Most ridiculous things you've seen on livery contracts....

[maya2008]

Lots of these seem to be ‘tarring everyone with the same brush’ kind of decisions.

I was surprised once (on a yard we were visiting) by: no hacking alone/in a group without an adult under the age of 18.

In some ways I can see it, but that’s a bit like saying no child can be left home alone until legally an adult because some won’t be ready until then.

 

[Muddywellies]

I've also been on a DIY yard with opening hours. It would break me if I ever put the wrong rug on and wanted to pop back to change it (it was v close to home) but couldn't. I could drive past and see her through the hedge as her field was by the road, but wasn't allowed on the property if it was after hours. Only stayed a couple of months (there were lots of other unreasonable rules too).

 

[Nancykitt]

I was on a yard where the owner was pretty laid back about virtually everything - apart from anyone putting horse hair (mane/tail hair & clippings) on the muck heap. He told us that it was full of cyanide.

 

[KatieDM]

I was on a yard where the owner was pretty laid back about virtually everything - apart from anyone putting horse hair (mane/tail hair & clippings) on the muck heap. He told us that it was full of cyanide.

I dunno about that but apparently it’s not meant to be spread on the land — if farmers take the heap away for fertiliser etc.

 

[Pinkvboots]

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I don't know about hair but what comes out of the sheath is carcinogenic according to this article

 

[Lois Lame]

I was on a yard where the owner was pretty laid back about virtually everything - apart from anyone putting horse hair (mane/tail hair & clippings) on the muck heap. He told us that it was full of cyanide.

I dunno about that but apparently it’s not meant to be spread on the land — if farmers take the heap away for fertiliser etc.

I've read that hair is very nutritious and good in the compost. When my husband gives himself a haircut, I remind him that it would be good if he would put the hair in the compost pot in the kitchen.

Perhaps hair that has been permed, straightened, or coloured with strong chemicals (which neither his nor mine have been) it would be better in the rubbish.

 

[Lois Lame]

I was at a 'yard' (we don't call them yards here. To us, a yard is a completely different thing: a small fenced area where you would put a horse while it's eating, or being saddled and bridled) anyhow, I was at a place where the (new) owners decided that every horse owner would pay for the use of their (outdoor) arena irrespective of whether that horse was ever ridden in the arena. Even retired horses had to have that portion paid. It was greedy of the new owners, but that's what those new owners were. They changed many rules, promising all sorts of things which had to be paid for even though they were not yet in existence. I think they thought they had us over a barrel. They sort of did. Nevertheless, 50% or more of us left.

 

[rabatsa]

I've read that hair is very nutritious and good in the compost. When my husband gives himself a haircut, I remind him that it would be good if he would put the hair in the compost pot in the kitchen.

Perhaps hair that has been permed, straightened, or coloured with strong chemicals (which neither his nor mine have been) it would be better in the rubbish.

Hair does not decompose fast enough to go on a muck heap. It is still there when it is time to spread, after hay in our case. Put it in the burn pile with the hay.

 

[Lois Lame]

Hair does not decompose fast enough to go on a muck heap. It is still there when it is time to spread, after hay in our case. Put it in the burn pile with the hay.

I remember now, hearing that hair takes a long time to decompose. I won't burn it though. It still goes out into the garden.