cob&onion
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2 (14.3 2yr welsh D and a 15.2hh cob) on 3.5 acres 
How many horse do you have on what acreage of field?
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Polos Mum
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2 on 12 acres (probably more like 10 when you take out chicken run, school, barn etc.)
It's holding up really well given we're on heavy clay and plenty rested ready to take hay off in the summer. We have had up to 5 but this year I'm very glad it's just the two of them. I can't imagine the state of it if we had the 'traditional' 1 acre= 1 horse - it would resemble a battlefield!
It's holding up really well given we're on heavy clay and plenty rested ready to take hay off in the summer. We have had up to 5 but this year I'm very glad it's just the two of them. I can't imagine the state of it if we had the 'traditional' 1 acre= 1 horse - it would resemble a battlefield!
billylula
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I LOVE that google area calculator! I thought I had 2 ponies on just over an acre and felt guilty but I have just found out I actually have a smidge over 2 acres 
2 ponies 13.1 and 11.2
Field is trashed though
2 ponies 13.1 and 11.2Field is trashed though
glamourpuss
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12 acres in total. 2 horses & a pony. Soil is clay & gets very wet. I rotate them regularly....the horses to keep them on good grass, the pony to keep her waistline down.
They are currently on trash paddocks with hay/haylage. They come in at night. It's more about them just getting out at the moment as opposed to the grazing. Just as well as they seem to be covered in moss Those paddocks add up to about 2.5 acres. The other 8.5 acres looks fab, even what was trashed in September.
They will move to fresh paddocks in March. What they are on now will be harrowed, overseeded, rolled & fertilised then left until next winter with one topping late summer/early autumn. Fingers crossed it will come back
They are currently on trash paddocks with hay/haylage. They come in at night. It's more about them just getting out at the moment as opposed to the grazing. Just as well as they seem to be covered in moss
Those paddocks add up to about 2.5 acres. The other 8.5 acres looks fab, even what was trashed in September.They will move to fresh paddocks in March. What they are on now will be harrowed, overseeded, rolled & fertilised then left until next winter with one topping late summer/early autumn. Fingers crossed it will come back
Honey08
Waffled a lot!
We have 16 acres for two horses, but have had 25 sheep on for the last few months as we were getting over run!
Very boggy clay fields, so horses go out on a harcore turnout paddock most of the time in winter, going in a two acre field once or twice a week. In summer the horses go onto a four or five acre field, which they had to have grazing muzzles in last year, but hopefully now the sheep have eaten it down they may not this year.
Very boggy clay fields, so horses go out on a harcore turnout paddock most of the time in winter, going in a two acre field once or twice a week. In summer the horses go onto a four or five acre field, which they had to have grazing muzzles in last year, but hopefully now the sheep have eaten it down they may not this year.
Pipkin
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Have recently moved so have gone from 6 horses on 10 acres to 6 horses(hopefully 4 if I can sell welshies) on 20 acres. 1 horse on box rest, 1 keeping her company so 2 big horses and 2 young welshies are in a 3 acre field at the moment. just muddy gateways
Joyous70
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I LOVE that google area calculator! I thought I had 2 ponies on just over an acre and felt guilty but I have just found out I actually have a smidge over 2 acres
As above, i just found out my field is 2 acres, for 2 horses
i have sectioned it off into 1 acre paddocks, theyre quite wet in places, but starting to dry up now, and as we have had some dry, ive let them into the front to pick at the grass to halve my hay bill for now, and the other paddock is starting to pick up again too.
ElleSkywalkingintheair
As excited as Kitty about to be a bridesmaid
That app is AWSOME, turns out I have 4 acres & 6 acres
Sooo, I have 5 on 4 acres (one is yearling, one foal, one Shetland, a 14hh New Forest & 15hh TBxwelsh)
The 2 'big ones' come in from 7.30 - 5 every day & babies & Shetland out 24/7.
Fields trashed, but some grass left on top couple of acres so should recover well.
For last few years have had 3 & foal & 4 & foal on just over an acre over the summer, with big horses & foal coming in in tfe day & Shetland in at night & it's worked very well
This year is just awful for ground, normal year I think would be doing fine with all 5 on 4 acres in winter.
