Your stable must haves!

[mum_gone_rogue]

So… I am fortunate enough to be able to bring my horses home! I have stables and field, so space isn’t an issue.

What are your essentials to keep in the stable and field at home!?

 

[JBM]

I always have wound spray around, nappies, and stable toys are always useful!
Always make sure there’s a locked gate somewhere I’ve seen too many horses stolen from fields recently
Enjoy having them home! It’s awesome

 

[Abacus]

First aid kit!
Bute and sedalin or similar
Basic tool kit - hammer, pliers, screwdrivers and some long screws etc
Gardening equipment - secateurs, strimmer, hedge cutter, if you want to keep the place tidy!
Even if you don't use electric fencing, some electric tape and posts for emergency fencing

I'm envying all that barn space.

ETA wire cutters - having had a horse manage to get his rug clip caught on wire that we didn't even know was there, we really needed them (and at the time did't have them).

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

Wheelbarrow - a big one
Fire extinguishers and hope you never use them
Horse first aid kit - as above
Buckets, lots of them
Sponges
Towels
Somewhere to store towels and sponges
Somewhere to sit
A kettle
A fridge (if stables aren't within tea / coffee range of th house)

 

[Peglo]

Baler twine.

And 15 chickens who have decided to move in that definitely makes life easier.

 

[Katieg123]

Highly recommend putting in a hot water boiler! even a small one helps with winter bathing and making warm feeds - our (horse) dentist also really appreciates it to wash his tools and hands after!

 

[JBM]

oh also a small farrier kit to remove shoes in an emergency! My horse once got his shoe twisted then stepped on it couldn’t get the clips off they were so twisted so had to grind it off as I had no tools luckily he didn’t bat an eye

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

This might sound a bit random but I love having tools hung on walls with hooks or loops of twine on nails. It makes it so much easier to sweep the floor clean.

 

[meleeka]

First aid kit for horse and human. I sadly don’t follow my own advice and had to take my dad to the hospital with bright pink vetwrap on his hand

 

[SpotsandBays]

First aid kits and tools are a must!
Secondly - make sure you’ve got a couple of spares of things. Leadropes/headcollars etc - just in case one breaks or gets lost! (For me it’s hoofpicks. No idea where they end up but they disappear so I like to have an obscene amount of them hanging around )

 

[Muddy unicorn]

Hooks and racks to hang stuff on. We’ve got tool racks for broom, shavings fork, shovel etc, hooks outside each stable for head collars, racks and hooks in the tack room for rugs, grooming kit etc. We’ve got a hot tap on the yard which is a godsend, having a towel to hand is useful too. I’ve got tie up rings on the yard for farrier, bathing etc. More tubs and buckets than you think you need, a water butt to collect rain water. Good wheelbarrow and poo scoop and a little hand rake - poo scoop and rake is the easiest way I’ve found of getting poo out of long grass.

 

[OrangeAndLemon]

First aid kits and tools are a must!
Secondly - make sure you’ve got a couple of spares of things. Leadropes/headcollars etc - just in case one breaks or gets lost! (For me it’s hoofpicks. No idea where they end up but they disappear so I like to have an obscene amount of them hanging around )

I have a couple of hoofpicks hanging on hooks around

 

[Sprogladite01]

Less a bit of physical kit as such, but I have a whiteboard with dates for teeth, worming, jabs, farrier, physio etc etc with dates of next appointment / next due on it which is very useful, especially when you have more than one horse

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Depending on how tall you are, maybe some type of step stool, for when you need to get to something high up that you never thought you would need to reach. Extra plus if it can also be used to have a short sit down on.

First aid kit for horse and human. I sadly don’t follow my own advice and had to take my dad to the hospital with bright pink vetwrap on his hand

I've sent my mum to hospital with vetwrap with paw print on it on her leg. I thought all horse and dog owners did that sort of thing.

 

[KittenInTheTree]

A few yard cats.

