Views on how long for a horse to settle at new yard?

Thanks for the replies.

I last moved him two years ago. He settled on day one.

He's not a remotely dominant horse and has always been bottom of the pack (I've previously seen him being picked on by a little 12hh welshie), but he is getting thoroughly fed up with the hassling and for the first time in three years I've seen him with his ears flat back and teeth barred trying to chase off one of the ones hassling him - it charged at him when he went down to roll. I appreciate they are horses and will play, although I don't think he is actually playing but sticking up for himself. He came in with 14 bites one day last week (not drawn blood lucky, but swollen lumps).

Aside from him not being settled and me worrying, it has cost me a fortune because of trashed rugs (a good couple of hundred pounds so far!)


Seven weeks of horse having to put up with this?! Id have been gone weeks ago.
I once moved my horse to a big livery yard, he went out in the field with about ten others, (despite my massive protesting as he had only been on small yards before), I was literally crying as I put him the other side of the gate, I knew what would happen, and yep he got galloped round the field by the lot of them and then they set about kicking him. He was out TEN MINUTES before I brought him in, (injured at this point too, with blood), went in to a field on his own, which I had to pay extra for. I left a couple of weeks later without giving notice but telling them exactly why I had gone. Horrible experience.
 
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