I really like little Blossom, shes quite the cutie...
The folks I told you about, who lived in back in my parents in California, and had a large number of the miniature horses, took us for a tour of their ranch...we got to see all their miniature horses...they were so cute, and friendly, just like dogs, ran up to us, nuzzled us, tried to get close to us, and investigate what we were doing...
In another part of the ranch, they had a smaller penned in area, with a small barn....in that smaller penned in area, they had about 4-5 miniature horses, that had some birth defects, supposedly because they were too closely bred with other minis on the ranch....they were so very sweet...most of their birth defects, showed up in their faces....
I remember this one little miniature horse, named Timmy...his whole snout was not as it should have been...it was too short, and much too wide...he was just the sweetest horse, and the absolute favorite of all the school groups that came through on tours...all the horses on that ranch were great, but special attention was always paid to those few horses with birth defects....
I guess one has to be careful when breeding them...
Yes, we have 5 females and two males. One of the males was from a different breeder than our females. He gets 4 wives. The other male is too closely related to three of the females. He only gets 1 wife though. He's precious, but by breeding standards, his head is a little too big and his shoulders are too narrow. I still think he is beautiful. Not everyone wants to pay $2500 for a horse. If somebody just wants them for pets, and not to show, there is no reason to pay that much. His babies will be quite a bit less, and still adorable. We have to keep detailed records of their lineage. If we keep any of the babies, we will buy another male when they are old enough to breed.