Follow-up Post; You Want to Be a Yard Owner

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So, lots of you have voted on the poll to say whether you would quarantine new horses or just worm and then reintroduce into an established herd within a couple of days.




So here is my situation;

1 horse arrived 2 weeks ago,
5 horses arrived 1 week ago,
2 horses arrived today,
2 horses are arriving tomorrow,
1 horse is arriving a week on Monday.

Sooooo.......how many quarantine paddocks do you think is necessary? And how far apart should they all be from each other? And should the owners not be allowed to ride any of their horses for this 2 week quarantine period? Do you think your liveries would all be happy being grounded for 2 weeks?

I know what I have done already and what I am going to be doing over the next couple of weeks.....but just thought it might be interesting to see those who would like to have their own livery yard figure out how to juggle all these horses around.
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*Boot the horse that you had for 2 weeks out with the others.
*Keep the 5 horses that arrived a week ago together.
*Keep the 2 that arrived today and the 2 arriving tomorrow together.
*When the horse arrives next week, bnoot the 5 out with the others.
So, maybe 2 quarantine paddocks, with just a strip electirc fenced down the middle so they cant put their noses into each otehrs direct air space?
 
Well I know you have a large farm and I suppose you do have room to seperate if needed in a push came to shove situation.
The three that arrived last week I assume are the babies and they are togther already anyhow .

If all of the others have coggins, worming and vaccinations I think a few days is fine. I assume you require all of this to be done to the horses of boarders anyhow prior to acceptance so there should be no probelms.


I think if any boarders have a problem with how you choose to safely introduce your herds then they really do not have the concern of their own horses in the front of their minds. You would only be doing this in the best interests of the animals anyhow.

I wouldnt tell them they coundn't ride though. What purpose would that serve? I assume you have a space for your boarders set aside to ride and excercise that is not in the field with all of the others grazing.

That all being said...my old stables had about a one day quarrantine but made you provide strict health evidence up front to your horse even being accepted. They had a very wonderful local equine vet that boarded there and were always praised by how they ran the farm so I assume that they were doing things pretty right
 
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*Boot the horse that you had for 2 weeks out with the others.
*Keep the 5 horses that arrived a week ago together.
*Keep the 2 that arrived today and the 2 arriving tomorrow together.
*When the horse arrives next week, bnoot the 5 out with the others.
So, maybe 2 quarantine paddocks, with just a strip electirc fenced down the middle so they cant put their noses into each otehrs direct air space?

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I don't want to be a yard owner, and I havent a clue.

But what Vic said sounds about right to me.
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1 horse arrived 2 weeks ago,
5 horses arrived 1 week ago,
2 horses arrived today,
2 horses are arriving tomorrow,
1 horse is arriving a week on Monday.

Turn out first 6 horses together (if compatible) in one paddock. Electric fence so isolated from other horses.
Put other 5 in together, and electric fence so isolated from rest of herd.
Probably keep them in these groups (but let owners ride/visit, just not mix with others) until a month or two is past, depending on the diseases that you have problems with in your country/area.
So two paddocks.
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QR -

I'm enjoying this
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, so you'd have 2 paddocks with many horses in each paddock; so how many acres would you have each of these paddocks?

And no, electric fencing is not an option.

There are another 26 horses already in established herds within the pasture fields. So how many acres would you all make available to the whole of the horses?
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Have fun.
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This is why it would be hard for me to be a yard owner with that many horses. Too much to deal with and think about. Anytime you get that many horses with them coming and going often (ish) you have headaches.
Especially when other people own some of them.

You will never make everyone happy and everyone will have various degrees of what they think is right

So what are your plans then Tia or do you just like toying with us!
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I do though
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. My boarders are always happy with how I plan things.
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Yes I am having a bit of fun, as the ones who are already here were figured out well before they arrived and the ones who are coming I have planned too, even though 2 of them were dropped on me LOL!
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Well I run separate herds with a couple of real characters in these herds, so that isn't an option. However fencing a new 10 acre field and another 3 acre paddock is going to have to be started on Monday - thankfully all the posts are in. Phew!

Don't you just love it when life gets exciting like this.
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So here is my situation;

1 horse arrived 2 weeks ago,
5 horses arrived 1 week ago,
2 horses arrived today,
2 horses are arriving tomorrow,
1 horse is arriving a week on Monday.

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If the quarantine was part of the terms of livery, then I wouldn't think the liveries would be unhappy at being grounded. They knew about the reasons before coming on to your yard.

I reckon you need two quarantine paddocks in total and I would absolutely do what Vici suggests.

If I couldn't offer that type of quanrantine for those many horses then I'd have to tell people there was a waiting list to move on the farm LOL

You could always quarantine some of them in a big shed, as I think you have some barns that you open stable in? That would keep their poop off your fields whilst being wormed etc as you could muck shed out after quarantine. Of course, the horses should be allowed somewhere to graze in hand at the very least during that time.
 
I don't have strict quarantine on my yard, only tight worming and separation conditions.

The horses must have the 2 "killer conditions" vaccinations.

I wouldn't insist to my existing boarders that they couldn't ride for 2 weeks every time a new horse came along.

And I did "sacrifice" one of my own horses with the 6 earlier arrivals.
 
You don't know the posts in with a fence post knocker do you?

I love fencing, it's so quick and easy when you have a JCB front bucket to drive the posts into the ground with! PERFECT!
 
You are just bored and you want to cause some mischief....you little minx!!
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I dunno! Was going to say colour of your money, but I wouldn't see that, the airline would LOL!!
 
LOL!! No way! We have holes dug to 5ft deep using our JCB as we use 10ft cedar posts which have a diameter at the bottom of 12 inches and at the top 10 inches.

It might take me a while to put in 500 posts by hand
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. We do need another 10 putting in though to finish those 2 fields off......thankfully that's all or I would be pooping my pants right now LOL!!
 
Well one of our sons is over here at the moment and he paid £180 each way, including all the taxes at LHR and fuel duty. That's with British Airways. There are cheaper flights and more expensive flights to be had - depends on which carrier you use and what days you travel on.
 
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