AT LAST WE'RE BACK!
For some time we haven't been able to blogs owing to technology being beyond me!!
At long last the good weather has arrived and the ground has started to dry and the grass grow, all the horses have started to lose their winter coats and the majority are looking good, life seems so much easier when the sun shines!
I have built a new wintering yard which I didn't manage to finish until February but at least now when the winter and mud returns the horses won't have to be up to their knees in mud! they have a 60' x 12' open fronted shelter to enable them to get out of the rain, wind and sun, they have 2 round bales of hay,automatic drinking trough and salt licks hanging in the shelter, different grades of stone and a small soil area where they can stand, in the adjacent field we have created 3 paddocks which they go into when ground conditions permit, all 9 horses are happy on this yard and have not had any squabbling, this has made it a lot easier for worming, grooming, foot trimming etc.
At long last the good weather has arrived and the ground has started to dry and the grass grow, all the horses have started to lose their winter coats and the majority are looking good, life seems so much easier when the sun shines!
I have built a new wintering yard which I didn't manage to finish until February but at least now when the winter and mud returns the horses won't have to be up to their knees in mud! they have a 60' x 12' open fronted shelter to enable them to get out of the rain, wind and sun, they have 2 round bales of hay,automatic drinking trough and salt licks hanging in the shelter, different grades of stone and a small soil area where they can stand, in the adjacent field we have created 3 paddocks which they go into when ground conditions permit, all 9 horses are happy on this yard and have not had any squabbling, this has made it a lot easier for worming, grooming, foot trimming etc.