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Define "turnout"! I consider my Fjords "turned out 24/7" because the four are together in a very large dry paddock as I only have a small one acre "pasture" and a smaller paddock with a little grass. They wander around together in the dry paddock, head for the run-in shed when it rains hard, and may get 2-3 hours in the one acre pasture in the summer. They are not kept in stalls, except the seniors (33 and 35) get to eat their bucket of senior feed mash in the stall for maybe 1/2 hour. they move constantly, except when they are dozing in the sun. I don't stall even in the winter with temps as low as -40-50 degrees, but they will stand together in the shelter which raises the temperature at least 10 degrees. Fluffy? well, yes, a bit! Jean in Fairbanks, still 20 hours daylight, will be 75 degrees today > Hey Eric, great thoughts! Ditto on hobbles from over here...just wondering > though, how do you keep your Fjord from fluffing up if it is on permanent > turnout? Mine are out 5 hrs daily and they are quite, um, fluffy... Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
