I thought 12+ hours was misleading for horses that live out, and overnight didn't fit either, so I gave up. How are you going to report on horses living out 24/7? Surely your survey is going to appear to show results only for horses that come in at some point?
I did th3e survey but was another that found that some things did not quite fit....... I did put it in the comments but I dont think the survey shows up varaibles
eg ours are technically out 24 /7 /356 as we never shut the stable doors..... but they do have access to the stables if they want when off the grass and in the yard ( about 1/3 acre enclosed area) ..... so they do go inot a stable and dont have access to grazing .......well we are "different"
I know you cant accomodate all variables always .... but thats the problem with compiling surveys, gotta think outside the box !
Thank you all for doing it, especially for persisting when you werent sure of a question, I really appreciate it.
Ha, you are all correct, designing it has been very tricky and I tried to give as many options as possible so everyone had the chance to best represent their own circumstances!
Cant believe I left hunting off, is there an "other" option for that question or not? The problem is I cant alter the questionnaire now that it is "live".
If you ticked 12+ hours and also that the horse spends no time in the stable then that allows me to decipher that your horse lives out 24/7. I hope as many of you as possible added this sort of information into the additional box at the end so I can fully understand your individual situations.
Thanks again everyone, really appreciate your responses and feed back!!
Jess
(Could someone please confirm that you get a notification from horse and hound when I post a response? I wasnt sure if you were all receiving my thankyous! I'm new to this forum thing...)
I think I might have left grass out of their daily feeds on the ones I did yesterday, Im not sure
But you will guess from the rest of the details, ie, they live out, in a field... theyre probbly eating grass
The questionnaire is now closed after receiving 600 replies. Thanks very much to everyone who completed it. I'm now into the long task of entering my data so that I can then analyse it. Thanks again, I couldnt have done it without you all.