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Submitted March 01, 2017 at 10:19AM by Chaosritter
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I didn't see this covered yet, so hopefully not an overdone topic!
So spring (or rather mud season) has sprung pretty early where I live (East coast USA). My pasture is also at incline, so as everything melts and flows downwards towards the run-in shelter so does some of their manure from the winter. What do you all do for maintence?
I've been shoveling it up, but I don't want to damage the emerging grass and create more mud. Also cleaning up the field has uncovered ice, and one of my horses is pretty old and I don't want to risk him slipping. Ideally I want to rotate them to a new field to let this one dry out and rest, but the fencing isn't set up, and wont be until the ground thaws.
Ideally I want to avoid as much mud as possible, clean up the field, and have nice healthy grass come up. Those of you who deal with the winter and thawing, how do you manage your fields?
TLDR: Spring thaw is causing a lot of mud, manure, and water buildup around the run-in and water tank area of my field- how do people here deal with their early spring pastures?
Are the terms horse and pony exclusive? As in the example of squares (all squares are rectangles, not all rectangles are squares), are all ponies also considered horses (pony is a subgroup)? Or are they different categories at the same level?
Also, horses and ponies can breed together, correct? And ponies aren't different breeds, just slight changes to the same breed, right?
Completely new here, there were questions asked elsewhere and this sub looks like you guys could answer the ask.
My boy Talo hurt himself at the turnout on Saturday. Seemed fine, although the wound looked bad. Vet saw him, said only to keep it clean. Rode for two days, all was great. Today, started trot and he could hardly put his leg on the floor. Waiting for the farrier to check on him on Friday. The leg looks fine, no swelling, it's not hot and the wound has a scab and it's not oozing.
Anyone had experienced with coronary band injury? It's my first horse and first injury. I am worried 😥