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We bought 10 small bales of good quality hay on Monday from a farm just up the road from ours, still at the usual price we have been...

Yes I've been feeding this too. Very useful for chubsy cob. I bought my straw and hay in from my usual farmer pretty soon after harvest...

The barley straw this year was short, soft, sweet and good as a partial hay replacer, which keeps prices down and great for do gooders.

anyone who thinks they are being swindled is welcome to go to the hay auctions themselves.

Remember that hay is not only made for horses, it's also made for cattle, sheep, alpacas, small pet rodents, etc and there won't be any...

This too, shall pass. Just got to suck it up within reason. Plus change up management a bit, where you can. Usually we just throw...

You can get it from agricultural stores with a CPH number (i.e. the holding number you need to keep farm livestock). If you have any...

I hate to suggest it, but are ulcers a possibility? My young horse became part beaver when she had ulcers. She chewed my field fencing...

Mountain Equipment coat and Berghaus waterproof trousers. My DoPo coats waterproof skirt also stops driving rain.

Can you get a rug extender for the front.

The hard to keep clean sort. The questioning-your-sanity-in-January sort. The 'should I take out shares in purple shampoo?' sort. And...

It’s not an either or question, if flea bites happen after they have the dapple stage (which may last a while, may not) and gone white.

I bought a rising 5yo to back, he was sharp as sh*t and remains neurotic. I then bought a 2yo colt as a “handy companion” who is now...

I have a youngster like this too. It's really nice to have an 'old head on young shoulders'. I've always been quite unflappable myself...

Ignore outside comments and enjoy the horse in front of you. I’ve met unflappable horses ..with unflappable owners…