Thread: Minumum care required for turned away horses?

oops, double posted

Yep they still need care when not being ridden but I don't do anymore daily as a minimum then feed, check water and poo pick (although that was getting done only twice a week at one stage although I prefer to do it daily) - obviously I'll visually check fences and condition of horse but other than that not a lot else. Mine may well wander round with me for a chat and a scratch and a bit of a run at liberty, feet don't get done...

My shetties are turned away, Surprise because I don't have a rider for him, Wally is retired. Winter, they don't get groomed as they are rugless, feet picked out about once a week. A good scratch almost everyday. Baileys lo cal once a day, happy hoof and tiny amount of speedibeet twice a day if really cold. Hay if required twice a day. Summer, spend hours grooming, it takes alot to remove their winter coat, feet picked out every...

One of mine is on holiday at the moment, becuase he's had a hectic season and doesn't hunt like the others do. He hasn't been worked since his last show early Sept and will be off till December, possibly January. He still comes in at night, rugs changed, fed etc - only difference is that he isn't kept to his usual standards of turnout (is hairy!) and isn't being worked.

the yearlings and broodmares at work are what i'd called "turned away" They get checked at least once a day water checked (self filling troughs) and ad lib hay in the winter. The broodmares will be fed once a day soon and the yealings ifthey need it. They get their feet trimmed every 6-8weeks but this is done in the field. Occasionally they are caught up and moved fields but other than that they are pretty much left too...

Although I have ridden Silver this summer (a handful of times! ), shes really been turned away but we have been going back to basics, building up a relationship... She is generally out as she dictates, so her routine is irregular - however I go up everyday and check her in the field or bring her in/turn her out, she has no feed, and is groomed once-twice a week - but more thoroughly once a fortnight. She only has feet picked out if I am in the...

appley is young so effectively turned away in winter i guess. she comes in once a day for a feed and to have her feet picked out (im a stickler for picking feet out daily)

Checked twice a day, hooves picked out periodically (I was taught that the mud forms a protective layer and you can cause problems picking out daily), groomed periodically, more when they are moulting. Oh and hooves trimmed when they need it.

mine get checked once a day, and have a small feed ( i like them to come to me rather than have to traipse around looking for them) and a haynet each in winter, and i check them over and they get a bit of a fuss . probably only groomed once a week, if not doing anything, and they have rugs on. i pick out feet only when they have been out on gravel surface. my field has no stones or pebbles, and i think the dry mud has a poultice effect and is...

Mine are checked daily - water/hay (in winter)/ illness/injury and rugs. But don't have anything 'done'. They aren't fed or groomed unless they are worked. For Charlie (Newforest) that's about 4 times a week. The shetland youngstock are brought in 1-2 times a week for grooming/halter training/ground work. Forgive my ignorance - but why is daily picking out important? They are all barefoot and are trimmed every 6-8 weeks.