> and hundreds of small ones....they move around that 18 acres all day > and have to come in for water and a few alfalfa cubes in the am and > pm....it is very wild land. And because there is so much varied > grasses, vines and legumes they get what they need from > it...nutritionally, socially, physically and mentally.
Skye, this sounds like a wonderful pasture, I have black Walnut trees on 2 acres so can not put the horses out there.. so I have to use what I have to the best of my ability... we are selling 8.8 acres of Pine trees... if we could afford everything in life, I would keep that land and pasture it into more tracks, the grass here is way to rich for them to live on 24/7 even with the trees, The Track Idea has really worked for us... and others that have tired it... Debbie said : The narrow area, kind of moves them through faster... Wider areas > > are for grazing, socializing, I have a hill in there too... I know > that they are mentally stimulated this way... I have always spread > hay out too... but this method of keeping my horses has changed me > forever...i will never go back to the old way of pasturing horses... > >Skye said: If we ever need to put something like that in I would consider it for > my horses. Luckily we have a natural one that is already in use! Didn't you ask me about it and tell me that you have to keep 2 Icy's in a smaller type drylot??? Or have I confused you with someone else??? Anyway those were the two I was thinking of when I originally replied to sorry if it was not you... > > > > > >Debbie said: Jamie Jackson has a book out, Pasture Paradise - > > Skye said: Yes, we have seen it. I guess we quit purchasing and downloading > stuff from Jaime ever since he got on that all horses should and > could be barefoot in any terrain. Turned us off because we know that > it is not true. That is to bad, as I think this is a great concept that can also help many horse people.. but as I have said to others, to each his own, we all do the best we can on our journey with horses, there is no reason to argue... I have learned so much from the Farrier I grew up with, then from reading Jamie Jackson's, Pete Ramey, Gene O, Marjorie Smith, Kim Cassidy, Even Strasser, who I don't trim like, but I have learned a lot from, in fact, I really don't use any ONE of these people's ideas in particular, but I have created what works for my herd here, I guess I have used a bit of a combination of all of them to successfully care for my herd, which I tweek as needed... Debbie in SE MN... -- I and my horses love our track system, take a look~~~ http://picasaweb.google.com/dakota.charm/TrackForHorses
