POLL- Whats your turnout like....

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at the moment? Are you getting any?

I was just thinking today when i went riding around our fields. They are so water logged at the moment with the constant rain.

So i was just thinking are you all getting turnout (i'm not on a yard, i live on a farm)? Are you happy with it at the moment?
 
We rent a yard from an 'old gentleman farmer' what ever that means, and tells us to treat the place as our own in regards to turnout and stables etc, but with about 30 acres between 7 horses, i can understand why, but they are really wet in places. This is one of the main reasons we moved to this place (despite not having a school on site) as we've never been able to turn out much over the winter months, so im more than happy with this!
 
Have my own place, so am able to decide how much turnout the horses have. We don't have a huge amount of land, so have decided to keep the horses in at nights for the moment as the weather has been so wet. They still get plenty of turnout during the day though, and most of the pasture is holding up well, apart from the gate area which is understandably a little poached.
 
I have mine at home. Winter field is pretty churned up but I prefer them to be out. They go out in the day reguardless of the weather as thats how I prefer it.
 
We have nice sandy fields with execellent drainage (plus we live in one of the driest places in the UK) So our field is fine! In the past 2 miles away has been 4 foot underwater and we have hardly a puddle!
 
we have 5 large ish fields between 3 of us. satrting on a new paddock in 2 weeks
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Did your poll, chose other as from sept (ish) onwards my horses are in 24/7 they are in full work and hunted at least once a week , they will begin to go back out at the end of march!
 
yes but limited and im happy with that as only 2 fields are being used as the rest are being saved. but they are completly muddy (shoe pulling, welly sucking mud)
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We are so lucky, at the moment our turn out is lush green fields and NO mud, even after all the rain we've had! The horses barely come in with a covering of mud over their hooves!
 
We rent our fields so it's up to us whether we turn out or not (only our four horses to think about), but at the moment the 3 acre field we use (saving our other 4 acre field for the spring/summer) is so horrbily muddy, with zero grass that we are hardly turning out at all. Mine go out once a week but only then if we get a nice day and only for about 4 hours. Any longer and they just mither at the gate wanting to come in.

Horses all seem quite happy (and prefer their stables when its raining, which seems to be every day at the moment) and I'm happy not having to clean six inches of mud off every single night. Once a week is enough for me
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Large field with about ten horses in it. But it's just a mud patch and the area round the gate is impossible. The daft things all stand in the muddiest part so we now have one with mud rash. They are out five days a week if we want. But need a bigger field, less horses and a winter paddock. I can but dream.
 
Mine are kept at home and although they are getting out everyday, the fields are very waterlogged atm. Mine seem quite happy with the arrangement as they don't like being out all day anyway but for the time being ive just got to play it by ear and turnout when the weather is ok.
 
Our fields are totally waterlogged. Georgie has had a touch of mud fever which has cleared up now, but I am keeping in. My choice. My field is approx 3 acres shared with one other horse and we have both decided to keep them in until the field dries out a bit. Not particulary overjoyed at the thought but the downsides of turning out, mud fever, pulled tendons, pulled shoes are far outweight the downsides of keeping them in.
 
Chex field is holding up really well, probably because there's only 2 of them in it and the field is 10 acres. A tad muddy arounf the gate, but mostly dryish and full of grass.
 
Mine live out on approx 10 acres ATM. Thats 2 cobbies and 3 ponies so have ample grazing. I have another 10 acres available if that runs out so I'm a bit spoilt. So far no hay although they have had a nibble on a round bale that I forgot to fence off!!
At home I have an acre paddock and have one pony on that ATM. It quite muddy so I shut him on the yard in the day with some hay.
 
moved to new livery about 9 weeks ago, horses turned out for about 7 hrs a day more to suit me than horses....nice green fields i have had to cut the horses feed right down,as they are putting so much weight on. on clay so does get very slippy but drys out very quickly
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Out all day and night come in for a few hours during the day to have feed.

He could be in for longer but he just isn't happy in his stable at the moment as runs around the box so he may as well be out and happy!
 
Theres 4 horses and 2 shetlands on the yard so turnout is pretty free at the moment.

However it is very muddy in parts and Governor can be a bit of a prat in the fields so if its too slippy I will keep him in - but at the moment he's getting 8am-4pm turnout atleast 5 days a week which he seems happy with.

That said I got to the yard to find him absolutely slathered in horrible slimey, sticky mud today...lovely. Thank god for neck rugs...
 
Mines at DIY. I think his fields about 8 acres?but mainly on a slope so although the bottom bit is knee deep! in mud, the rest is fine(ish)..
Hes happy, Im happy.
 
Yes I have 24/7 turnout. We are on DIY livery and have about 6 acres for our 5 horses (will be 6 by next weekend
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) which is split into a small paddock and a larger bit of field. The skinniest 2 live in the smaller paddock at the top of the field with a bale of hay every night and the 3 fatties live on the bottom bit which is pretty wet and getting very muddy.

We have round bales of hay coming on sat and will put one in the top and one in the bottom so no more lugging hay bales up to the field every night.
 
Horses are out every day. The fields are standing up pretty well actually. There's the usual awful patch around the gateways, but they're not too bad really. Three fields are being used, with the remaining four being rested for the spring/summer.
 
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