Mustang Pictures-----------

[mustang]

Because I can't remember what I did yesterday,,, you might see some "re-runs" from previous posts. These were taken in June of 2010.

The palomino is "Ol One Ear" when he still had two.

Why do these black horses hang together ?

He has his eye on something of interest. "You'd think if he knew he was going to have his picture taken, he'd stay out of the mud."

 

[katrina]

Awesome pictures yet again.....

 

[Faster horses]

Look at the mane on that one horse......amazing.........!!
Thanks mustang!

 

[Soapweed]

Great pictures again, mustang. We really like the calendars that you made.

 

[mustang]

Great pictures again, mustang. We really like the calendars that you made.

Thanks for your interest in mustangs. The calendars went over better than I expected. The original order was for 35 and I mailed out 50. "A good day at Blackrock." :wink: :wink:

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Me got 4 in the mail today.


Me likey. :lol: :lol:

They look great and are destined to be stocking stuffers.

 

[Faster horses]

Me got 4 in the mail today.


Me likey. :lol: :lol:

They look great and are destined to be stocking stuffers.

Stocking??? You aren't going to BEND them are you??? :shock:

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Me got 4 in the mail today.


Me likey. :lol: :lol:

They look great and are destined to be stocking stuffers.

Stocking??? You aren't going to BEND them are you??? :shock:

BIG STOCKINGS :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[caljane]

Love the calender too!

I noticed often that horses in a herd like to stay together in colors - the greys together, the paints together, even the palominos seem to search each other. Maybe that has something to do with the instinct not to stick out in a group?!

Why do some of the horses have a "BH" freeze brand on their croups?

 

[Soapweed]

Love the calender too!

I noticed often that horses in a herd like to stay together in colors - the greys together, the paints together, even the palominos seem to search each other. Maybe that has something to do with the instinct not to stick out in a group?!

Why do some of the horses have a "BH" freeze brand on their croups?

I am wondering if it is more because the paints are related, the blacks are related, the greys are related, etc. Maybe the family groups tend to hang together because they know each other better. Just a thought.

Maybe the horse with the BH brand escaped from the Black Hills. :wink:

 

[gcreekrch]

Love the calender too!

I noticed often that horses in a herd like to stay together in colors - the greys together, the paints together, even the palominos seem to search each other. Maybe that has something to do with the instinct not to stick out in a group?!

Why do some of the horses have a "BH" freeze brand on their croups?

I am wondering if it is more because the paints are related, the blacks are related, the greys are related, etc. Maybe the family groups tend to hang together because they know each other better. Just a thought.

Maybe the horse with the BH brand escaped from the Black Hills. :wink:

Maybe they belong to Barack and Hilary. :wink:

 

[mustang]

Love the calender too!

I noticed often that horses in a herd like to stay together in colors - the greys together, the paints together, even the palominos seem to search each other. Maybe that has something to do with the instinct not to stick out in a group?!

Why do some of the horses have a "BH" freeze brand on their croups?

I am wondering if it is more because the paints are related, the blacks are related, the greys are related, etc. Maybe the family groups tend to hang together because they know each other better. Just a thought.

Maybe the horse with the BH brand escaped from the Black Hills. :wink:

Maybe they belong to Barack and Hilary. :wink:

The BH brand marks the mare as having been given a birth control shot by the BLM in order to control the numbers.

I tend to go along with the family theory on the way they hang together. However its interesting that my favorite old mare has given birth to such a variation of color over the past few years. Even though that old boy at the back of the band has been with her for four or five years, I'm not sure if he has fathered any of her babys. I think she might have been "sleeping around" a little.

 

[caljane]

nice family tree!

If the mare is a buckskin and not a bay, and the stud is also a buckskin and not a dun (tough to see on the picture) all foals could be by the same pair. Great picture, again!

 

[indian347]

The BLM are ready to send to Dog Pound !

 

[Faster horses]

That was cool, showing the momma then her consecutive babies.
The caption by the stallion.... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I never tire of seeing them, kinda like you!

 

[mustang]

In answer to Caljane's question;
This is the first picture I could find of the paint mare with a stud.
(The one on the left)

The paint mare with her first buckskin colt.

This isn't the same stud, according the the white on the front feet.

The paint mare with her second (paint) colt, the buckskin colt and the first time we saw the grula stud.

The paint mare with her third year palomino colt, the buckskin with her first year palomino colt.

The buckskin with her this year colt that has come up missing.
One of the palominos belong to the buckskin and the other to the paint mare from last year.

It sure is a mystery where this little guy is.

The paint mares, this year colt.

The buckskin mare with no colt by her side.

 

[leanin' H]

Man, I'd love to throw a rope on the Grulla stud horse and make him into a nice ranch horse. Sure be fun topping him off and taking him for a loop checking cattle. Oh, for the sunny slopes of long ago.

 

[mustang]

Man, I'd love to throw a rope on the Grulla stud horse and make him into a nice ranch horse. Sure be fun topping him off and taking him for a loop checking cattle. Oh, for the sunny slopes of long ago.

I'll ride hazer for yu,,,,,
I'm a lot older that you, but I was able to swing a loop at one down on the San Rafel years ago. I couldn't get close enough to catch anything but his hind end. One of the other guys lost his rope,, so I gave him mine. When I got it back a week later, It had a horse hair braid in the hondo. I sure don't know where it came from.

 

[caljane]

Love the pictures and the story behind them! Thanks so much for sharing these.
Now, questions: in the year when the two palominos (or perlinos, as they look to me) were born the young buckskin mare had a fresh brand on her neck. Also the first sorrel stallion carries one. What is the deal - BLM catches the horses, puts a brand on them, then releases them? Why? I was under the impression that the horses that they round up are going for adoption, I didn't know they spend money in "managing" them. I would hope that they also have money for hay if they can afford the man power to brand.
In the same picture (year of the palomino/perlino foals) I can see the "BH" brand on the left hip of the paint mare. I learned here that this brand means that the mare is on some kind of birth control. How could she have that grullo paint foal in the following year?

 

[mustang]

Love the pictures and the story behind them! Thanks so much for sharing these.
Now, questions: in the year when the two palominos (or perlinos, as they look to me) were born the young buckskin mare had a fresh brand on her neck. Also the first sorrel stallion carries one. What is the deal - BLM catches the horses, puts a brand on them, then releases them? Why? I was under the impression that the horses that they round up are going for adoption, I didn't know they spend money in "managing" them. I would hope that they also have money for hay if they can afford the man power to brand.
In the same picture (year of the palomino/perlino foals) I can see the "BH" brand on the left hip of the paint mare. I learned here that this brand means that the mare is on some kind of birth control. How could she have that grullo paint foal in the following year?

Hi Caljane, First let me explain that what I say is what I believe, not necessarily the truth. (I was wrong one, the other time I just thought I was)

The BLM gathers all they can find easily, checks them over, freeze brands them and turns back out the lucky ones, the others are put up for adoption. I think the stud in the first picture has a battle scar just in front of his hip bone. They don't brand the studs, so I think its a scar.

Here are some pictures with the months taken than might show the sequence of things.

Before the colt was born.

The buckskin has her colt with her.

August 2012

In September of 2012 the colt is missing.

Looking through all these pictures makes me wish that spring was here.