Dopeydapple
Well-Known Member
I've been trying to find grass livery for my mare for a while, she is an extremely good doer and is just far too fat where she is. I want her to still be part of a herd, just a herd with similar diatary requirements ( too much grass currently and lots of as lib hay in the winter so no weight loss then to help). I can only find places that do individual turnout which I want to avoid. I saw a place this week that had fantastically bare paddocks but they were fairly small ( not horrific but not ideal) as they split the field up to put horses into pairs, also no natural shelter but maybe the winter ones do have, I would need to check. My question is given the rarity of 24/7 grazing should I take it or keep looking. Plus points are it's set up well for fatties and she has a friend, negatives are the paddocks are small and as they are in pairs she is likely to get very attached to the other one and be a nightmare if he goes anyway ( she is a stresshead when seperates from her friends).