Horse BreedingMost businesses will inevitably be in the red their first few years in business. In fact, the IRS has a rule that as long as you make a profit for 2 out of 5 years you are doing well. They have made a special rule for horse breeders. If you are able to make a profit 2 out of 7 years you are doing pretty well. Horse breeding involves a significant amount of money to invest as well as time. This career should not be pursued lightly, but with a lot of thought out planning.
A breeding operation can be as simple as a single stallion farm with a few mares. Some breeders do this in addition to their hobby farm horse training business. Those who are completely committed to breeding, do not have a lot of time for anything else. This job is not for an amateur. You must have horse knowledge, excellent handling skills to handle excited stallions and grumpy mares as well as be knowledgeable about the actual breeding practices, lab work, sales, marketing and business management – accounting most of all.
A degree in equine reproduction, equine science or agribusiness is extremely helpful. You may also consider taking courses in AI and semen collection, because more and more breeders are moving in this direction. Mare owners want to be able to breed their mares to the best stallions without having to haul there. In fact, many breeding barns wait day and night for the phone call to collect the stallion and get the semen on the next flight to wherever the ovulating mare is. Some farms do all artificial insemination because it is so risky to do live cover with multi-thousand dollar horses.
The average breeding manager is on call 70 to 90 hours per week. They may have 120 mares that need to be palpated, inseminated, palpated some more and so on until they begin to show signs of parturition. Then begins the long hours of foal watch day in and day out until the foals hit the ground.
Aside from all the stress, however, you do get to be a part of the creation of some of the most beautiful creatures on earth. This is often enough reward for breeding managers.
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Ron Petracek is the current article director for a rapidly growing equine social network community.He was raised in southern Idaho with a beautiful jet black morgan as his adventure companion, and the snake river within a easy ride. horses and the outdoors are a solid part of his life. For more great information and FREE equine classifieds! Everything from horses to trailers & tack please visit. http://www.EquineMiniMart.com
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