advice needed on the topic of YM or YO

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Our YM did a bit of a fly by night on Saturday so far as none of us knew she was leaving until they were loading the horses. As it stands none of us on the yard know whether someone else will be appointed and who will be filling her spaces and when as the farmer seems to have taken on this responsiblity of filling space. We are as a yard all in agreement that we don't really need a YM and have already began discussing how to best organise so we are all responsible for keeping tabs on what's going on. However when the new liveries arrive how long ought they be isolated for ideally and any other suggestions on how to best incorporate them into yard life without a YM and no familiar faces as the lady who showed them the yard is the one who has left. Any suggestions gratefully recieved :)
 
There's another thread in here about YO letting a new horse from Ireland in with the main herd after just 24h isolation, now the horse is coughing and has runny nose so the herd has to be isolated, vet suspects strangles :( So, if you have a spare field then i would keep the horses isolated for 3-4 days, if you don't have a spare field and they would have to be stabled, i would keep them in for 48hours at least and observe them closely.
Another suggestion, is to have everyone introduce themselves and be nice of course, but what you could do is have a yard notice board, where there'd be a set of rules pinned up, any rotas as to checking things or whos responsible for what on which days etc. This would just make it so much clearer for the new liveries to settle in when they know who does what, what goes where etc, cuz the worst thing is to not know anyone AND not know what goes where and whos responsible etc. Just be friendly and helpful and they'll be fine, but if they have a board with the rules, maybe yard layout, and whos responsible for what then i'm sure it'd make it much easier for them :)
 
Does "you" mean the liveries, or the liveries and farmer? If the former, I don't think you can be agreeing how is best to run someone elses business.

You can advise the farmer, but at the end of the day it's his business, and he makes the rules!
 
Wench it means the liveries but only so far as menial things like working and keeping the yard tidy, rubbish taken to the tip, hay and bedding orders that sort of thing that we've always been responsible for not taking over or anything like that obviously what he says goes when it comes to things like that
 
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