Turn Out - A poll!!!

Best Jumper (SJ)

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Just thinking really as i have just moved my mare from same sex turnout, to turn out on her own (but obviously next to other horses.) So shes not completely cut off from socializing.

She seems happy about it and at least i know she is not at risk from getting injuries from other horses, she is a very dominant mare so often got into scuffles!!!
 
Same sex group, over 5 somtimes, under other times, depending on if they all are OK on the same grass or need to be split fatties and thinnies.
 
we have mixed and a herd of 6! they all get on well
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Dependent on the time of year she is either by herself , in a mixed herd of up to five or a mixed her of more than 5 ..

I'm not worried about something else hurting her as she does that all by herself
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At home, 2 geldings and 1 mare together.
When he was at uni it was one field split into 4 small paddocks with 2-4 horses in them, all geldings.
Same was done at the other end of the yard for the mares.
 
Mine's in a mixed group of 4 - 2 mares, 2 geldings, and is very happy. She got a bit depressed when we had all the mares and geldings separated (although I have to keep her apart from my mate's gelding, who liked her a bit too much
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Mixed... 3 of em, and another field with mixed 5 of em.. all good.

Personally dont like individual turnout myself, unless horse was a right pain with others...... ever since my old TB was put on individual turn out wehn I was at uni (eons ago) and he jumped the fence to be with a mate on the other side, removing half the skin on his legs in the process!
 
Mixed sex groups with 6 in each field. But we have one field with only Geldings in and a fields that is mixed because one of the geldings cant go with Mares. We only have 12 horses so it is easy to move them around to suit.

We only have 3 mares on the yard so they need to be mixed so that we can rest and rotate the grazing.
 
Same sex groups
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We have one field of two mares, one field of two geldings, one field of three geldings and one gelding on its own, but next door to other horses.

The yard across the way (but still part of our yard if you know what I mean, have theirs out mixed sex.
 
Mine had been in same sex fields all his life (just the way the yards worked) and has just been put with two mares for the first time and has made absolutely no difference, they all get along fine. But he is an easy going lad.
 
currently i have 1 on individual (she is a fatty!), 1 in a group of geldings and the rest in mixed herd.
i prefer not to use individual turnout but my horses seem happy going alone as long as they have horses around them.
 
Mine is out with just one other horse (mine is a girl he is a gelding) - it is nice to know they get on well and I don't have to expect injuries; however, it makes things complicated as they are so attached to one another that you cannot separate them and one has to do what the other is doing (can be tricky when one has to be in for whatever reason). So, given the choice I would probably opt for a single sex larger group next time I choose a new yard this is what we did once before and worked really well as herd was well established.
 
I have William out with a baby, as he attacks adults, so they have a 4 acre field to themselves.

I have a section A mare out with a 14.2hh wuss gelding and another wussy arab gelding, she's boss and they are happy with that.
 
I voted other - I have my two 13.2's out together - They are mother and daughter.
My yearling welsh A filly is on her own next to them. A.because they beat the s**t out of her when she escaped in with them when i first got her and B. She has a stable in her field for winter, shelter in the summer and before shows and they would all argue over it!
Hoping to get a larger field shelter next year so they can all go in together now they are a bit more used to eachother!
 
Mine are out in their own paddocks next to each other - they get on fine but both are known to kick (I have had the mare longer than the gelding) and I wouldn't take the risk.
 
Mine are out as a pair together, with hedges on three sides, 2 horses over the hedge to one side, and a pair of ponies on the 4th side over electric fencing.
 
I've got a mare who is out with another mare, and a gelding who is on individual TO. He isn't directly next to other horses although he can see them all easily. In the winter he will be next to them but on summer TO there is a small paddock in between.
 
21 horses, mares and geldings out together.

They do have the odd scuffle (poor Zoomy was kicked last week
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My three are out in a mixed group of eight - four geldings and four mares (although one of the mares is a shetland and they all pretty much ignore her so i'm not sure she counts!
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My 12 yr old gelding is turned out with my mare (26 yrs old) and a friend's mare (31 yrs old) so the poor chap is well and truly under the thumb! They all get on very well together.
 
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