Apercrumbie
Well-Known Member
I prefer them out as we've had them trapped in before due to it not being safe to take them to the field and that was not a fun few days - very fed up horses and owners! If they are out, they have ad lib hay.
We use muck on the walk ways to the fields when we need to but the cleaning up is epic .
Used to do same, did so yesterday for 1 patch of concrete, will clear up tomorrow.when I used to work on yards back in the day, if it got icy we would stick muck down so we could get horses about-we did this at livery yards, riding schools and racing yards-even put a muck ring down for controlled exercise. everyone too lazy to do this now?
when I used to work on yards back in the day, if it got icy we would stick muck down so we could get horses about-we did this at livery yards, riding schools and racing yards-even put a muck ring down for controlled exercise. everyone too lazy to do this now?
I'm not sure if it is just lazyness - I still do it but I can please myself as I keep them at home - no-one to moan about a scruffy yard except to myself . When I hear about some of the yard rules people have to put up with I'm eternally grateful that I can do whatever is necessary..........
Ours are out at 7am and in at 4pm they have the whole day out in the snow, I believe in having them out in the fresh air as long as possible.We are at the top of a hill, we have a few foot of snow and its still coming down heavy. The snow was over my geldings knees and nearly over my wellies outside their field. I put mine out for 30 minutes while I mucked out, they had a roll and some fun.. then they were more than happy to come back in to clean warm stables with fresh haylage and a treat ball.
If I left them out i'd of had to give them some haylage, do feel bad on horses turned out 24/7 in deep snow with no forage.
What about yours?
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