Moving yards, helps & tips please

[bertin12]

I've been at the same yard for years and i have just bought my pony after having him on loan for just over a year
on tuesday we are moving yards, i have never had to move a horse to a new yard so its all new to me. ive got his bedding coming tomorrow & will put his bed down then so it is all ready & have got all my tools, buckets etc & is all at the yard already just need to organise it!
all i have to get now is his bag of feed & hay (they normally deliver it the next day but if they cant my friend is letting me use some of hers if i need it) but hopefully ours will be delivered on tuesday
ernoon/ evening
any tips you can give me? we will be moving him late aft/evening so he will go in his stable & then will turn him out in the field the next morning (he might be able to go in a field on his own so he can settle in, but if not he will be in with my friends gelding& 2 mares- he has always been in a mixed herd so think that will be ok).
thanks

 

[unbalanced]

Seems like you've got most of it covered. You need to plan for how you are getting there and if you are trailering make sure you have travel boots and tail bandage and that he will load in advance to avoid stress tomorrow.
Also find out what wormer the yard will want you to use and get it. It is very unlikely that he will be able to go straight out the next day as most yards like you to worm and then keep in for 24 hours. I'd also boot up the first time out just to be on the safe side.
Find out what storage area you will have for your kit and if you will need saddle racks etc - at my last yard I had a place in the tackroom but my new place doesn't have one. Also check if you need fittings for your stable eg rings for haynets or a rug rail or whether they are already there.
Good luck and I hope it all goes smoothly - I'm sure it will

 

[Wagtail]

I would never turn a horse out with others that it has not been with until they have been in adjacent paddocks for a week or so. It is asking for trouble, though I know many yards do it.

 

[bertin12]

thank you