Anyone else really struggling?

Carrottom said:
It is certainly rare for us to have rain with an easterly wind. This makes the rain feel so cold. Also, we try to organise the shelter against the prevailing southwest wind and rain.
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dorsetladette said:
OH has a day off today. He's doing the animals this morning I just can't face it.
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I had a couple of days like that earlier in the week, when after long days at school, I bribed my teen daughter to go up and do the horses!
 
Here it’s the worse wet we have had .
We have had three weeks of weather coming straight off the eat coast and that is very unusual
It’s miserable, I am looking forward to livery when I leave here .
 
I'm really struggling. My mare came down with laminitis early December and I'm lucky she has access from her stable to a large corral, which up until recently has never really been muddy, but after the constant rain, it's mostly sludge and I feel really sorry for her, she is depressed. Juggling horses, dogs and full time job is a battle at the moment, just glad I don't have children too!
 
Just heard that in the south west we've had rain every day this year, which definitely feels right!

Took a day off work and thought I'd get a ride in, but gave up trying to get into the field as the mud is at that wellie stealing consistency so I didn't want to walk through it to catch the cob, and the cob didn't want to walk through it to get to me. We both just stared at each other across the slop 😆🙈

Feel like I need a big kick up the a*se to get going again
 
i just feel sorry for their feet, out in the wet. i mean, i'm on clay, it's wet wet, not damp.

Is there anything we could be doing to help their poor feet from getting too soft?
 
Crackerz said:
i just feel sorry for their feet, out in the wet. i mean, i'm on clay, it's wet wet, not damp.

Is there anything we could be doing to help their poor feet from getting too soft?
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I'd be interested in this too. I do have shelters with rubber matting but no guarantee how long they stand in there once they're bored eating the hay. Tried putting straw down to help dry them off more, not doing that again, it was absolutely disgusting!
 
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Catbird said:
Just heard that in the south west we've had rain every day this year, which definitely feels right!

Took a day off work and thought I'd get a ride in, but gave up trying to get into the field as the mud is at that wellie stealing consistency so I didn't want to walk through it to catch the cob, and the cob didn't want to walk through it to get to me. We both just stared at each other across the slop 😆🙈

Feel like I need a big kick up the a*se to get going again
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I can probably count the number of days on one hand that we haven't had rain this year where I am. And I wonder if that's why I am now feeling very "homey" and not even wanting to venture out to the gym let alone the yard these days...
 
It’s just horrific here in the north west. Rain has been coming down since yesterday and the ground was already soaked. I recently moved yards and thankful to have indoor stables. Turnout isn’t the best but everyone’s in the same boat, horses are fed and happy and that’s what matters. But my goodness this winter has been very very difficult, I’m lucky that I share the yard duties with a friend so we each get a couple of days off a week. I feel for you on sole use, I’ve just left
Mine as the winter finished me off. I’m very thankful to be on a livery yard at the moment.
 
Honey08 said:
Just to add insult to injury I just remembered that I left the hosepipe to the field trough switched on at 8am, so I’ve watered the field for 4.5 hours on top of the rain! 🙁😱
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Oh god, I hate it when that happens….done that so many times….. but not that our land could get any wetter, just that we have a limited water supply…we’d sometimes literally empty a whole 1000ltr IBC tank….and you bet it would happen during a drought when horses and crop plants in just 1 day would literally need 1000ltrs. It takes 24hrs for it to re-fill. So we have an extra IBC tank to drive with Landy and trailer to local public tap in case that happens at the worst times. …which it always bloody does!
 
If you can get them out of the mud to pick their feet out a liberal dressing of clay from horse leads or red horse products would be a good idea. You can pack it in has antibacterial properties properties. A friend of mine in the wet used to powder her horses feet with diatomaceous earth. They would need to be kept out of the mud d for a while for it to do any drying. I can’t bear winter!
 
Honey08 said:
Just to add insult to injury I just remembered that I left the hosepipe to the field trough switched on at 8am, so I’ve watered the field for 4.5 hours on top of the rain! 🙁😱
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To be honest.. my fields are sooo water logged , a running hose pipe would’nt make much difference! Bet you were cross though.
 
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