Before anybody goes and gets a horse take the time to learn about horses. Take lessons, lease a horse. It's not all just "so much fun ". Boarding and keeping your own horse at home require different amounts of work. Now that I keep mine at home about 70% of "horse time " is really "picking up poop" time. It's a ton of work and almost requires a lawn mower and or tractor. I don't have either and it can be back breaking and exhausting at times to try to keep up with things. I still think it's worth it to give my guys a safe and permanent home, but when it's raining and muddy and you're pushing a wheelbarrow full of poop up a hill with water leaking into one or more of your boots, not everyone will feel that way. So know what you're getting into because once you bring home that animal they are relying on you to keep them alive and healthy and safe.
sam jest you don’t need to know how to ride in order to own a horse. Horses aren’t just for riding, they can be just companion animals or used for driving.
This video is very good, but I wouldn't use barbed wire, it's one of the cheaper options, but with horses that aren't trained or with foals it can be dangerous as they can cut themselves
What I love to see is animals driving, and you could tell from the video of your animals are very happy and thriving. It makes me happy to watch it. Thank you for being a good pet owner. God rewards those who are good stewards of what He gives us
Alexis' Fishin', Huntin', and Farming Show Hi Alex what have you been up to ? I haven't heard from you in a few days . I hope your been having a better time then me I have been sick I haven't even been able to go to my hydrotherapy whkch I love .
Love how you like things to work properly and sharing with us, even the small things that make a huge difference in day by day life. Teaching people to pay close attention to animals, get involved and act responsible.
My horse pasture gate swings both ways, and every pasture that I boarded at had gates swinging both ways. The public boarding pastures would have up to 25 horses in them, and we got in and out without any problems with horses pushing on them to escape. I much rather have them swing both ways and being able to get out of the pasture rather than be pinned against a gate I couldn't open against their weight. I, like you, like you, like to fill up the water trough manually so I can monitor the water intake. However, when I boarded, automatic waterers were always used for the water trough and tiny waterers in the stalls, are great labor savers and horses drank just fine. My horses lived for years in large pastures without any built shelters, and would use the topography and trees to find the most comfortable place to be for them for different weather conditions.
That Becky is one smart cookie. I hear donkey's make good guard dogs. I saw a video of a donkey that picked up a coyote with its mouth and carried it out of the area.
Becky, hello. My first view of your work. VERY nicely done. You are a RARE horse woman because you talk WITH your views, not at, nor OVER them. So many horse women seem to give off the appearances of "nose in the air" to other 'lesser' horse people who may not have as many horses, as expensive of a horse, or ranch, or gear and I find that attitude 100% against the entire notion of what a HORSE is. A horse is curious, he is not better than the rest of his group, she is not better than the lower ranking horses. They all love and appreciate each horse for what they can offer to the herd. Well, we equine ladies are all part of a herd of horse lovers and kindness, support, balance, and empathy should abound. Thank you for your very balanced offering of info. :)
Yeah. I am glad she mad this video because all the horse snobs I talked to said I cannot keep a horse on an acre property. I plan to section off half an acre for them like she did
Your just awesome I love all your videos and some are so funny! Keep them coming. I have learned so much and laughed. You have a very happy channel and it is good. I always thumbs up them
Thanks, Becky! My daughter is saving up for a horse now, we are learning all we can, and she is taking lessons for care and riding, but this kind of information was very helpful.
nice. we keep 2 Paso Fino mares in a small paddock about 150 x100. they are happy, healthy and tame and friendly. the two things i would add to the health aspect in keeping down cost is Learn how to give your own vaccinations and deworm yourself. feed lots of hay (we have a dirt paddock)and feed the best quality feed you can afford! i say if i can't afford to feed this certain feed that is very high quality to the amount of hosea we have, then it's time to down size. we had to downsize 3 years ago because we moved and feed prices and hay went sky high. we're in mobile Alabama. and the only problem we have with shelter is the large amount of rain. so we do just a rain shelter. i love your channel. we're on a little under 2 acres and looking to get a few goats to raise to sell to others for meat. and chickens for eggs. i love that you are in Florida because we can relate as far as weather goes. we did get lucky in being in one of the few non flood zones in our county, i can't wait to grow our little place! I'll be watching more. best wishes Becky!
I wish I watched this b4 I built my pen. Everything with the gate and the chain I have been having a problem with. My gate doesn't hit the pole and I do have extra chain that just lays there. Your way is so symbol. Thank you
I love the information you have on homesteading . We're retiring in 6 weeks and want to buy some small acreage and have chickens and farm animals. You've helped me so much on egg production with chickens and other information . Thanks !
