Recent content by bmbonanza

its to do with disposal -the person that used to take it cant take it now so cant generate it any more

Thanks Clodagh and others who have given useful info - much appreciated. The vet has been today - routine visit - and I have discussed it with her. She is very happy with the plan and says it should help to minimise the likelihood of laminitis episodes this year. She said the grass may not...

I am not ignoring it - I have tried electric fencing, it doesnt work, they go straight through it. I have tried mowing it and that doesnt work - still too much grass. YO says no to poo picking. As I said in OP I need information on worrying about what I cant do.

We tried that last year -borrowed a mower and mowed 4 acres but it still didnt stop him getting lammi so dont want to take the risk again. No grass is better. such good doers they do not need any grass at all so not bothered if it ruins the grass

We dont do strip graze - they get too pushy for my young daughter and once they have eaten it they just trash the fence - any fence has to be proper fence not electtic tape havent got access to a topper and even when we paid to top it there was way too much grass - and we had to rake the...

yes we could split, but then not only would the field rest but the grass would grow and then when they moved we would have too much grass for them to go on to. we keep them on the same field as they need bare grazed down pasture

We have to follow YOs directive as it is not our field

Thanks - but this is not a poo picking vs harrowing question. We have always poo picked but it isnt our land so the final say is not ours and a change of regime is going to happen. Poo picking daily is the gold standard for horse care - no one would disagree with that - but this cannot happen...

As said in original post poo picking isnt an option. Could rest but then it will grow even if it is a few weeks and we will have too much grass and a lammi issue. Presumably if we worm religiously there will not be a worm problem?

Thanks for that - the grass is very short at the moment as they are eating it off as it comes through and I am hoping it will stay like a starvation field all summer as they do not need grass at all. They are going to have to go straight back onto it after harrowing though. Should I aim to...

hi, this is my first post so apologies if it is wrongly formatted or in the wrong place! Just going from a poo picking to a harrowing only pasture management system. They are 2 horses, 2 ponies on 8 acres but they only graze about 6. We do not field rotate as all are very good doers so...