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I can't sleep so have been up a couple of hours number crunching! Can I just gauge opinions on whether people think it's possible to do DIY livery for £350 or less ,all in, a month? The horse is not barefoot so need to factor in farrier. I've already arranged a sharer who will pay £20 a week to ride.

Also, if you do DIY could you give me an indication of your daily routine e.g. how many times up to the yard, time spent, essential/non essential jobs.

Thanks, and sorry for being tedious :(
 
Snowysadude said:
I hope you found the answer you wanted :). I would say it depends on how much the horse is out, if out all summer you could easily do it averaged over a year!
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Thanks! My other half is making me do a budget before I buy as he's very cynical about my ability to pay for it all :/ Not that he's contributing in any way, I think he's just worried I'll run out of money and have to live in the stable with the horse lol.
 
Easily, mine costs £500 a month all in including absolutely everything, weekly lessons, unnecessary tack shop trips and all - and that's with part livery. That budget for DIY should easily cover it unless you live somewhere very expensive!
 
Theocat said:
Easily, mine costs £500 a month all in including absolutely everything, weekly lessons, unnecessary tack shop trips and all - and that's with part livery. That budget for DIY should easily cover it unless you live somewhere very expensive!
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Thanks! This gives me hope that it is do-able!
 
Mine works out about £200 a month DIY which includes stable, straw (invested in second hand rubber mats a few years ago to save on bedding), haylage (buy a large bail and share with one other so it doesn't go 'off'), hard feed (nesh TB!), farrier and insurance. I don't compete though so that saves heaps! I guess I've not counted in what I spend ad hoc on rugs and stuff, not to mention the various saddles I've tried to get to fit her but that's another story!
 
unicorndreams said:
Mine works out about £200 a month DIY which includes stable, straw (invested in second hand rubber mats a few years ago to save on bedding), haylage (buy a large bail and share with one other so it doesn't go 'off'), hard feed (nesh TB!), farrier and insurance. I don't compete though so that saves heaps! I guess I've not counted in what I spend ad hoc on rugs and stuff, not to mention the various saddles I've tried to get to fit her but that's another story!
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Thanks :) I'm intending to keep him at the yard he's on now, at least temporarily and the current owner said haylage is included so that's good. Apparently he needs shavings as he eats straw :/ He's coming with all tack and rugs so hopefully that will save some pennies!
 
I have just worked mine out. Including livery, feed, supplements, hay/straw, shoes (every 8 weeks) and insurance, mine works out at approx 250 per month. He's a good doer that lives out 24/7 most of the year.
 
I pay between £200 and £350 a month to the yard depending on what I've had that month. The DIY element is £110. Buy all feed, hay, bedding etc from them and that includes farrier and lessons. Need to add vet and any shopping. I don't insure (bad experience with payout for a horse that had cancer) but join BHS for public liability insurance as my mare is 21. £350 sounds like a realistic budget to keep a horse. Good Luck
 
That seems like a reasonable amount.

I currently pay £150pcm for stable and grazing. (have been out 24/7 since I got him a week ago bar 1 night so thats saved my pocket a bit).
He's insured £51/mth
Farrier £43 (he only has fronts on at present) and will be every 6-8 wks.
Hay and Straw I buy in bulk along with rest of yard every 6 weeks my order last time was 50 in total for 6 weeks worth of hay and straw, think thats a good price.
Feed He's hardly on any, he gets a token amount as the whole yard all feed together just so he feels he has some too.
I am also purchasing rubber matting for winter, so the days he stays in I can leave a tiny bed down or not.

I haven't included any other purchases like rugs etc as I dont need any as yet, he came with tack and rugs, although tack is another matter he needs new stuff.
 
I pay:

£110 for DIY Livery, with my own large stable and field, unlimited hay and straw included. Yard also had indoor and outdoor school, xc course, showjumps, millions of miles of hacking, so is quite cheap.

Barefoot so self-trims. Would be £60 every 8 weeks for him otherwise.

Hard feet is about £10 a month throughout the year as he doesnt need anything more than chaff and nuts in summer and chaff and sugar beet in winter.

Insurance is £35 a month

Competing costs me about £30-60 every weekend, includes fuel.

Dont go crazy on tack and rugs anymore as i think i have everything, three times over, but prepare to spend hundreds until you have this much....at least :D:eek::p xx

Probably spend £40 a month driving to and from the stables, its only 4 miles away from my house/work.
 
My pony lives out:

Livery £100 p/m
Insurance £40 p/m

Trimmer £70 every 12 weeks (I do interim trimming under guidance)
Wormer £15 every 12 weeks

Feed supplement £9 every 12 weeks
Hay £4 every two weeks (he has just a little soaked to complement bare keep)

Fly spray / lotions / odds and ends probably average £20 p/m

Vaccines / dentist / saddle - maybe around 100 per year?

I reckon it averages out somewhere between 200-250 per month, living out. Straw and hay have gone up a lot around here so living in is now a much more expensive option.

I visit the yard every evening (the YO lives on site and checks him, too). I do feet, poo picking, put hay in soak in the evening.

She takes hay out of soak in the morning and feeds him pm when she feeds her lot. Also, she kindly gives him 30 mins turn-out on the paddock that has been cut for hay each morning for me.
 
I rent a piece of land, 6 acres £125 pm. I have 3 and I don't think the total averaged through the year is more than £1700, so one horse would be approx £175 pm, 2 = £220, 3=£270
 
I keep mine on assisted DIY which is £160 per month and have just worked out that with shoes, insurance, jabs, hay, shavings (deep litter during week), teeth twice a year(horse has dodgy tooth), back check twice a year and lessons twice a month averaged out across the year I spend about £350 per month. My horse is in at night 6 months of the year and out 24/7 the other 6 months. So if your livery is less and includes haylage and you don't plan on fortnightly lessons you should comfortably be able to do it and include a few extras like entry fees or hard feed if your horse needs it (mine has a handful of chaff so he doesn't feel left out when his friends get fed).
 
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