Anyone have fields that look like this??

[Holly831]

Came home today and I think someone has stolen our land and left big holes full of water... I have to say it has got a lot worse this evening too

Current winter paddock....

Fields resting for the elusive SPRING!!

 

[mattilda]

Ooops that doesn't look too good. I am lucky in that our land is on sand so drains beautifully. We have slightly muddy gateways and grass is lookinga bit sad but other than that we are OK.

 

[loz9]

yep!! the foals have a giant pond in theres which they have been playing in today! in some ways we are lucky in that we have the ancient drainage system of ridges & furrows so they can still get out of the mud, but when they come charging through the furrows you get soaked!
& yes we had a massive snow/rain blizzard this afternoon which easily dumped a few more inches of water on the fields!
roll on spring!!!

 

[jensheff26]

yep nearly the whole of my winter fields look like that except more mud

 

[4leggedfurries]

I think fields beat that to be honest, my ducks actually swim across them now, and the shetland sinks up to his belly... Good old thick clay underneath our fields.

 

[letrec_fan]

Yep! Ours is atleast as bad, possibly worse?! Your fields look lovley and big though! Ours are like little hankerchiefs!

 

[BackInBlack]

ditto the duck thing, my ducks are out of their pond and half way across the horses field at the mo!

 

[charlimouse]

I think mine is worse! This photo was taken last week after the 2 boys had decided to break out of it to get to their spring paddock!!!!!

Just imagine what it now looks like with all this rain!!!!!!

 

[Achinghips]

Tomorrow I'm sectioning mine off as my divvy mare has made a right mess of it by the gated area - over the last 24 hours she has made it into soup as she's in season and pacing. Worried though that she'll now just churn it further back, I'm going to have to start keeping her in more.

I feel your pain.

 

[JoBo]

Oh yes, and good old clay soil means the water just doesn’t drain. Our fields are more mud paddocks then grass paddocks!

 

[Donkeymad]

Crikey, I thought my fields were bad, but they look like paradise in comparison

 

[ofcourseyoucan]

mine is worse.. with lakes and deep brown bog! cant do the photo thing. on the positive side all go through puddles and rivers and havent shrunk yet!

 

[Achinghips]

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I think mine is worse! This photo was taken last week after the 2 boys had decided to break out of it to get to their spring paddock!!!!!

Just imagine what it now looks like with all this rain!!!!!!

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oh my word!!! Mine crashed through the electric fencing today too as her field mates went out for a hack. YO found her outside the stables area beside herself as she's in season. Horse keeping is getting harder.

 

[Toffee44]

Its been really windy here today so a lot of the surface water has evapourated. Chalimouse the grass is always greener the other side of your paddock apprantly

 

[mclelkat]

Thanks - you've all made me feel so much better about the relatively modest amount of ankle deep mud at my place!

 

[billy2]

Well I'm glad we're not the only ones with bogs - I was beginning to get paranoid! On the plus side, the ponies are VERY fit after dragging through hock-deep mud...

 

[ladyt25]

Nope thankfully we have hills in our field so, although the bits round the gates and stables are bad, on the top of the hill it's ok. hasn't done anything but rain all day today though.

 

[china]

mine looks like your first photo but its sand, and much much smaller, its his winter turnout and its mining, im half tempted to keep him in this weekend as were due some bad storms and were right on the coast. dont know if hel apreciate it though.

 

[twisteddiamond]

these were taken two days ago, its not stopped raining/snowing since

 

[nic85]

Yep,
winter paddock today

Summer paddock today

ETA The horses stayed in today, I think they were greatful

 

[cobface]

These pics make me feel better

Ours is no better, although there is no pooling there is very boggy mud eveywhere

 

[Oscar162]

I haven't seen grass for almost 13 weeks.....just snow! I would love mud cos it would mean the snow had gone!

 

[Achinghips]

^^^^^^^^ OMG!!!

 

[nic85]

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there is very boggy mud eveywhere

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Yes we do to, its just under the water

 

[Toast]

yup, mine is shocking too!
In fact my rising 2yo decided to break out last week as he felt the other side of the fence was better
x

 

[Echo Bravo]

I'm on sand and the mud is terrible, my filly got out on to the summer paddock and after racing around with great delight she's churned it up badly, cann't repeat what I'd called her and the weather forecast is bad this weekend, have enough hay for March, then I'm B*****d. What's the betting come mid summer we will be doing rain dances

 

[milliepops]

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These pics make me feel better

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me too. Ours look just the same, except they are on the side of a hill. Surely gravity would make the water run down the hill?! Apparently my yard is not subject to the laws of physics

 

[Witchy]

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Yep,
winter paddock today

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HOLY SH1T!!! My little paddock is like the first pic in the post and I was feeling so sorry for my boy, BUT THIS, THIS!!! OMG!!!

 

[Coffee_Bean]

Ours also have nice puddles, but they are lots smaller than the OP's... and more muddy

Roll on spring!!

 

[potty_4_piebalds]

my fields are not this bad but the mud is still driving me mad and my poor old boy is fed up too as when i got there to bring him in tonight he had broke his fence and was waiting outside his stable to get in the dry (he has never broke a fence in the 8 years i have owned him)