expect to use about 30 eggs before I get a passing sba + superior without boosting.

My 100 foundation pasture usually only produces 2-3 keeper mares per season. But I’m super strict. ^_^

CoppiLane · Nov 2, 2020 11:47 AM

@BlaxkDiamond @pestilenttempest I never expected it to be so difficult, I was using eggs so it seemed like most the time more passed, but I guess that’s because I had more tries lol. Thank you both!

Ammit · Nov 2, 2020 1:45 PM

What kind of breeding are you comparing it to? Lab horses do have better pass rates than live cover but it is not specific to eggs.

CoppiLane · Nov 2, 2020 4:37 PM

@Ammitt I was comparing it to eggs/straws vs stallion/mare (don’t typically use straw/mare too often). But that would make sense if it has better odds, plus the fact it gives more tries per pairing

Ammit · Nov 3, 2020 2:35 AM

Lab breeding is any times more expensive, so the expectation is that people doing live cover are going to be doing way more of it.

CoppiLane · Nov 3, 2020 8:12 AM

Oh ok, that makes sense! Thank you @Ammit :)

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