How much grass have your horses got ATM?

This is making me feel much more relieved :) thanks everyone!

I know the field is churned and muddy, but it's winter. It generally does happen, especially if there isn't much grass coverage in the first place. I can't help it raining!!

I'll just keep saying to the landowner that as soon as its dry enough, I'll have it rolled and go out with some grass seed (thanks MiM!) if needed. There is still some grass out there for them to nibble but the sections nearest the gate is quite bad, although I've been through MUCH worse in some other yards!!!

Thanks everyone :) xxx
 
The winter field is muddy round the gate and water also there is a sheltered area that they like to hang out in so that's muddy. The rest still has grass but not enough to eat so they are getting forage twice a day. I don't know anyone who doesn't have some mud in winter. I'd say the biggest area is about 10 by 20 feet. It's hoof deep but that is as deep as it ever gets there as its solid underneath. I'm not worried, the autumn field had a wet muddyish patch and it's been mild and that's grown back in Dec!
 
Terrible but hopefully this will be the last year it is as I've now got 2 fields so my mares arnt stuck trashing one field all year round so my top field should be okay by spring fingers crossed!
 
Ours is very muddy and rutted atm - probably because we've got 4 on 2.5 acres through the winter. Once they move onto the summer field hubby gets to work chain harrowing, rolling and re-seeding the worst bits - its always comes back absolutely fine for the last ten years, in fact he usually ends up having to mow it.
 
Ours are muddy/rutted in gateways/loitering areas but away from them there is still grass, we have lots of wet areas due to the number of streams so this is normal. I have seen them a lot worse but they always come back in spring and look immediately better after being rolled. The grass has been growing until very recently and it is coming mild again this week so would expect to see yet more growth. I am not in the slightest bit worried as I know that a few more weeks and we will be panicking they are on too much and getting too fat.
 
None, and when its not frozen a mud field.. but like u its a leg stretch, they have a large hardcore area I let them out in too as with 4 and 2 smallish paddocks I like to turnout one at a time to prevent them winding each other up. They all go out with adlib haylage too.

reseeding them this spring/summer and loads of fertilizer whilst they're down in their summer grazing. Hopefully expand the paddocks too ... well fingers crossed Xx
 
My winter paddock is totally bare, but it's good because I like to strip her back in the winter. She gets horsehage in the field so she's happy. Unfortunately it's been particularly wet the last few months so the ground is quite churned up. I reseeded the entire field last year and may add a bit more to it this year depending on how it recovers, but it usually gets 5 months rest anyway and it's always come back very nice for the following winter so far so I'm not too worried.
 
Thanks everyone - you're all making me feel much better. Even since October I've kinda known that the field would get trashed and it would recover ok. The mud is only hoof deep so it's not too bad. It's just rutted all over. OH has made the paddock much smaller today to give more time for various bits to recover. We'll see how it goes :)
 
mine are on a track round the edge of their field, I've jut given them the last bit of grass with the aim of them eating / trashing it before spring. The three WB beasties from the next field have moved in to the middle of the track to eat down all the grass there. I've got some muddy bits (gate, round water, corners of track) but there's plenty enough grass left for two very god doers. Snows all gone now too.
 
Luckily I've got 2 out 24/7 in a 6 acre field, and plenty of grass away from the gateway and their 'standing areas'. I moved them from a larger field last month due to new fencing and they still had plenty of grass there too. Very lucky things they are too, just got to make sure the youngster doesn't 'explode' when the grass really grows!
 
Ours is incredibly good. We have 4 out 24/7 in a 7 acre field. It's on a slope and at the bottom it's a bit damp but three quarters of it is dry with lots of grass on it. They are getting haylage put out but they aren't rushing over for it. After the initial munch they go back to eating the grass, they often leave little piles of it (and it's good quality!) so we don't have to put it out every day. We have been lucky with the weather over the winter in the North East, a far cry from last year!
 
I'm very jealous FM!!! I'll move Mouse back to yours - he'd love it!!! It's doing his diet no end of good though - he's lost 4 girth holes since being with us over here and going like a rocket (apart from his "asthma" attack!!!)

Badgerdog - I'm impressed! My dad is in north yorks and says its been fricking freezing (he's a southerner mind ;) ) and quite wet. My field is on a slight slope and they're at the top of it but a spring/watercourse runs through the middle of the field which doesn't help :(
 
Ah, this thread is making me feel better too! I've got 2 horses and 2 ponies on 2.75 acres and there's not a blade of grass in sight and just mud, though I open up the yard where they can come in if they want to where there is stables opened up for them and a big bale of haylage too to munch on. I thought they were doing ok until I had someone over the road from me accusing me of neglecting my horses and saying I should be ashamed of keeping them in such disgusting conditions, and should sell 2 of them to better homes where they would be cared for better and loved more :rolleyes:
 
Seriously izzwall? That's unbelievable :(

My whole field is just about 3 acres but they're probably on about two-thirds of an acre at the mo to give them some fresh air and to be able to stretch their legs. They have plenty of haylage and some bits still look green but there's not much grass :(
 
Barely any. Large field with a lot of horses in it (16, I believe it is now). Saying that, we're lucky in that it's sandy soil so although the gateway leaves a lot to be desired, the bulk of the field is pretty well drained. Most of them are out 24/7, but they've always got hay out.
 
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