Am I forgetting anything?

[angellauren]

I'm moving in with my partner this month who is just about to move to a new spot with land/stables etc.

I've got my pony coming back from loan and a foal arriving in a couple of weeks.

They'll be living out to begin with until I smarten up the yard/stables etc and I'm having a mental block about what I need to get to prepare for them coming.

- I'll need to order haylage, they won't be having a hard feed at this stage.
- Water buckets for the field
- Poo picking utensils


Is the list really so short?

They'll both be field ponies for at least a month so just need the basics, am I forgetting much?

 

[xloopylozzax]

is the fencing good? will they need rugging? Will they have adequate shelter? Is it flooded currently?

worming?

 

[DosyMare]

My foal lives out - just make sure your field is secure. Does it have shelter?
I always put a few salt licks out there.

 

[HayleyDL]

Hoof pick really is an essential first aid kit I'd also class as essential, you never know what could happen.

 

[angellauren]

Fencing is fine, they'll be going in a huge "walled garden" to begin with until they settle, my loan pony is renowned for jumping out!

Foal won't need rugging, he's coming off the Welsh hills unhandled today so want to leave him unrugged for as long as I can really. Loan pony has a wardrobe already so that's okay.

No risk of flooding really I don't think! If the weather gets bad they can be stabled if necessary, their usable but I just wanted to get things straight first!

Both will be wormed yup.

Thanks guys - keep firing questions at me to make sure I've not missed anything vital!

 

[angellauren]

Hoof pick really is an essential first aid kit I'd also class as essential, you never know what could happen.

Yep, my pony who is coming back off loan has all these things with him too and I've got some stuff at home I never got round to using also !

 

[StoptheCavalry]

Head collars and lead ropes, treats (not that I spoil my horse ever ) grooming kit.

 

[becca1305]

knife for opening the haylage bales! - its always the silly things that turn out to be completely necessary that you forget ime!

 

[EPRider]

Wheelbarrow for putting the picked up poo in.