Recent content by skint1

Magical Rudolph and Merry Angel (I like that one!)

I own 2, one at DIY that I ride, though she's currently off with a slight lameness, and one retired living with a friend who needs a companion for her horse.

I travelled to Daresbury from North Wilts on the train during the height of the drought, it looked a lot better the further north I went, but I'm not a farmer so don't know if other factors impact your yields- Still, it's nice you've managed to keep your prices reasonable for your customers

I don't expect prices will go down, I think the climate will continue to be unstable, costs will continue to rise, all of that. I'm on a DIY yard that supplies haylage and straw in winter months luckily, but we still order hay all year round for various reasons. My hay man of many years...

I am 55, health variable- hoping I have bought my last horse, an 8yo 15.2 cob mare, she's been an absolute gem so far ( 6 months in)

Many years ago we briefly kept our horse on a private yard belonging to a friend- whilst they meant well I am sure, it was a psychodrama nightmare on so many levels, we lasted about 9 months before we left and we managed to do it without falling out. It was the best thing we ever did. I think...

I bought my cob 6 months ago after losing my mare, I haven't ridden in years, I am not always competent or confident- and even though she's a bit cheeky at times and quite inexperienced for her age- she's been a total gem, even as I write this I am waiting for it to change or somehow come...

I've done short meetings from the yard tack room. I have a stool and use the coffee area worktop and blur the background . There's no wifi so I use my work phone as a hotspot and I regularly answer phone calls and emails because I do have a degree of flexibility and am expected to be available...

Hi! I am like you, new to the world of cobs. I got a sweet little mare back in May, her feather was so thick and long it dragged the ground. I trimmed with scissors but eventually clipped her leg out mostly because she was stamping a bit and I thought she might have mites. I found out then...

I've been wearing some Shires Moretta "Eleanora" boots daily for many hours in all conditions since I bought them in May, I can see them lasting another year at least. Although in the winter, I tend to switch to muck boots, I will probably still wear the Eleanoras for riding

Sorry for the delay in my reply bubsqueaks This is the herb mix: https://www.horseherbs.co.uk/collections/herbal-supplements/products/daily-herbal-support This is the balancer: https://www.heygatesfeeds.co.uk/general/equi-balancer/

No supplements but does get a daily balancer (Heygates) and herbal mix instead of chaff, this contains meadowsweet, milk thistle, dandelion, burdock, chamomile, hawthorn, spearmint nettles, echinacea, rosehips, seaweed, marigolds and cleavers. Recently discovered my new horse has CPL and...

Calorie deficit, slow and steady- and logging food really helps me- also consistency, and by that I don't mean perfection- I mean figuring out what you can do toward your goal each day, and doing it- and when you do have a "moment" don't let it derail you completely. I got this advice from a...

The resources needed to administer/enforce this scheme are probably a major stumbling block

So sorry Scats, having recently lost a very complicated but lovely mare that I am also sure loved me in her way as much as I loved her, I can imagine how you might feel just now. Take care xx