horses living out

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jensheff26

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does anyone elses horses live out all year my 4 natives do but the mud is now driving me crazy how does everyone else manage ponies seem to love it tho
 
All of mine live out, i'm quite lucky that my fields don't get too muddy. They're rugged but thats more to keep the wind off their backs, although my fat boy will only be in a light rug next year to prevent the muddiness and him getting too wet...
 
Zoom lives out all year round. I'm so sick of rain, the mud by the gate is actually seeping over the top of my wellies now
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Zoom absolutely loves it so copes fine.....as for me......
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I rotate my paddocks, and bring him in to the concrete yard area when it's muddy and dry his legs out so i can brush off mud. If really bad, use MSM cream on heels as barrier cream. I use rubber mats at field entrances to cut down on cut up ground and luckily the farmer does the drainage so it will dry out (if it ever stops raining).
Yes he does live out all yr, but with 24 hr access to stable, which he seldom goes in! All the ponies I ever owned (yrs ago) loved mud and especially rolling in it. Hey ho, keeps the old arm muscles fit doesn't it?
 
I feel your pain!
My 2 welshie and coblet live out 24/7 naked and just have hay, there fine, mud by the gate is pretty bad though. Tb gets turned out from 9 - 5
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Land looks a mess - roll on summer!
going to start seperating the field mid march, then its ready to be harrowed and rolled,............
 
mine live out all year and I dont think they would have it any other way. I dont think they particularly like picking their way through all the mud to get their breakfast or get to water trough but the main part of the field isnt really thick mud so their heels and pasterns dont get too bad. They also have their haylage in field shelter so they do get off the wet some of the time.

I am just fed up of pushing wheelbarrows through the mud and slipping and sliding everywhere and just getting everything caked in mud.
 
my car is beginning to resemble the field as well......and that gets me down the most TBH. Because on the rare occasions I go out,I have to practically steam clean my foot well otherwise my shoes end up resembling my wellies!
 
iv got 3 greys that now all look black and a black that now looks brown the top part of the field isnt too bad but think they are too daft to go stand up there or in the shelters my tackroom now looks like a mudroom cant see the floor for mud roll on SUMMER
 
Ours live out 24/7 but there is no shelter so i rug them, so only have mud on the exposed bits. They get lots of haylage and a feed.
Our yearling is in but thats because we are having a bit of "fun" getting rid of his lice, we have only had him a few weeks but i dont want to bath him in this weather.
 
Ours live out too. It's just our top paddock next to the field shelters and storage that is trashed though. I sectioned it off two weeks ago but gave up again with all this snow. Will do it again ready for harrowing and reseeding if and when Spring arrives.
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The whole paddock has turned into a mud bath.Thick gooey mud that is treacherous to walk on, you can't go anywhere without sinking or sliding. We have three mini shets and they love rolling in it but even they - usually more than happy to live out - are waiting at the gate to come in by 3pm every day. I can't remember a winter as wet and horrible as this one. And I'm beginning to suspect Summer happened last Tuesday!!!
 
just got back have mud everywhere. I am embarrased to have anyone in my car and my boyf moans about the smell.
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I have had to deep litter the shelters as they are flooded. This winters evil grip will not give. My cobs feathers are driving me nuts
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sorry proper whinging tonight!
 
Me! Five living out, rugged up though as no shelter, so only legs get muddy. I am also fed up of the mud but it is the worst time of year and another few weeks everything will start drying up - I'm just keeping thinking positive. There is light at the end of the tunnel and I know after a good roll and harrow the fields will look lovely again. But mud IS the work of the devil.
 
Lives out, naked, 24/7. Having just said that, I just came back from the yard, and put his rug on for the first night this winter: it's been raining non-stop, the field is a giant lake, and though he was fine over by the hay feeder, he started shaking as soon as we were in the wind by the gate. Poor thing! Took him in to dry off, under a warm fleece, and took him for a hack with his fleecy rainsheet on, to warm up and dry off some more. No opportunity for schooling today as planned, because the indoor schools were busy and the outdoor schools are all under slush and water. I was waterproofed head to toe, and still managed to come home soggy and shivering. BLEH! I want sunshine! What is the matter with this country?
 
This weather is the absolute pits isn't it. No sooner has the snow melted and the ground is sodden but now it's chucking it down. The lower paddocks are a complete no no but on the hill fields it's still well drained so ours are still living out 24/7. Rugged up with lots of natural shelter.

Mud is a problem by the water trough so we bring them in for a few hours most days to let their legs dry off and re-apply pig oil and sulphur as needed.

Come on Spring where are you????
 
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