white/grey horses and other horses hateing them???

[santana]

today we put my new mare with my stally and now my mare is very sore with heaps of cuts and teeth marks and my stally has more than one hoof mark, all done at a gallop
now my mare has jump the fence (it was wire too), and then went at a gallop though another fence,
i have herd that a grey sometimes is austrised (umm tell me if that wrong spelling) or hated and now i am wondering if thats true ??????
there was 3 (2 mares and a 3 week old foal) other horses in there as well.
my mare is a chestnut roan, my stally is a near leopard appy,
my mare is now with my yealing filly, (they love each other as good friends should)
thanks
rosie

[CMR]

Often when you put a new horse in with a herd, it will take awhile for everything to settle down. I have also heard about horses not like certain colored horses, but it wasn't limited to greys. If things don't settle down in a few days, I'd put your mare in a separate pasture within eyesight of the other horses for about a week or two, so the other horses can see her and catch her scent, but they can't hurt her.

[santana]

i know that,:D we waited about 20mins before he drove her out of the paddock after that she had such a hiding for nothing, we just dident put her back with them, shes got about 10 teeth marks it was just not funny and they will all scar
he about 1/4 of a mile away now (and we still cant see her)
aslo the stally was the only one that dident like her
rosie

[iluvhorses28]

I don't know if color is a big part or not but at our stables, there are 2 white /grey arabians that always gets chased off...they end up eating last and just keepinga low profile at the herd.
Not sure if that is color related but it is the natural work of the herds pecking order.

[Grace]

My horse is grey and he's quite often alone, although he is timid also, so again it's tough to see if there is a correlation. I've often wondered if a grey/white horse is seen as more of a libility by the herd since they are very visible even in low light circumstances and could attract unwanted predators more. You'd think in our winters that would change and the tables would turn, but even a brown horse would still be o.k because they look like a patch of melted snow. Just a guess.

[santana]

but in a diffent place it would be diffent i think
now im goin to try somethig diffent and just put honey in there without the other mares
rosie

[Bay Mare]

My girl is grey and chooses to have a huge personal space, she's a bit like that with humans too ;) especially when she's having a nap. She is perfectly accepted into the herd though and is (so I'm told) boss mare! :eek:

[lindz]

Interesting. I think Stally must have taken an instant dislike but I doubt it was because of her colour, who knows though. If only they could talk!

We have a group of Native ponies. Usually theres the alpha male and all the mares are near the bottom of the pecking order and do as they are told, however our GREY Connemara mare is herd leader. She is in charge of them all and quite an effictive boss too. She doesnt bully anyone all she needs to do is scowl at one of them to put them in their place!

[hApPiNeSs]

happy is mean to all ponies, but she especially bullies the little grey in our field.

her owner has told me that she once really hurt a little grey pony in her old home....

[dcp]

This might be way off but here goes.

I was told that grey horses can be quite nervous as in the wild they will stand out a mile to a preditor so they are constantly alert. Maybe greys get chased away from a herd leader or whatever incase they attract preditors. Way off probably.

[santana]

This might be way off but here goes.

I was told that grey horses can be quite nervous as in the wild they will stand out a mile to a preditor so they are constantly alert. Maybe greys get chased away from a herd leader or whatever incase they attract preditors. Way off probably.
never heard of that, but anyways,
thanks everyone
rosie

[mogadoga]

Mines technically coloured.....but not much colour at all! And he doesnt get bullied etc! He just loves to play and he is the annoyance to the others haha!

[santana]

Mines technically coloured.....but not much colour at all! And he doesnt get bullied etc! He just loves to play and he is the annoyance to the others haha!
:D
horses are getting too technicall now, appys mainley, sounds like my dog :D
rosie

[xhorse_riderx]

they grey down our yard is top man big boss !!!!

[julesandjoy]

Hmmm, not sure if I'm following your post correctly but you say you waited all of 20 minutes before putting them together???

Uh, it's been my experience that a wait of about 2 WEEKS is usually in order when introducing new horses to an established herd.

Introduce her to the herd one at a time - starting w/the dominant mare. I say the dominant mare 'cause she usually has less to prove and will be more accomadating of a newbie. Usually - it's not always the case. But, if the low girl already has 7 or 8 bosses she is NOT inclined to allow one more and will fight hard to be boss of that one. Letting them 'duke it out' in private where there will be less likelihood of all-out herd warfare is the best idea, imo. sylvia