Moving Horses off WInter Grazing on to Summer Fields

[winchester]

When do people take their horses off the winter (bald no grass quite rutty) fields - and put them on the fields that have been rested all year?

Do you a set time of year? Down to the weather? Have you done it already?

 

[JRT]

Our horses have been put on to the summer fields last week. Although we are still using the electric fencing to strip graze - they get fat just breathing in!! We still have another large field which will take us through to December, again strip grazed.

 

[Sprout]

Mine moved on to summer grazing last weekend, and they are VERY happy about it!

 

[Inchy]

My 'poor doers' moved fields to start eating off summer grazing two weeks ago, next week my 'fatties' will follow as there will be less grass!

 

[pottamus]

No summer grass paddocks for my lad...he is on restriced all year sadly for him.

 

[hussar]

Mine moved two weeks ago onto 'interim' fields - been rested from sheep for about a month before that and had some grass. They'll probably move onto their summer grazing in a month, although that'll will be restricted as they're all good doers.

 

[Bosworth]

I tend to leave mine till mid to end of April as I want to ensure I have good grass growth and I like to have all the fields rolled before I move them across. But we also still have good grass in our winter paddocks so no great hardship for ours. I tend to move my poor doers across into the fatties paddock first - let them graze it off for a week then put in my fatties. The fatties get a smaller paddock so they graze it down and hopefully stay slightly less fat!