livery yard rant

[morgan48]

i need to get this off my chest.... so fed up with were i keep my horse the haylege is sliced through with mud. we have to weigh it 12 k a day for a big ish 17hh. or pay an extra pound for a small net . my poor horse is losing weight by the day... i am paying 38 pound a week for complete diy livery and an extra 7 pound a week for muddy mouldy haylege.my horse is on box rest at the moment as he had a suspected fracture to his pedal bone .thank god its just badly bruised ,this is due to being turned out in a knee deep field of crushed bricks and water .can some one help me i dont know what to do . my life has been took over by looking for a new home for him,driving round ,looking on internet and local feed shops im at my wits end . i cant find any were . i feel like just givin it all up as a bad job, my yo has welsh cobs and thinks that my horse eats the same as them and can survive off fresh air and can be left out for hours on end with no food....any advice please . any one know of any decent yards around the blackburn area or willing to travel to a good place .... thabks for listening

 

[ThePony]

I would put a new post up in here to find a livery yard in that area. There are loads of people from all over so I'm sure someone will be able to point you in the right direction. The one you are on sounds like a nightmare!

 

[MerrySherryRider]

Whereabouts are you looking ? I've done exactly what you're doing now,spent endless hours driving around, knocking on doors, desperate to move my horses off grotty yards where promised winter turnout becomes non existant or fields used for winter were so dangerous they couldn't be used anyway. I even debated sending them to a friend 80 miles away at one point, so you have my sympathy.
In the meantime, could you buy in your own haylage? Expensive but cheaper than your horse getting sick.

Ooops, sorry, just read you're looking in Blackburn..

 

[fatpiggy]

Mud and soil in haylage has been known to cause botulism in horses. I wouldn't be feeding it at all TBH. Good luck in your search for a new yard.

 

[morgan48]

thanks for your replies ........ its getting desperate now ... still looking

 

[Chestnutmare]

Oh god you poor thing and horsey....I wish I could help but have no idea about that area....put advert up in tack shops ask anyone you see with horses....have you advertised on equineadverts or preloved.....I am getting good responses from equine adverts so fingers crossed it could help you.

Put up a thread in NL and Stable sections...

Hope you manage to find somewhere soon and good luck with your boy, I would also add that I too would be buying my own haylage for time that you are there least he'll get what you want him to have and not loose weight etc.....bit pricey this way but pricey over horse loosing condition....

 

[kirstyl]

Keep looking! And in the meantime, buy in your own haylage. I know it's more expense that you shouldn't have to fork out for, but you will feel much better knowing that your horse is having good quality forage. I'm moving to a new yard this weekend, having had enough of badly maintained facilities, poor customer service, awful hay etc. Can't wait!

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Contact your local RC's/hunts etc, there will be somebody who knows somebody who has room for your horse.

 

[Chestnutmare]

I've Pm'd you too x

 

[tinker88]

i was in a similar situation to you a few weeks ago - i finally found somewhere and i love it.

My old yard was far away down lots of dark dark lanes, my field was TERRIBLE, muddy on a slope, fencing falling down daily, anout 1/1 miles down a dirt track with no lights, and my stables were cold, drafty and crap! with over priced hay & straw
nice school thou

so i moved, it is a tad longer because its on main roads so i hot rush hour afetr work, but i dont care - the horses are on part livery. The yard owner there hays/waters and morning feeds, and the same at night minus teh feeding. The bad points are only a few small paddocks to T/O and rubbish school but great hacks and people.

The horses dont mind about not being out all day (they hated being in the drak/cold/field anyway) and enjoy an hour leg strech in a nice paddock. im not spending my life walking up and down a dark scarey track, or risking my life on slippy narrow farm lanes to get there either.

so were all happy, the horses look well, and settled. and it costs me £10 more per week - but that inc all feed/hay/straw and they do the feeding. so all i have to do is muck out and turn out!

win win.

Be quick find a place - you wont regret it! I had sleepless nights about it, making sure i found the right place..... and i did.

 

[tinker88]

http://www.osbaldestonrc.co.uk/livery-fees.htm

looks nice - good prices too

 

[Toast]

Osbaldeston is a nice place, very big though, how far are you willing to travel out of bburn?
x

 

[ossy]

I've heard good things about this place only second though from someone at work but the website looks nice.

http://hawthornequestrian.sports.officelive.com/TheLiveryYard.aspx

 

[chestnut88]

Hi ,
i have had my previous post to you taken off because they said I WAS ADVERTISING. !
I was only responding to your request fro more information off me .
Anyway I hope you found the advert I told you about and I hope you get your horses sorted out .
x

 

[bigboyrocky]

how about buying haylage from elsewhere in the meantime whilst you look for another yard? hope you find somewhere

 

[Smile_and_Wave]

Osbaldeston obviously, and good cause of the facilites and comptetition, although i kept my pony there when i was tiny and she hated it cause she was in the end stable right next to the tunnel so its not for everyone,

heather clarksons yard is nice i seem to think its called Walmsley fold or something like that, its up tockholes way, and there is northcote stud as well which is very close to osbaldeston super duper posh yard

 

[SNORKEY]

Id be careful talking about livery yards on here, some grass on this forum realised what yard I was at and told the yo, not that im bothered, if they want to keep there massive horses boxed in for the whole winter than they can go ahead, i got out of there.

Id say to the YO that the quality of it is not good enough and still look for a new home.

 

[jjbarney]

Don't feed haylage with mud in it hun. When they cut it too close to the soil like that, that is when you get botulism in it. Someone else mentioned it to. Good luck with your search

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

I don't know of any yards in that area I am afraid but I do hope you can find something, your current place sounds completely unsuitable

 

[tricksibell85]

If u can't find a new yard asap, buy in ur own hay/hayledge before the health of your horse gets effected seriously!!

 

[sparky1981]

Hi,
I recently moved to a new area and asked people on here about liveries in my new area and had a huge response which was very helpful and helped me find a great yard. So is worth asking in a thread.