Bad Land? Horses randomly dieing and getting injured..

[tigerlilysantana]

I have just moved areas from somewhere quiet and in the country to closer to the city, it is still pretty rural though and a nice place. I have been at this new yard for 3 months and my horse has constantly been unsettled and keeps injuring herself and her legs in the field somehow?!. The yard is pretty busy and there a a lot of horses on it. It is nice and clean, people are lovely and seemed fine when i viewed it.. But it has a strange feeling like the land is bad? Speaking to other people on the yard I have noticed that a lot of them have had their horses die in freak accidents in the fields and random illness' whilst being here, countless horses are injured all the time and have underlying issues. I have had horses all my life and never come across anything like this? Should I move? Speaking to a few farmers i know and they're referring to it as bad land? Has anyone experienced something similar?

 

[Pearlsasinger]

If you don't like the yard or are worried about your horse being there, just move. It doesn't matter what the reason is, we often tell people on here to go with their gut feeling in all sorts of circumstances, follow yours.

 

[WandaMare]

That's really strange. What time of day are the horses usually injured, could there be something going on nearby at night which is frightening them, causing them stress and injury? I would move if your horse isn't settling and you feel there is something wrong there, that would worry me.

 

[PurBee]

I’d move - if gut instincts are screaming and others experiencing bad luck there too....not worth the hassle.

science always reminds us ‘everything is energy’...if the vibes feel off to our sensitive senses and that of our animals, just move....we need not bother knowing the ‘whys’....gut instinct is rarely wrong!

 

[HashRouge]

I'd move too. I'm quite superstitious and I wouldn't take the risk.

 

[EllenJay]

I used to be at a yard and from the day I moved my boy in his personality changed, he started rearing, couldn't stay in his stable without charging around and throwing himself against the walls. I stayed for 2 months and moved him, where he became his usual sweet self.
Found out later that there are alleged ley lines running through the fields, and a number of horses reacted the same way as my boy. I don't know if this is true, but it was very strange.

 

[cobgoblin]

Have you tried asking the farmers what they mean by ' bad land'? Could the fields be on an old rubbish tip or the like?

Not that it matters... If the problems are so noticeable I would move for peace of mind.

 

[JFTDWS]

Indian burial ground?

Or a plague one that's been re-invigorated by electricity like in that bonkers Max Carrados story?

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

One of "my" horses at work went off to his truly wonderful new home last year and his new owner says he will happily go anywhere and do anything asked of him ( like he always did with a smile on his face) except for going up one track off of the farm. He is very, very reluctant and wont go on his own, he will only go if the pony goes with him and goes past a certain 50meter section in front of him. That section goes past an old knackers yard where all the local sheep, cows, pigs and horses went to be slaughtered. It is abandonned and hasnt been used since the turn of the 1900's but he knows what went on there and he wants nothing to do with it!

If your not happy and your horse isn't happy just move. Horses are sensitive souls.

 

[PapaverFollis]

I've been on a couple of yards where horses constantly injured themselves or colicked or were just unsettled generally... don't think there was anything spooky going on but the way the yards were run and organised just made for unhappy horses... if you aren't happy, move if you can.

 

[splashgirl45]

if my horse had been unhappy on a yard i would have moved her. they generally take a little while to settle but if you know your horse and she is not settling at all i would move

 

[Equi]

Is it close enough to the city that there might be people about annoying the horses? If you don't like it move, there can be nothing worse than being dissatisfied with something you spend every day at and hundreds on!

 

[Mrs. Jingle]

I would move sooner rather than later.