Controlled Grazing Maximizes Pasture
…grazing after the wet season, provided the horses haven’t trampled the grass before it dries. Areas near the barn usually produce just mud. Many stables, especially boarding stables, won’t let…
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Pigeon Fever: No Longer Just A California Problem
…barn.?? Since this disease can exist for months in the soil, biosecurity measures are crucial to avoid its spread through a barn and to avoid it reinfecting horses year after…
Ask Horse Journal: 12/03
…This can even turn a shed-row barn into a barn with an enclosed aisle when you nail the plastic to the posts that support the shed-row roof. ———- A Word…
Boyd Martin True Prospect Recovery Fund
May 31, 2011 – This morning”s barn fire has affected the lives of so many people at Boyd Martin”s barn and True Prospect Farm. From horses tragically lost, to the…
Laundry Basket for Horse Hay
…don’t lose half of the flake on the barn aisle floor or on the way out to the pasture. Using a laundry basket also is a good way to “pre-measure”…
Can You Take Another Horse’
…you don’t believe me, ask my husband what he could have bought instead of building a new barn!). But if you’re going to take horses into your?barn,?you have to do…
Equine Vandalism – Cutting Off Manes and Tails
…palomino, and the owner launched a huge Facebook campaign to make people aware. The criminal also spray painted the horse and the wall of the barn. See the story here….
Make Your Own Horse Care Remedies
…sealed container. It’ll bubble up and explode. Scratches Problem: Several weeks of spring thaw and rainy weather makes a muddy mess at the barn, and Jeri’s 8-year-old Morgan, Bender, seems…
How to Support Your Local Equine Rescue
…out in the weather) Bags of shavings. (Or peat moss, or bales of straw, as appropriate) General Barn Care Items As you can imagine, caring for large numbers of horses…
Webinar: Reducing Risks on the Horse Farm
Summary Whether or not you own, board, teach, or ride in an equine facility, you can help to decrease the potential risks at that barn. Almost everyone can come up…