Recent content by Starburst

Hi...thank you for your replies. It doesn't really smell....one of mine had thrush before and it stank and this doesn't smell like that. One of the other horses on the yard has it as well but hers is much worse and it looks red and sore....could this still be thrush?

Hi...I am hoping someone may be able to help me figure out what is wrong with my horses feet. I have recently noticed that the back of their frogs near the bulbs of their feet have been "eroding" and they are soft and squishy (it looks like a hard circle left with the squishy bit in the...

Hi we are shortly moving into a new home with stables about 100m from the house. There is a generator for electricity at the stables but I am looking to get a lantern for my walk across in the pitch black! Can anyone recommend a good one to use? I am looking for one that I can recharge at the...

Thanks for your responses...the land is well drained. My 16.2 would go out all the time but the 15.2 needs restricting in the summer. I think that I would just keep them in either in the day or night depending on the season and would supplement them with hay/haylege. I would like to give it a...

My horse is totally stubborn with loading. We got a natural horsemanship person out for an hour one day and now all we need to do is swing a lead rope behind him and he walks straight in. Highly recommend it! We tried lunge lines, whips etc but the more you harassed him the more stubborn he got!!!

Hi we have approx 1.5 acres with 3 stables. We have one 16.2 and one 15.2 who will be stabled at night and out in the day. Is this enough room for them? Currently the field is split into 2 sections so we can rotate quite easily. Is the 1 acre per horse when a horse is out all the time and just...