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More barns, more mares? :)

Ten mares for 3 stallions is a rough spot to be in... I. know I'm trying to put their dad over solid dark colors--black, dark or medium dark bay, dark chestnut. I know Abbey says the homozygous kids look better on horses with lots of shading--pangere, silvers, possibly varnish appy... My first 2G colt doesn't come of age til the March season...so I have another season to figure it out. I would trawl Abbeys kids to see what colors you like best on the homozygous foals and start trying to incorporate them now. Even if it means buying in a few new girls...

I would probably split my mares up 3 to each stud and maybe the extra mare to your favorite boy.

I generally have 4 stallions and 11 mares for each generation. I am trying to avoid inbreeding in higher generations so I want a good variety of stallions. I usually breed two mares to each stallion and then three mares to outside studs. One day I'll probably upgrade each generation to a bigger barn and keep 4 stallions and 26 mares of each generation, but I can't quite afford that yet.

Do you have a link to your second gen mares and studs? That would probably help us with suggestions.

Honey, only in the most innocent sense! More fans (slightly obsessed possibly) than stalkers....

I'll admit that I shamelessly peek at your stock Abbey. Especially the studs around breeding season time...

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