Keeping the drinking water moving also keeps the mosquitoes from laying eggs. My friend's water tank has a filter system and self filling water valve... It's great until the first freeze...His shed is like yours but bigger. The boards slightly spaced to keep it from getting too warm inside... Rain only comes inside when the wind is blowing at about 15 to 25 MPH...
Oh...you are so smart..!! Do you have to clean the manure? Does your sunny weather dry it out? And prevent flies and smell? 20 year experience with horse at 2014. Donkey's names doodles Pony is Thunder 100 gallon water thorugh 120x200 foot pasture Shelter for sun shelter 10 foot wide gate
Love it!! If you care to, I'd really like it if you made a video saying what you feed your horses and your goats. I'm watching these videos because my family had a 100 acre farm and I help out so your videos help a lot. When I get older and have my own farm your videos will still be comforting and helpful to me and thanks so much for your vids.
i would have riddin at a yonger age but we moved and our neighbors let me ride the horses every day and ones hores rlly like me like one winter i fell by the other side of the gate and the horse ran over and was tryin gto nudge my head now i miss the horse they had to get rid of her and the other 2 since one got out and desid to commit suside aperntaly sorry cant spell well just woke up
Fodder!! Barley and wheat fodder! You can even share some of your salad alfalfa sprouts (I love alfalfa sprouts with real mayo in a chicken sandwich). Also a little apple cider vinegar in the water helps a lot. White is fine but I use apple cider cause it is easy to make.
your cabin is beautiful. my parents and I are thinking of building a cabin and a barn for a horse or two. but of course I would need to get a LOT of money.
Hey, thanks for the great video! What I would really love to see is how you keep/feed hay to your animals, especially the equines! I hope you could do a video on this maybe someday it would be so great... I will be getting a horse soon and hay is my biggest worry (how to store, keep, how much do get at once as not to spoil...). Cheers!
Hey Becky thanks for the video :) love your animals and they definitely love you. Hey have you considered putting goldfish in your trough to deal with mosquitoes & algae (especially with you in FL)? I think I read about that I think in Mother Earth news.
Hey Becky! Love your show, and just wanted to first, let you know your episodes on homesteading has help me shape my own little patch of the world, where I currently raise chickens, guinea hens, turkeys, dairy goats, and now, meat rabbits. Secondly, sorry about this off topic question, but do you raise rabbits for food? If so, do you have a video? Thanks for the info on horses, I will keep this in my faves as well!
What kind of work do they do for you though? And what about feeding? Hay only must be pretty bland for them, other fresh grasses surely would be a nice change.
I think the water in the water trough should be a bit cleaner. I thought you made the horse shelter pretty good, but I'd make it a bit bigger and more open. I think the extra flop on the gate latch is so frikin smart! I can't tell ya how many times new people to the barn would leave slack and the horses investigate and bad things happen...
How to handle water when it's freezing ? Also I rent an open lot to someone who has horses, and last time I visited, there was no water, no food, all 4 horses came toward me, which is unusual... I know he comes every few days, moves the horses between different places, so I suppose he feeds them and gives them water at the other place now, where the stables are (less space to move around there, the reason he rents my place), but how long are they comfortable before suffering from hunger and thirst ? There is no grass left, only some trees, and they are starting eat some pine needle on the trees.
Becky, I love your videos but could you make them a little longer? This one seemed to abruptly end but seemed like you had more to say or teach us. More, more, more please! =) ~Angie~
How much food do they eat? Do they eat fresh grass or can they thrive on dried hay? I wonder what else they can eat, they eat oats and I know treats lol. They look really healthy. How much does it cost to care for them? Oh I have so many questions lol. Janice
they eat alot horses are trickle feeders so they should constantly should have forage, they can survive on just grass but depending on the time of the year the grass will not contain enough nutrition for them solely or may contain too much for certain horses and feeding should be restricted as too much could cause laminitis same for hard feeds, oats arnt good really to feed as they can give them too much energy, you also have to feed your horse according to workload and breed type a thoroughbred would need more feed than say a cob as cobs tend to keep weight on better with some youd not give any form of hard feed and just give hay whereas a thoroughbred type youd need to feed more to keep condition and weight on depends on where you live price wise to care for them and if you have your own land i have a thoroughbred in england and roughly ive worked out its about £40-£60 a week thats for stabling/hay or hayledge/bedding/hard feed and farrier
YugiDash Thank you for the response. I can't imagine what people do with all the horses lol. I have one ridden on one once or twice when I was much younger. Thanks again.. Janice
I would like to add that it’s probably not the best idea to get horses unless they are your passion as they are a lot of work and can get very expensive especially it there’s a problem. How you’ve managed to own horses for 20 years and never had any problems is hard to imagine. I would like to add however that yours do look happy and healthy. 🌸
Your water trough has algae buildup. It needs to be cleaned out and refilled. That run in shelter is a good type of structure to have. But yours is too flimsy. And that brace can get in the way of a horse tossing its head.