Sooo, I have 5 on 4 acres (one is yearling, one foal, one Shetland, a 14hh New Forest & 15hh TBxwelsh)
The 2 'big ones' come in from 7.30 - 5 every day & babies & Shetland out 24/7.
Fields trashed, but some grass left on top couple of acres so should recover well.
For last few years have had 3 & foal & 4 & foal on just over an acre over the summer, with big horses & foal coming in in tfe day & Shetland in at night & it's worked very well
This year is just awful for ground, normal year I think would be doing fine with all 5 on 4 acres in winter.
Elsiecat
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The field I've been renting as 3 and a half acres is in fact 2 and a smudge. I am not a happy horse owner!!!!
Either way it works. 3 on it. They're out 24/7 pretty much in summer and out for about 6 hours a day in winter.
Either way it works. 3 on it. They're out 24/7 pretty much in summer and out for about 6 hours a day in winter.
Faro
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5 on 5 acres (2 x 2.5 acres) in summer and on 30+ acres in winter. Horses out 24/7/365, 4 Arabs and a TBX. The grazing here if anything is too good! I'm very lucky!
cindydog
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We have total 19 ( herd) made up of 5 horses, 11 ponies, 3 shetlands, they are on a 32+ acres all open they can roam anywhere they want, some stabled at night, when I first came here there was no stables at all and I could walk through field for 30 mins before I laid eyes on a horse, knowing more now I know where they go at certain times of day/ weather.
The horses all come to call and at this time of year they are standing waiting on us arriving to fed them.
The horses all come to call and at this time of year they are standing waiting on us arriving to fed them.
Feathered
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We have 2 on 5 acres, one field about 4 acres and a little pony paddock we use for spare grazing. They are in the little paddock at the moment totally trashing it in an attempt to save our big field a bit for the spring.
It's awful though, just mud mud mud.
It's awful though, just mud mud mud.
morrismob
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5 and I have 8 acres. 6 acre field kept for summer and spilt into 4 fields. 2 acres for winter and more or less totally trashed now but one bit has a few pickings. All the land on clay and very wet thru the winter. Roll on spring when I can move them but am hoping to harrow before I move them.
lostshepherd
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Two horses on 2.5acres out all year round. New field layout planned by LL gives me three paddocks. Grade 4 old pasture on brick rubble. Normally holds up well in winter. This year it's looking grim. Very muddy in places, and horses losing the will to walk in it. Roll on spring and some drier weather.
loulabelle
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Same just used the app found out my current field is 4.5 not 5.5 acres and the new field Im taking on at the weekend is 5.5 instead of 7 acres!
Have 5 (13hh, 13.2, 1.3, 14.3 & 16hh) living out 24/7 and this winter the field I thought was 5.5 acres is wrecked whereas other uears it has coped well....hence moving fields, hoping to reduce it to 4 horses by winter and to have stables built by then so will be 4 out 12hrs a day...hopefully it will fair better :/
sandi_84
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1 horse (15hh) & 1 pony (14.2) on 2-2.5 acres.
Our field is paddocked off into 3 sections and it seems to be holding up quite well even though we've had proper pants weather recently!
At the gate it's a mud bath but it gets lots of foot traffick between me, the mothership and any horsey visiting guests we bring with us. They tend to wander along the fence line to hijack passersby for cuddles so its a bit churned up there and there's an obvious track to the water trough where it's a bit squishy but other than that the rest is pretty solid still
Our field is paddocked off into 3 sections and it seems to be holding up quite well even though we've had proper pants weather recently!
At the gate it's a mud bath but it gets lots of foot traffick between me, the mothership and any horsey visiting guests we bring with us. They tend to wander along the fence line to hijack passersby for cuddles so its a bit churned up there and there's an obvious track to the water trough where it's a bit squishy but other than that the rest is pretty solid still
vikkibeth
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That tool is very interesting! I have just looked at some acreage a friend was looking at that they claimed was 8 acres but is in fact just under 6 in all! Shes not happy as she put down a deposit for it a few days ago!