moorhillhorses
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone im new on here and ive joined because when I google things I end up here! lol. Im moving to a farm to build a yard this tim next year.Ive run out of space in my yard so Ive a few questions. Do I post them here or in the tackroom?
Im relocating to a farm and leaving my small yard to expand so I can offer more livery, bigger outdoor and a indoor Without spending a fortune what indoor arena surface works well? I would love a top of the range surface but thats not going to happen. We have gravel and rubber mix in the outdoor its puddle free and is fantastic. Im not sure how it would work in a indoor. I no wood chip is slippy outdoors but instead of wood chip what about wood pellets plus it would be indoor. Has anyone ever seen 'all bed'?
Also in the winter we currently turn our horses out in the outdoor arena in twos. They wreck it gallop about and turn the surface deep in places. We are hoping to have more liverys so we need a big area to fence of in sections for winter turn out for a few hours a day. A field would be too slippy and im not putting them in the outdoor im building. I dont want to spend a crazy amount of money on a turnout surface but I dont want my horses sliding about either and getting hurt. Im not planning on doing drainage on this paddock to really just cover a field in a material thatl not get too mucky.
Last question! I have 12 school ponies who I will winter loose in a shed what surface is the best and I would like a paddock they can stretch there legs in and a surface to cover it in thats not soil. Again I dont plan on putting drainage on this just to have it on a slight tilt. They dont run around like the liverys. so I thought about bark but does it turn into mush?
Im relocating to a farm and leaving my small yard to expand so I can offer more livery, bigger outdoor and a indoor Without spending a fortune what indoor arena surface works well? I would love a top of the range surface but thats not going to happen. We have gravel and rubber mix in the outdoor its puddle free and is fantastic. Im not sure how it would work in a indoor. I no wood chip is slippy outdoors but instead of wood chip what about wood pellets plus it would be indoor. Has anyone ever seen 'all bed'?
Also in the winter we currently turn our horses out in the outdoor arena in twos. They wreck it gallop about and turn the surface deep in places. We are hoping to have more liverys so we need a big area to fence of in sections for winter turn out for a few hours a day. A field would be too slippy and im not putting them in the outdoor im building. I dont want to spend a crazy amount of money on a turnout surface but I dont want my horses sliding about either and getting hurt. Im not planning on doing drainage on this paddock to really just cover a field in a material thatl not get too mucky.
Last question! I have 12 school ponies who I will winter loose in a shed what surface is the best and I would like a paddock they can stretch there legs in and a surface to cover it in thats not soil. Again I dont plan on putting drainage on this just to have it on a slight tilt. They dont run around like the liverys. so I thought about bark but does it turn into mush?