Hounddog, you should read your breeding contract and contact the stud manager.

I know this sounds horrible but telling them you'll be spreading the word that their stud throws unregister-able foals may help them to see things your way.  I'd point out that AQHA won't register your foal and you absolutely ONLY wanted a register-able foal.

Line breeding isn't good for the breed...

I'd place her in an auction and make no guarantees.  You'll need to read the rules of the auction and make sure you aren't liable for suitability/soundness/health/etc. and just pass her down the road.

Could she be registered with any NFQHA, etc?  You might still be able to slip her past the AQHA since they don't inspect horses unless you take them out to a show, etc. but you really need to get her off your hands ASAP!

I have seen horses that got surgery on their mouths but it does not sound like she's worth that much.

I like the idea of the papers only being passed on if the filly is spayed. If she is correct otherwise and has the potential to perform, why not??? Not every mare needs to be bred. Spaying can be expensive, but if someone likes her enough they will think she is worth it.

How old is she now? I have seen some cases of parrot mouth that the horses seem to "grow into" the mouth and it does not hamper their ability to eat. 

The other possiblity is to donate her to a university. You can usually take a tax deduction for the amount the horse is valued for by an independent appraiser and the university can usually find a use for the horse.  

Do you have any pictures of her?

Some one else needs to keep her,love her,ride her etc..We have 25 head or so and she's not the only one that needs to go to new digs.

I take it you have done of the research...

http://www.thehorse.com/Search.aspx?r=A&tbKeyword=parrot%20mouth&v=all

I was just at MTSU  last week. While there I was chit chatting as usual.  We have donated show horses to them in the past. They are not taking any horse donations except for show horses with huge show records and even then are picking and choosing.

You may want to see if you can get her spayed at a teaching hospital for a reduced fee.

Hounddog,

I see you are located in Georgia. The University of Georgia has a vet school as well as an agriculture/ equine science program. I would contact them to see about a donation.

I live in Pennsylvania. Penn State does have a quarter horse herd, but it is a breeding program. Texas A & M also has a quarter horse program that is not just limited to breeding. If you are interested I have contacts there I can provide you with.

Shoot Houndog, just find her a good home and write her off as a donation or loss.  I've got a parrot mouthed AQPA (Quarter Pony), he eats anything, takes and holds a bit great, and is a joy to ride.  Give her to someone who will give you their word that she won't be bred.  They'd have to be a lunatic anyway to breed a parrot mouth'd horse.  Unfortunately, sometimes some funky gene just seems to pop up and screw things up on what should have been a superior bred horse.

Nancy

It's up to you really.

Options are:

Take on the responsibility that no one else breeds her based on papers vs confirmation. Don't worry if you don't take that option, there aren't many or as far as I know any breeders that take that responsibility onto themselves. From talk on another board a woman had a mare that had cyst issues with her ovaries spayed for around $1,200. It was a stand-up operation with about a month recovery. However if it's money you don't have, it's money you don't have.

I don't know how old she is, but I'm assuming she's a yearling or younger. So all you can do at this point is make sure she is an easy to handle filly, picking up feet, leading, grooming and such. Which will help you find a home for her that is more interested in what she may grow up to do under saddle and not breeding wise.

Keep her until she's old enough to train and make her a safe riding horse. Where even parrot mouthed, she may find a good trail riding or 4H kind of home at the least. 

Or dump her at an auction where she may get lucky and find a good home or will be on a one way trip to Mexico or Canada and slaughter house, and cut your losses.

It's really in your ball park now, but I'll tell you, especially on the current market you aren't going to get $3,000 or more for an untrained filly with an obvious defect, which to a wise person would keep her out of the breeding shed.

As for me, I'm glad I have geldings and can't be tempted to breed any of them, though I'd love to clone my old horse, but that's cost prohibitive and though the body might be the same, it wouldn't be the same horse.

From watching other people, unless you have a championship horse that you are breeding to a championship horse, you are more likely to lose money than make money. And when I say Championship Horse, I mean proven with the horses own show record, not just on paper from it's family tree. Champions on paper are a dime a dozen. Ya ought to see my Zen's pedigree, but he's a better gelding then he would have ever been a stud.

Good luck finding a home for this misfit filly and any of the others you will be selling this year. It's a hard market for anything worth less than 5 digit and up horses.