HORSE PEOPLE- HELP ASAP- What is this??? - Page 4

We got into the slaughterhouse debate on another forum, and although the closing of slaughterhouses has created a nasty situation with horses being abandoned;  prior to the ban, people were coming home to find their fences cut and their pastures empty. The horse thieves had struck, and before anything could be done, your horses were hanging from meat hooks at the local slaughterhouse.

Sometimes you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.... 

Anyway, don't blame the tree-huggers for the ban. Not entirely. There were OTHER reasons.

Anyone want to start ear-tagging or chipping horses? 

Back on topic: POA was my second thought. Definitely NOT Icelandic! Wrong colours.  Maybe someone was cleaning out their scrub stock, and came up with a mixed bag of equine 'mutts' that had never been bothered with because they were too small to make good cowponies?

 The black one reminds me of a slighter built version of my old Cob cross...maybe that one is a Welsh pony. The bay is a mystery. There's a paint whose face has been burned badly-totally bald, but he's the same size. There are about a dozen of these. They were sold as 'yearlings' but there's no way. Their feet are tiny. 

Robin, I have no idea. 

Thanks for your response Jenni....
I have no knowledge of fostering Equine...but I thought that I would ask.
We are not in a "home" situation for caring & housing horses....but I have always hoped that when we retire (many working years from now)...we would be better situated for one.
Best of luck to you!
Robin

 Sunsilver, maybe POA. I couldn't make a positive ID on any of them, but figured there are lots of people better equipped to judge. 

BTW, my horses are chipped;-)

Jenn,  The one behind the first skinny horse picture you posted looks like a nice youngster.  Breed?  who knows......  I agree many would be hard to identify breed wise without more information.  Keep in mind, the part of the country will affect the kind of horse breeds people have also.  Some areas will have more TWH or other gaited, some more Standard bred, some more AQHA, etc.  I do not think there would be many Icelandics as they are still somewhat a specialty breed in the US and priced accordingly.   I am too far away to help with any you show here..... Though I have to admit I have called on a few that needed homes, I could not manage more than one more anyway. 

Robin, There are rescue places that would be more than willing to take any donations you could give.  Around here they are closing do to lack of funds.......

I live on a Paso Fino farm. They have small hooves in my opinion and don't have any extra hair on their feet. Just a thought as they look very similar to some of the rescue Paso Fino's here (they have many top show Paso Fino's including the number one producing stallion for several years, but then they have one paddock for ones they have rescued). Good luck with them.

That's not a Mustang in the OP .. I'd say it's a Rocky Mountain if anything.

Thanks for the info Animules....I will definately look into them...every donation can help.
Robin

They are just small horses. If they gait could be part Paso. They use to bring horses from Mexico into AZ and they were very similar but they all are branded with elaborate brands . Also the Navajo Nation nad other tribes in AZ  have similar stock but again most all are branded. But they do run wild and some are not branded. They are similar to Mustangs but not quite the same. They will round them up and run them through the sale once in a while. Horses are not slaughtered in the US any more but they do go into Canada and Mexcio for that purpose. The French own the packing plants for horses.

Alot could depend on your location, and where you are seeing these horses. I am surrounded by the Yakima Reservation at the base of the horse heaven hills. The yakima Indians were having alot of their wild herds getting real small back in the 60's. They looked alot like these. Over the years they have turned better bred studs loose to improve their herds. They have increased in size and health. In the 70's I lived in southern Idaho and had the opportunity to see alot of wild horses around Wells , Nevada. These horses were so skinny you could shave with them. When caught you only wanted the youngest ones as they were so poor from parasites that you had to worm them as soon as you caught them. They were all small alot looking like those pictured.