Africanlion
New User
Hi all
I currently live in scotland and we farm on 900ha in southern Africa and we plan on getting horses. I have only ridden a horse once at Craig Tara and know very little about them and am trying to educate myself through YouTube
Mainly horses would be used for leisure and also to patrol the farm as cattle rustlers are killing us and poachers of wildlife.
My questions are
1. Any affordable books on horse care that you recommend
2. Southern Africa has a warm pleasant climate so are we OK to keep the horses out in a field or its best to build stables and also is normal African grass ok to eat or it needs supplemented with special feed
3. Where in UK to buy equipment second hand cheaply saddles and so on
My brother is a qualified vet on the faculty of university of Pretoria though he has no experience of horses but I would pass on any vet tips that are kindly passed suggested to me on here
Thanks for allowing me to join
I currently live in scotland and we farm on 900ha in southern Africa and we plan on getting horses. I have only ridden a horse once at Craig Tara and know very little about them and am trying to educate myself through YouTube
Mainly horses would be used for leisure and also to patrol the farm as cattle rustlers are killing us and poachers of wildlife.
My questions are
1. Any affordable books on horse care that you recommend
2. Southern Africa has a warm pleasant climate so are we OK to keep the horses out in a field or its best to build stables and also is normal African grass ok to eat or it needs supplemented with special feed
3. Where in UK to buy equipment second hand cheaply saddles and so on
My brother is a qualified vet on the faculty of university of Pretoria though he has no experience of horses but I would pass on any vet tips that are kindly passed suggested to me on here
Thanks for allowing me to join