Jay Arsenault its florida. Sand is pretty much what you get.. she would do well to rotate her animals by dividing the pen in at least two so that the grass would have a chance to grow out on one side while they feed on the other, then if there isnt enough space for them to run... RIDE THEM!
Im sure she takes them to grase somewhere else. But these horses have it a heck of a lot better than the ones in sports stabled where the only get out of their box to be trained or mayyybe for an hour a day to the paddock. These lads here can always move, run and play. Lucky fellas
Tabea Pohlmann It's rather sad that these horses are considered lucky to have a paddock. Stabling horses all day is abuse, not just cause it's super boring but it also effects the horses health. I wrote an essay on why stabling horses (when not 100% necessary) is abuse.
I'd call it a large paddock. Pasture is an agricultural crop, not just any old grass or weeds that happen to grow. I appreciate the attempt at a healthier and more peaceful lifestyle, but I'm not sure the advice here is valuable.
love how they follow Becky around, "whatcha doing, mom??"
I love your homestead ! You have inspired me to buy my own homestead.I couldn't be happier! Thanks Becky you are an inspiration!!!
Before anybody goes and gets a horse take the time to learn about horses. Take lessons, lease a horse. It's not all just "so much fun ". Boarding and keeping your own horse at home require different amounts of work. Now that I keep mine at home about 70% of "horse time " is really "picking up poop" time. It's a ton of work and almost requires a lawn mower and or tractor. I don't have either and it can be back breaking and exhausting at times to try to keep up with things. I still think it's worth it to give my guys a safe and permanent home, but when it's raining and muddy and you're pushing a wheelbarrow full of poop up a hill with water leaking into one or more of your boots, not everyone will feel that way. So know what you're getting into because once you bring home that animal they are relying on you to keep them alive and healthy and safe.
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Leasing isn't always necessary, but I agree. Horses are a lifetime commitment and they are quite expensive and time consuming
Why don't you connect the horse to a plow to pick up the poop?
sam jest you don’t need to know how to ride in order to own a horse. Horses aren’t just for riding, they can be just companion animals or used for driving.
Yes
This video is very good, but I wouldn't use barbed wire, it's one of the cheaper options, but with horses that aren't trained or with foals it can be dangerous as they can cut themselves
The Motherland army
The Motherland I don't use barbwire either
What I love to see is animals driving, and you could tell from the video of your animals are very happy and thriving. It makes me happy to watch it. Thank you for being a good pet owner. God rewards those who are good stewards of what He gives us
Meant thriving, not driving. Blasted voice text
They love fresh clean water even more😊
Kylie Wilson it's the light. When I first seen our neighbors horses water I was like what the...then I looked closer lol
+Alexis' Fishin', Huntin', and Farming Show LOL.😀 xx
Lol
It's also bc the trough is black
Alexis' Fishin', Huntin', and Farming Show Hi Alex what have you been up to ? I haven't heard from you in a few days . I hope your been having a better time then me I have been sick I haven't even been able to go to my hydrotherapy whkch I love .
Becky does not waste time. Most helpful video I've seen so far! God bless
Love how you like things to work properly and sharing with us, even the small things that make a huge difference in day by day life.
Teaching people to pay close attention to animals, get involved and act responsible.
My horse pasture gate swings both ways, and every pasture that I boarded at had gates swinging both ways. The public boarding pastures would have up to 25 horses in them, and we got in and out without any problems with horses pushing on them to escape. I much rather have them swing both ways and being able to get out of the pasture rather than be pinned against a gate I couldn't open against their weight. I, like you, like you, like to fill up the water trough manually so I can monitor the water intake. However, when I boarded, automatic waterers were always used for the water trough and tiny waterers in the stalls, are great labor savers and horses drank just fine. My horses lived for years in large pastures without any built shelters, and would use the topography and trees to find the most comfortable place to be for them for different weather conditions.
