Recent content by soloequestrian

Thinking about putting in another two or three stables. I currently have a wooden block of three and it's needed a fair bit of work to keep it functioning, including re-roofing with metal sheet recently. I'm wondering if I should just go full metal from the start for the new ones. They're...

Two farriers come to my yard to trim other people's horses. As far as I can see they trim the foot as if they were going to shoe it and then don't. It takes them a few minutes. The barefoot trimmer who comes takes about an hour. She's only been once so perhaps next time it will be quicker -...

Thanks, yes, it's great to have a personal recommendation!

Ooh, thank you, that looks very promising. This is where I was https://www.fallenoakframes.com/case-studies 😆

Thanks, I've had a look at their website but it all seems to be oak built and I can't see anything about field shelters?

My last post got zero replies, probably because I put Scotland in the title! Thinking about putting up a new stable block - 3 stables in a line. Interested in reviews of manufacturers. I'd like cost effective and functional rather than posh. Usually the horses are only in to be fed or...

As title really, looking for cost effective stable kit or similar, ideally 36 feet by 12 feet (can't do metric for stables!). I found this listing on eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/287127942985?itmmeta=01KHCANG6YRPHX3RTPEG7RSM9D&hash=item42da28b749:g:I0AAAeSwwpVph0UL which seems very...

My wide, flat warmblood likes Heather Moffett saddles and they are quite cheap to try. They have leather trees so not fixed, and the older ones don't have a solid pommel piece either - you adjust with via the panels. The newer ones do have pommel arch supports and they will take any width...

I'd see what you can borrow first - the horse will likely tell you what it prefers. I've had one who thought that the whole idea of bitless was ridiculous.... My current mare loves her Transcend but I'm not just quite brave enough to hack in it. She has a short shank hackamore for that. She...

I put down an area of Mud Control mats last summer for winter feeding (big bale haylage in a round feeder). It has been a godsend in this plague of rain - the horses have somewhere to stand out of the mud. The trouble is that they don't want to get off it and move around, the field is...

Thanks, I will look at those.

It's purely genetic in birds (and mammals).

I think she uses them for breeding or sells them - she will have a really good network. She breeds all sorts of rare types.

It's on Facebook, anywhere else I could advertise for NE Scotland? Thanks!

The lady I get fertilised eggs from used to take back the cockerels I hatched but she has moved away and become very difficult to contact. I have one lovely full grown lavender Araucana boy hatched in June last year - where would be the best place to advertise him? Thanks.