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<blockquote data-quote="MillIronQH" data-source="post: 278331" data-attributes="member: 4658"><p>All is fair in love, war and worming horses. All of our broodmares came off of the Binion Ranch in Nevada. I may have two that are even halter broke. We use the Ivermec cattle injectable to worm. 1cc per 100# of body weight. We pen them up and then turn them into another pen one at a time and give them about a double handful of feed with the wormer sprayed on top. For our broke horses we drw it up remove the needle and shoot it in their mouths just like a paste wormer. I like it better then the paste because there is no way they can get lucky and spit it out. It's also cheaper the the equine stuff.</p><p></p><p>MrGale is right about tying to the bumper. Never, ever tie any horse to anything lower then the top of it's withers. You can do serious and permenant damage.</p><p></p><p>Since my mares are range mares we don't even try to do anything with the babies until they are weaned. Then we go to the round pen one at a time. Once they dicide that I am not a horse eating monster and since I'm the one that's been feeding them and their mamas it doesn't take long. I get a halter and lead rope on themand start by stepping to one side and applying pressure until they give to to the pressure and just keep repeating that on both sides until they turn to me with almost no pressure and then I start making small circlesand gradually expand them until we can go in a straight line and turn either way. When (not if) they balk we just go back to small circles again. There is no sense in trying to get in a tug-a-war with a horse even a 500# colt. You can't win.Z</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MillIronQH, post: 278331, member: 4658"] All is fair in love, war and worming horses. All of our broodmares came off of the Binion Ranch in Nevada. I may have two that are even halter broke. We use the Ivermec cattle injectable to worm. 1cc per 100# of body weight. We pen them up and then turn them into another pen one at a time and give them about a double handful of feed with the wormer sprayed on top. For our broke horses we drw it up remove the needle and shoot it in their mouths just like a paste wormer. I like it better then the paste because there is no way they can get lucky and spit it out. It's also cheaper the the equine stuff. MrGale is right about tying to the bumper. Never, ever tie any horse to anything lower then the top of it's withers. You can do serious and permenant damage. Since my mares are range mares we don't even try to do anything with the babies until they are weaned. Then we go to the round pen one at a time. Once they dicide that I am not a horse eating monster and since I'm the one that's been feeding them and their mamas it doesn't take long. I get a halter and lead rope on themand start by stepping to one side and applying pressure until they give to to the pressure and just keep repeating that on both sides until they turn to me with almost no pressure and then I start making small circlesand gradually expand them until we can go in a straight line and turn either way. When (not if) they balk we just go back to small circles again. There is no sense in trying to get in a tug-a-war with a horse even a 500# colt. You can't win.Z [/QUOTE]
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