Aww I love how your donkey was resting it's head on your mules butt 😻
It's a horse
Are u exagerinating
XD u said butt so Casually Lol
Your animals seem to love you, you must be a good person.
Ben Tj you need to be nice to um and riding is so easy when you no how to
I noticed that; even if the advice is not perfect, clearly those animals are well cared for and happy.
Mercedez Pearce no it’s not.
That Becky is one smart cookie. I hear donkey's make good guard dogs. I saw a video of a donkey that picked up a coyote with its mouth and carried it out of the area.
Great tips! It is obvious that you love the animals and they love you.
Awesome tips Becky!! I can tell those animals love you and you take excellent care of them!!
Becky, hello. My first view of your work. VERY nicely done. You are a RARE horse woman because you talk WITH your views, not at, nor OVER them. So many horse women seem to give off the appearances of "nose in the air" to other 'lesser' horse people who may not have as many horses, as expensive of a horse, or ranch, or gear and I find that attitude 100% against the entire notion of what a HORSE is. A horse is curious, he is not better than the rest of his group, she is not better than the lower ranking horses. They all love and appreciate each horse for what they can offer to the herd. Well, we equine ladies are all part of a herd of horse lovers and kindness, support, balance, and empathy should abound. Thank you for your very balanced offering of info. :)
Yeah. I am glad she mad this video because all the horse snobs I talked to said I cannot keep a horse on an acre property. I plan to section off half an acre for them like she did
Your just awesome I love all your videos and some are so funny! Keep them coming. I have learned so much and laughed. You have a very happy channel and it is good. I always thumbs up them
Brilliant lady,just brought a smallholdings in the UK.your views are very interesting.thanks.
You are the type of role model I always looked for! Always love your videos :)
you are a good friend of animals .i dearly love people who love animals.may Good bless you a million.
PETER SABIA she kills animals
Thanks, Becky!
My daughter is saving up for a horse now, we are learning all we can, and she is taking lessons for care and riding, but this kind of information was very helpful.
Amor. 👙🐆🐯
Thanks for all the info Becky! You are wonderful and have taught me so so much!
Ok, I love you haha! I grew up around horses and cattle and my dream is to have property to own my own one day.
I love horses!!!! iv always wanted one but my parents say it costs to much and we don't have the room .I'm also hatching two chickens and a duck!
You can always move to a countryside and have a horse there when you are a grownup, don't lose hope ;D
nice. we keep 2 Paso Fino mares in a small paddock about 150 x100. they are happy, healthy and tame and friendly. the two things i would add to the health aspect in keeping down cost is Learn how to give your own vaccinations and deworm yourself. feed lots of hay (we have a dirt paddock)and feed the best quality feed you can afford! i say if i can't afford to feed this certain feed that is very high quality to the amount of hosea we have, then it's time to down size. we had to downsize 3 years ago because we moved and feed prices and hay went sky high. we're in mobile Alabama. and the only problem we have with shelter is the large amount of rain. so we do just a rain shelter.
i love your channel. we're on a little under 2 acres and looking to get a few goats to raise to sell to others for meat. and chickens for eggs.
i love that you are in Florida because we can relate as far as weather goes. we did get lucky in being in one of the few non flood zones in our county, i can't wait to grow our little place! I'll be watching more. best wishes Becky!
I wish I watched this b4 I built my pen. Everything with the gate and the chain I have been having a problem with. My gate doesn't hit the pole and I do have extra chain that just lays there. Your way is so symbol. Thank you
I love the information you have on homesteading . We're retiring in 6 weeks and want to buy some small acreage and have chickens and farm animals. You've helped me so much on egg production with chickens and other information . Thanks !
Love the video so much and please do more of them
Great video and advise. Keep up the great work
The water trough has to be cleaned once a week. Also I've seen that keeping the water moving it stays a bit cleaner for longer.
Keeping the drinking water moving also keeps the mosquitoes from laying eggs. My friend's water tank has a filter system and self filling water valve... It's great until the first freeze...His shed is like yours but bigger. The boards slightly spaced to keep it from getting too warm inside... Rain only comes inside when the wind is blowing at about 15 to 25 MPH...
We change their water twice a day
good job you take care of your horses just like we do on our farm but we have two ponds to water ours on.which never go dry.
