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My draft has pretty advanced cpl. For him clipping is to be cooler, get airflow to keep his still healthier, to allow me to monitor what's going on and to let the creams get to the skin. I allow the hair to grow a little in winter, to about half an inch and I cliobeith an extra corse blade. It...

Are you concerned about the feed value - do the stems look woody as though he might not be able to digest them? I would say as long as dry weight is the same and he's able to eat it you'd be OK, grass does vary and it might slow him down a bit. If there's stems left in the morning then yes...

Ha, just made me think of the money you could save if you bought your little girl a skate board instead of a pony toy

I have some 15l water bags, I fill them with hot tap water and created insulated jackets for them out of the silver bubble wrap you get for insulation. They stay too warm so I top up with cold then use a ryobi one cordless jet wash on the non-power setting. It is loud but you get a good spray...

It's quite easy to rig up a timed chicken coop door opener to something if you are imaginative. I have a second haynet in the rafters and the coop opener pulls a pin and releases it

I think you're right about your lack of consistency. The worry with doing as and when possible is that you could easily have a few bad experiences in a row when if it was twice a day you'd be very unlucky to have more bad than good. I think I'd lead out when possible if you're positive that...

Ours is £12 a day for full livery with is probably 30-40 mins per horse so very similar. They're on site with their own horses so not paying for travel. Travel is expensive if they're just coming to your area for you, it's time and fuel.

I considered buying a ticket to the livestream but wondered how good it'd be, would they be mindful of positioning themselves for the camera when they've got a crowd to please? Also whether I'd ever get to watch it and whether I'd be better buying a month's subscription to a few of the trainers...

When I was just on pellets I'd add water to the bag before use until my bed was damper then I'd just mix in dry. I now use under large flake shavings. I am not too fussed about the pellet layer being spotless so I just cut out wet patches then sift so it's more the fine grains than pellets, I...

Plenty of hay in NW and same price as last year but I'm sure there'll come a point where its worth shipping it down south then price will rocket. My yard has enough home grown haylage to cover everyone but my 3 are on hay, I guess I'll mix straw and haylage if needed.

When someone on my yard was selling a 3.5t they removed everything, even stuff that was bolted down - partitions, grooms door, saddle racks, rubber matting. At the time I didn't realise what she was doing, but it was sold a week later.

There are horses just renting fields around us and they're not looking great already. Last year one had to build an island out of pallets and straw to try to get horses out of the water. I've been here forever and it seems worse every year, the ditches are no longer maintained and many trees...

Mine are in a herd on huge clay multi level pasture, some of which will flood soon enough. The gates are on the higher land and that's already trashed. The rest is OK but its near its limit already. Fortunately forecast dry for a fair while now.

It does sound like a confidence thing so I agree with leading or going out with others and gradually getting further in front of them if they're amenable. The other option is to make her work once she stops going forward - rein back, leg yield, small circles, etc. Not great on a narrow lane...