 

[scats]

A kettle and a cheap bottle of Irish cream liquor! Makes some evenings so much more tolerable

 

[Kaylum]

Hose pipes, taps on wall preferably inside so they don't freeze.
Emergency tool kit with wire cutters, hammer, saw, nails, hoof clinchers and crowbar. This is kept where everyone knows where is it. It is never touched only in an emergency. Our has been used once or twice but was there when we needed it and we were thankful.

 

[Merry neddy man]

Always buy quality products, they last longer, perform better and they are cheaper in the long run.

 

[Hackback]

An assortment of different types of yard brushes - my personal obsession

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

I keep mine at home.

We have a noticeboard/whiteboard with vital phone no's on it such as vet & knackerman; also in connection with this I have written down specific instructions for if "something happens" to my girly because she fights against sedation like billy-ho and it is my specific wish that she NOT be put down by lethal sedation if it can possibly be avoided as it just wouldn't be the kindest way for her. I have a signed document hanging up to this effect, authorising others on the yard to act on my behalf should I not be available in person.

Calendar (free from our feed merchants) with farrier/physio/vet appoints on it. Also vaccinations & worming reminders.

My other "must have" list includes an electric extension cable (always kept where everyone knows where it is in case of emergency. Nappies, sanitary towels (for wound dressings if needed) and enough vet-wrap to run a cavalry unit.

Pair of wire-cutters in an accessible and visible location where everyone can know its location.

When we had all shod horses I kept a farrier's kit handy for removing shoes in an emergency. All barefoot now, but we keep a couple of rasps handy for mid-trim tidying.

Turquoise spray (from vets). Also ivermectin feather-mite mixture (again from vets).

Spare few reels of leccy fencing tape and a few spare poles for fencing emergencies (usually happens on a freezing cold windy night as its getting dimpsy, blimmin typical that). Currently we don't have a spare leccy battery fencer (we run ours on mains), but yep we could do with one tbh.

Plenty of spare headcollars: recently some horses in the locality got out (not ours) and we needed to round-up headcollars of all sizes PDQ and head out.

Headtorches: the more the merrier - and (hopefully) charged and ready.

Plenty of wet-weather gear so you can have one drying and one ready to wear (not at the moment, every darn thing is sopping wet, dammit!).

Spare girth/spare reins. All the hi-viz you can muster essentially.

 

[asmp]

Two wheelbarrows - one for mucking out, one kept clean for transporting hay or rugs to stable and field.

 

[Esmae]

All of the above PLUS A non freezable tap for the yard. This sort.......https://www.arleymosssupplies.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2710. An absolute must have for any yard. No more frozen taps and heavy water carting in foul weather. We have 2 here. Best money we ever spent.

 

[Griffin]

Two wheelbarrows - one for mucking out, one kept clean for transporting hay or rugs to stable and field.

I second this, it just makes life so much easier.

 

[Maddie Moo]

Some feral yard cats!

 

[Indy]

Electrical tape

 

[Hackback]

Has anyone mentioned a sharp knife easily accessible for cutting baling twine in a daily basis and emergency release for a tied up horse that's got into difficulty?

 

[Peglo]

Has anyone mentioned a sharp knife easily accessible for cutting baling twine in a daily basis and emergency release for a tied up horse that's got into difficulty?

And scissors

 

[suestowford]

All of the above!
Also I have pinned to the wall in the pony shelter, instructions for who to contact to take the pony, if anything should happen to me.

 

[Ratface]

First aid kits and tools are a must!
Secondly - make sure you’ve got a couple of spares of things. Leadropes/headcollars etc - just in case one breaks or gets lost! (For me it’s hoofpicks. No idea where they end up but they disappear so I like to have an obscene amount of them hanging around )

Another one for hoof picks, head collars and lead ropes. And a large torch and ditto First Aid kits for humans and equines.

 

[Vermeer]

Aside from the usual essentials (first aid kit, calendar, baling twine etc.), I have a box absolutely crammed with biscuits and tea bags for long days at the yard when I've forgotten my packed lunch at home...