You ROCK! I really appreciate your series, thank you so much for sharing your experiences :-)
hello becky just come across your channel apsolutly brilliant
Your horses and Doodles are too cute, and I'm not a horse person. (bad experience as a kid) But they seem to sweet and friendly :)
Please do more horse videos, they are awesome!!
Oh...you are so smart..!!
Do you have to clean the manure? Does your sunny weather dry it out? And prevent flies and smell?
20 year experience with horse at 2014.
Donkey's names doodles
Pony is Thunder
100 gallon water thorugh
120x200 foot pasture
Shelter for sun shelter
10 foot wide gate
Love it!! If you care to, I'd really like it if you made a video saying what you feed your horses and your goats. I'm watching these videos because my family had a 100 acre farm and I help out so your videos help a lot. When I get older and have my own farm your videos will still be comforting and helpful to me and thanks so much for your vids.
Your hafliger is beautiful!! My mum use to have a hafliger called sparky. He use to chase the bus 😂😂
Great advice! Thanks Becky
So glad I found your channel!!
Thunders lead change😍😍
This is so helpful considering that I am getting a horse
Thank you for such a great video!!! Beautiful property!!! May the LORD CONTINUE TO BLESS US. AMEN
Awesome vid! Keep up the good work!
i have been riding horses since i was 5 i luv them
Vernon Cullum same I've been riding when I was 3
i would have riddin at a yonger age but we moved and our neighbors let me ride the horses every day and ones hores rlly like me like one winter i fell by the other side of the gate and the horse ran over and was tryin gto nudge my head now i miss the horse they had to get rid of her and the other 2 since one got out and desid to commit suside aperntaly sorry cant spell well just woke up
I suggest that cleaning your water trough from algae growing helps horse getting clean water
thanks Becky
Fodder!! Barley and wheat fodder! You can even share some of your salad alfalfa sprouts (I love alfalfa sprouts with real mayo in a chicken sandwich). Also a little apple cider vinegar in the water helps a lot. White is fine but I use apple cider cause it is easy to make.
Great information, as always.
Great information! Thanks for sharing.
your cabin is beautiful. my parents and I are thinking of building a cabin and a barn for a horse or two. but of course I would need to get a LOT of money.
Hey, thanks for the great video! What I would really love to see is how you keep/feed hay to your animals, especially the equines! I hope you could do a video on this maybe someday it would be so great... I will be getting a horse soon and hay is my biggest worry (how to store, keep, how much do get at once as not to spoil...). Cheers!
that was nice. I see your animals love you a lot.
god bless you becky
At our homestead has all the gates open out it works best for us
Hey Becky thanks for the video :) love your animals and they definitely love you. Hey have you considered putting goldfish in your trough to deal with mosquitoes & algae (especially with you in FL)? I think I read about that I think in Mother Earth news.
Never put fish in your trough. They produce way too much ammonia...
i think a "sucker fish"would work better
Becky your an angel I aspire to be you
Haha this made me laugh. My horses have a big water trough but they all fight over the 5 gallon buckets in the pony pen.😆
Thank u for showing this to me it really really helped me lot thank u very much 😀
The lead changes at 1:35 😍😍 Dressage prospect??
Can't believe you built that by yourself I wish I could
I just flat out love that donkey
Hey Becky! Love your show, and just wanted to first, let you know your episodes on homesteading has help me shape my own little patch of the world, where I currently raise chickens, guinea hens, turkeys, dairy goats, and now, meat rabbits. Secondly, sorry about this off topic question, but do you raise rabbits for food? If so, do you have a video? Thanks for the info on horses, I will keep this in my faves as well!
Any notice how the horses followed her like a list puppy dog? Especially when she was at the gate lol. Very funny
Hey Becky, I m Mike come from China .. I was wondered what your video's back ground music is ? It's sounds lovely !
Very helpful tips! Thanks
What kind of work do they do for you though? And what about feeding? Hay only must be pretty bland for them, other fresh grasses surely would be a nice change.
I need know about your bread. Do you use a recipe? What kind of homemade bread do you like? I love all of your videos,also your personality.
Really cool channel, thanks!
I think the water in the water trough should be a bit cleaner. I thought you made the horse shelter pretty good, but I'd make it a bit bigger and more open. I think the extra flop on the gate latch is so frikin smart! I can't tell ya how many times new people to the barn would leave slack and the horses investigate and bad things happen...
Sephter Malay In Mexico the Kids poop and pee in the water and make the animals Drink it!
How to handle water when it's freezing ?
Also I rent an open lot to someone who has horses, and last time I visited, there was no water, no food, all 4 horses came toward me, which is unusual...
