Turnout poll?

[RachelMcTimoney]

Just wondering how much turnout everyone currently has?

I have two going out from 6am - 1pm and one going out for an hour in the morning and then grazed in hand twice a day and hacked in afternoon, she just will not go out and won't settle and runs up and down the fence. Fields are just so wet cannot be good for their hooves standing in water and they are all dying to come in but i still feel bad keeping them in!

 

[teapot]

Yard has 24/7 turnout all year round (not that I've got a horse) but friend's horse is there

 

[S_N]

Can't answer - like many people on here they are out 24/7!

 

[nomini]

Mine go out at 6.30 (mon-wed) and come in between 3 and 4 so over 8 hours on those days. Thurs - sun - they go out about 8ish and come is between 3 and 4 - earlier if i'm riding. Both of mine seem quite happy out even though the fields are disgusting!

 

[the watcher]

Mne are out for about 9 hours, turned out before I go to work and brought in again about 4.30pm..I would actually like them to be out slightly less as they really like being in and their paddocks are thick with mud, but don't currently have an alternative

 

[pottamus]

My boy is out by 6am and comes in at 6pm every day...but then I am not on a yard and rent my own field. I don't mind about the odd patch of mud mess because it all grows back in the spring!

 

[JaneSteventon]

Out 24/7 apart from odd night in to dry out feet and legs.

 

[frannieuk]

My fields are like bogs, one of them is 50% under a big puddle (lake!) but my 2 are both desparate to go out every morning. I'll keep turning them out as long as their feet are ok and they are happy to go out. They go out at 7am and come in between 4 and 6 pm.

 

[dingle12]

6am out then start to come in about 4pm

 

[truffles]

8am til 2pm - in the summer it is all day, and maybe night as well. But this strict winter routine lasts till March. *sob* Roll on wound up neddies...

 

[Cindylou]

Mine goes out 7.30am then in at 6.30pm Mon-Sat then I have a lie in on a sunday and its about 9am-4pm.

 

[PoppyPony]

6am - 4pm (earlier if riding) in what will vvv soon become a disgusting bog but 24/7 in lovely big field from march - november.

 

[RachelMcTimoney]

is it only my annoying horses that run u and down after a few hours, and yes they have plenty of grass only them in massive field that i split up and rotate. AND they only like going in fields near the stables and spook if they down far end and plough the field up...i am thinking they are BRATS!

 

[ladylisa]

Mine lives out 24/7 as rent a field.

 

[monica123]

mine is out 27/7 unless i briong her in and keep her in the school - she is on grass livery and a stable would drive her mad! she is mad enough as it is! lol

 

[RunToEarth]

Mine doesnt go out everyday, but when he does he is out from about 8am until 1pm...

 

[Tierra]

No, its not only yours rlm. My boy is currently out from 8am until about 1pm and by that time he's ready to come in. He's usually either wandering round the gate way or shouts and comes running over when I call him (complete opposite to summer when he seems to "forget" his name !

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We've got loads and loads of grass - so much so that the field my boy is in is now being shared with some sheep. The fields are grim though

My gelding's isnt too bad with the exception of the gateway but a couple of the others have standing water on them and are struggling now under the mud.

I consider myself quite fortunate that my boy seems to cope perfectly well on the reduced hours turnout and prefers to be tucked up in his warm stable, but equally he's 13 now so he's no baby that needs to be out and burning excess energy

 

[Chex]

Chex is still out 24/7 just now. From this weekend he'll be in, put out about 7, and brought in about 8 or 9 at night. He used to stand at the gate, but soon realised he'd still have to wait hours until I brought him in, now he'll happily graze until I go get him. I know he's not actually wanting in, its just his tea he's after!

 

[KateStartin]

We are lucky and have a sand school, they go out in there from bout 8-4 with plenty of hay, go out in field if it ever stops raining

 

[Tinkerbee]

all ponies/cobs out 24/7
event horses out all night
liveries out 6 hours during day

 

[Agent XXX999]

Mine goes out for either a morning or an afternoon - sometimes he is in, like this weekend as I tend to hack in the morning and school in the afternoon, but Monday to friday he is out and ridden daiky.

 

[Enfys]

My 3 out

Geriatric boarder out about 9ish, wants to come in about 2. He LIKES his stable, sometimes I have to drag him out for an hour just so I can muck out and he can stretch his legs, then he does a creaky fast jog to get back in. If he doesn't want to go out he turns his bum to me.....fine, we understand each other.

 

[Salcey]

Ours are out from 8am to 4pm every day. Field is getting wetter but not yet a bog

 

[piaffe]

All 3 of mine are out 24/7. They are all perfectly happy and i dont think they would like to be in. I am very lucky, our grazing is fab. I plan to keep them all out over the winter.

 

[madgirl]

out from about 8ish till arond 3-4 fields are very wet atm wont go out days when its very wet cold and windy! not going out tomorrow as hunt are near and he would jump out hehe

 

[ru-fi-do]

Our's could still stay out 24/7, but at the moment mine go out around 8am and come in about 5pm. We still have too much grass!

 

[magic104]

Out from 6am-5pmish Mon-Fri weekends depends on hacking etc but back in about 5pm

 

[TGM]

Mine are normally out all the time, but they have been in for the last few nights because it has been so wet. The horse are actually fine out when it is wet, but I'm trying to protect the land a bit as we have 3 on 2.5 acres.

 

[JoBo]

Ours go out about 7.30am and come in at 5pm. So about 9.5 hours

 

[Tempi]

our yard has all turnout needs catered for, there is 24/7 turnout fields for mares and one for geldings and there is daily turnout fields one for mares and one for geldings.

both mine get turned out at 630am every morning and come in at 4pm every evening. Bloss sometimes has the odd day in if the weather is rubbish or if her sharer is taking her out.