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Gypsy Horses at
Blarney Stone Acres
Embryo Foals |
Embryo Foals, horses produced from an embryo transfer
procedure, is a common practice among horse breeders. Many horse
breeders, including those who breed Gypsy Vanner horses, have found
that production of embryo foals to be beneficial to their breeding
program. The process of producing embryo foals has come a long way
in the US. Unfortunately, as in many other aspects of Gypsy horse
breeding, there are many who may practice it, but not as many who
have the experience or proper record of results. Many Gypsy horse
breeders are not aware of the precautions that must be taken to
ensure quality care and safety of the animal.
Many Gypsy horse breeders are not aware of the precautions that must
be taken to ensure quality care and safety of the animal. Every time
you invade your Gypsy horses, you are exposing them to the
possibility of infection. These mares are precious to us, expensive
in our endeavors of purchasing and breeding. At Blarney Stone Acres,
we may choose an embryo transfer process in order to preserve the
bloodline of an aged mare. Because we value our Gypsy horses, we
take the time and care to research process, evaluate the best
professionals and choose those with the highest success rate.
There are several reasons people choose embryo transfers. Such as
with Blarney Stone Acres, a Gypsy horse owner may have an aged mare
whose bloodline they wish to preserve while there is still time.
Perhaps the Gypsy horse breeder has a program where it may be
necessary to mass-produce in order to cull your breeding program
properly. Some choose this program because they have a performance
Gypsy horse, and cannot take the time to have their mare out of
commission during the pregnancy, foaling and weaning process.
Unfortunately there are even those who use the embryo transfer
program, at the risk of the mare, solely for financial gain.
Whatever the reason you for choose this process, you should educate
yourself in all the things involved in this process.
You should take a moment to recognize costs associated with
acquiring the surrogate mare: general care, veterinary bills and
rental, to name a few. Though you may choose buy your mare, it
should be noted that you must make your selection carefully. It is
vitally important that the mare has a healthy reproductive system.
She must be in good general health both physically and
psychologically. The Gypsy horse's temperament and habits must be
taken into consideration, as she will pass them on to her foals.
Both mares must also be on the same cycle.
There are several factors to consider when deciding whether to rent
or buy a surrogate mare. In renting, you can choose to pay for her
care and medical at either your facility or theirs. In choosing to
foal out at your facility, a shipping fee is involved for
transporting the mare there and back again when you are done. In
purchasing a mare for this procedure you need to ask yourself
several questions: What happens when you are done with her? Will she
fit into your next embryo program? If not, will she wind up being
sold, given away or auctioned? Where did this mare come from and how
was she acquired?
A person choosing embryo transfers must also understand certain
things about results of the process. An important thing to note is
that you cannot be guaranteed the sex of the foal. Until the foal is
born, you will not know if it is a filly or a colt. Also, the
process may not be as instantaneous as you might believe-sometimes
taking longer than you expect. The transfer is not easy to perform
and requires competent medical people to do these procedures safely
correctly and efficiently. The most important thing to understand,
however is that there is no guarantee that the process will produce
an outstanding performance Gypsy horse. It is impossible to predict
how the produced horse will perform or even how much it will be
worth. Anyone making such guarantees is merely implementing
deceptive marketing gimmicks. The ethics in doing this should be
watched carefully, as you may not always get the quality services
you are paying for. After all, what horse is worth an enormous
amount of money unless it has an established performance record?
Embryo transfers are an expensive and time-consuming procedure.
There are many things factor into this embryo program. Investigate
the different ways of undertaking this venture to discover the
feasibility of the involved expenses. An expensive, but less
involved alternative would be buy embryos from someone already doing
this program. The reason for the expense is the additional fees that
are piled on top of the cost of the process.
If your goal is to produce a pureblood Gypsy horse, there is an
alternative buying an embryo foal that is less expensive and will
ensure the bloodline of your horse. By going to a reputable breeder,
such as Blarney Stone Acres, you can buy a Gypsy horse that you get
to pick out, learn about its lineage, its history and see both of
the parents. By simply buying a Gypsy horse from a Gypsy horse
breeder, you can save money and precious time by bring home a Gypsy
horse with documented lineage.
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