Setting up a stud farm requires passion, effort and a lot of perseverance, but it’s an amazing activity full of personal fulfilment and profit. With this in mind, we would like to share with you three useful tips, that will enable you to start off on the right foot.

From the necessary space to the right assistance during foaling

Clearly, the things to do and the aspects to consider when breeding horses are far from few. Nevertheless, we believe that there are three main aspects to be aware of and, therefore, three tips not to underestimate.

1. The necessary space to breed purebred horses

Setting up a stud farm requires a lot of energy and a considerable amount of money. Horses require, in fact, some particular attention and specific care. Moreover, it’s necessary to build some suitable facilities, like stables and a pastureland.

You will, therefore, need to find the necessary space to make sure that your horses are able to move and lay down freely. We recommend finding a large pastureland and an area that allows you to always keep mares and stallions separated, which both need to know where they can shelter when they deem it necessary.

2. Which horses to breed

The second step to set up a good stud farm consists in choosing the right horses to breed, which is not an easy task because there are many horse breeds. Our advice is to keep your breeding needs in mind.

First of all, learn about the specific care that every type of horse needs, check which horse breeds are more required where you live and always consider buying a stallion for breeding in the future. Try also to find out what type of nutrition the breed you chose requires and, once you bought it, don’t hesitate to seek the help of a vet regularly.

3. Assistance during foaling

When the time to breed comes, don’t get caught off-guard. You should rely on the stallion you bred, so you will know what to expect. We also recommend to breed together very similar horses, so you will prevent the birth of foals with malformations, that will mean their premature death.

If foals are healthy they won’t die during birth. Then, if you carefully take care of them, they will become valuable for your stud farm and you will also be able to sell them easily and make a large profit or to train them so that they can take part in important national and international competitions.

In order to achieve all of this, it’s crucial to be present during foaling and contact a vet at the right time. However, foaling takes place most of the time at night, which means that the person that has to take care of the mare will have to stay awake for a long time to make sure that everything is running smoothly.

Our finel advice

To make this process easier and to reduce possible troubles and complications, you can count on our Foaling Alarm: it will inform you when the time is right, will spare you many sleepless nights and, as a result, will prevent complications that can arise if the mare is left alone.

Don’t hesitate to contact us for further information: your stud farm matters to us!