I know he comes every few days, moves the horses between different places, so I suppose he feeds them and gives them water at the other place now, where the stables are (less space to move around there, the reason he rents my place), but how long are they comfortable before suffering from hunger and thirst ? There is no grass left, only some trees, and they are starting eat some pine needle on the trees.
Love your videos
Becky, I love your videos but could you make them a little longer? This one seemed to abruptly end but seemed like you had more to say or teach us. More, more, more please! =) ~Angie~
Cool pasture
Great idea!
How much food do they eat? Do they eat fresh grass or can they thrive on dried hay? I wonder what else they can eat, they eat oats and I know treats lol. They look really healthy. How much does it cost to care for them? Oh I have so many questions lol. Janice
they eat alot horses are trickle feeders so they should constantly should have forage, they can survive on just grass but depending on the time of the year the grass will not contain enough nutrition for them solely or may contain too much for certain horses and feeding should be restricted as too much could cause laminitis same for hard feeds, oats arnt good really to feed as they can give them too much energy, you also have to feed your horse according to workload and breed type a thoroughbred would need more feed than say a cob as cobs tend to keep weight on better with some youd not give any form of hard feed and just give hay whereas a thoroughbred type youd need to feed more to keep condition and weight on depends on where you live price wise to care for them and if you have your own land i have a thoroughbred in england and roughly ive worked out its about £40-£60 a week thats for stabling/hay or hayledge/bedding/hard feed and farrier
YugiDash
Thank you for the response. I can't imagine what people do with all the horses lol. I have one ridden on one once or twice when I was much younger. Thanks again.. Janice
I live in TN and of course our winter is different then yours so how should I build their shelter?
why feed them on the ground than they get sand in the stomach and that's bad
Yes, sand colic is a concern.
My trainer killed my horse by that
When you are getting ready to get a horse and you have 13 acres of homestead-able land as your home: Ehhh close enough.
Becky, how much land are you on? I only have 4 acres. Can I keep 2 mules?
Is there going to be a part II?
This is amazing...
I would like to add that it’s probably not the best idea to get horses unless they are your passion as they are a lot of work and can get very expensive especially it there’s a problem. How you’ve managed to own horses for 20 years and never had any problems is hard to imagine. I would like to add however that yours do look happy and healthy. 🌸
I'm located in lithia, FL. Just curious what part of Florida your located in?
Can a horse live on 1/2 an acre if they're excersized daily and have lots of hay?
Oh my gosh! Pause at 1:07
In the intro when her goat jumps down I said
REEEEEETTTTTTT
Hi Becky, I tried to apply your newsletter, but i haven't gotten one yet :(
And there's another quetion, are those wire netting with electriferouse ?
ewe clean out the water trough
it's fine its the light and leave can go on horses troughs
It looks green on the bottom and sides
Bruh where do you guys get the land? Doesn’t it cost a lot of money? My family is too broke for that, I reeeeally want a horse though ☹️
Where in Florida are you?
i love your vidows
Your water trough has algae buildup. It needs to be cleaned out and refilled. That run in shelter is a good type of structure to have. But yours is too flimsy. And that brace can get in the way of a horse tossing its head.
pleas make more horse videos
You r the best
I live in Florida to
Can you show you cleaning all your animals pens
That's not pasture....that's dirt
Jay Arsenault its florida. Sand is pretty much what you get.. she would do well to rotate her animals by dividing the pen in at least two so that the grass would have a chance to grow out on one side while they feed on the other, then if there isnt enough space for them to run... RIDE THEM!
Im sure she takes them to grase somewhere else. But these horses have it a heck of a lot better than the ones in sports stabled where the only get out of their box to be trained or mayyybe for an hour a day to the paddock. These lads here can always move, run and play. Lucky fellas
Tabea Pohlmann It's rather sad that these horses are considered lucky to have a paddock. Stabling horses all day is abuse, not just cause it's super boring but it also effects the horses health. I wrote an essay on why stabling horses (when not 100% necessary) is abuse.
dogsnm I totally agree with you. Same thing as keeping chickens or pigs in tiny spaces. All animals need to move, especially horses.
I'd call it a large paddock. Pasture is an agricultural crop, not just any old grass or weeds that happen to grow. I appreciate the attempt at a healthier and more peaceful lifestyle, but I'm not sure the advice here is valuable.
Love it!
How do you make money on this farm? Im, just wondering/No hate at all/ just a question in case i started a little farm like this