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Well, yes. It's a big worry for those on a tight budget with much loved horses to feed.

He sounds very sweet, but I would have to question the suitability of keeping a yearling on an average of 3 hours turnout per day-...

Yes, I'm using small bale branded haylage and although it has gone up a little, not as much as hay and there doesn't seem to be a...

I wonder if it would work to import hay from Northern Ireland? There is plenty of hay at reasonable prices on Gumtree and other sites...

I was chatting to a local feed supplier and talking about hay prices and she said the price rises are not so much about shortage of hay...

Paint it with Cribbox or something similar. There are also spray versions. These products are designed for exactly this behaviour and...

I had a lovely mare on loan from the home she had been born at. She was almost 18 so it must have been very strange for her. We all...

Between myself and friends I don't know a single one of us who has moved their horse/s without consideration for the stress it causes...

Thanks so much for this - it certainly chimes with Ozzy, who'd had lots of stability for years and was then moved around (long journeys...

Mine came from a dealer. A fabulous dealer who had him 3-4 months before even advertising him and when I saw him on the yard he was...

Yes, I agree, I would think horses from dealer yards must need a long time to settle..The article stresses the cumulative effect of each...

I bought a mare at the end of the summer and moved her to a nice large field to share with a gelding. Similar set up to the previous...

Thank you for sharing. This makes sense of the ‘ honeymoon period’ that people always say when a horse first comes to a new owner. They...

When I move, I am hoping to move two of them together and hoping this will help. They are coming from an at home situation to a livery...

I've had two of my horses for 13 years and I moved yards last year, but ended up moving back to my old yard 6 months later, I didn't...