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SpottedTApps |
Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Jun 14 2012, 12:40 PM EDT
I was just skimming Jamie Jackson's PP page on FB and there are pictures of his PP with his horses... which feature a lot of smhn trees. I kind of remember where he was discouraging of the slow feeders. So there is this comment next to one of his pictures: "One of eight separate feeding 'stations' on our track. The ONLY reason we use the 'slow feed hay nets' is to minimize waste from rain, wind, being trampled or soiled. There are enough nets in each station to accomodate each horse in the 'herd.' Unlike traditional hay nets or hay bags, "slow feed" hay nets are safe to use in a PP because the holes are too small for a hoof to get through. The goal is to provide many of them throughout the track so that the horses can eat a little, move or travel, eat a little, move or travel, etc. " Just kind of interesting. As to my own track. I love track life. For multiple reasons. I've now had horses on track for 4 years and have no regrets. I do plan to narrow my track by the end of the month as I feel there is a lot of wasted space that could grow more grass inside my pastures. So currently the 15-19' wide track will be narrowed to 8-12'. The ends will remain the way they are, roughly 30-40' deep for feeding stations. How's everyone else enjoying their track life? Changes you would make? 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?
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DutchHollow |
1. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Jul 6 2012, 1:04 PM EDT
I'll be a year in come November. So far I'm loving it. I'm happy with my width so far but I need more feeding stations, wish I had $ for gravel and a watering hole. I also could use to plant some trees since my track is around a huge field with no trees! I also could use another Run-in shed. I'm planning future expansions around other areas of the property but I have to fight off some nasty ground hogs first. Do you find this valuable? |
PamelaD66 |
2. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Jul 10 2012, 10:49 PM EDT
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I Just finished the inside fencing on my track in June, and now that the horses are officially on the track I couldn't be happier. We are in a dry spell, thus i can't allow them in the pasture, now, which is only slighly dissappointing to me. The hay trees and slow feed bags are mostly on the north end of the track (more than 1000 feet from the water) and I think they keep moving better when they are eating hay. I can't believe how long it took us to do all the fencing. My tack is 16 ft wide on the east and west sides, but with 8 horses and 750 ft lenth, I feel more comfortable with the extra width. The north side of the track is wider for feeding stations, salt and minerals. The waterer is on the south end in the "winter paddock" and I put only 2 hay trees here in order to keep them moving. My next project is the second loafing shed on the north west end, and planting about 50 more trees - I hear you Dutch Hollow, my track was a corn field 3 years ago, the grass is hardly filled in?!! There are so many other "little" things I want to do. Like pea gravel in the barn (class 5 currently) and another spot of pea gravel by the track's southwest entrance. a hoof soaking station by one of the hitching rails on the north side of the barn. Oh and river rock by the arena to keep the sand from washing away. Does the list ever end? Is anyone ever "done"?? Do you find this valuable? |
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SpottedTApps |
3. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Jul 17 2012, 2:31 PM EDT
Dutch, I was able to build and 8x8 2 sided run in for a few hundred dollars. The small size is fine since it's just for shade and a wind break. With 2 sides open, no one gets trapped. Since most lumber and plywood comes in 8' lengths, it was cheaper this way.
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SpottedTApps |
4. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Jul 17 2012, 2:41 PM EDT
Pamela, I felt the same way about extra width on my track, but 4 years of experience has proven I don't need all of that. I am keeping the ends wide for play/escape/loafing space, but the lengths don't need to be more than 8-10'. Read up on here about people's experience with pea gravel. It's expensive and I lost all of mine to the exisitng ground. It just ate it away. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
Nose-It.com |
5. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Jul 19 2012, 6:47 PM EDT
"Pamela,I was curious about the pea gravel myself. My dirt sucks in everything ...except nails - nails seem to show up every time we get some wind - and being in the Eastern Plains of CO - I seem to pick up 4 to 6 new nails seemingly daily. I also thank you for sharing your experiences about the width of the track. I've seen them all sizes - I just want to be able to drag the track and not take down the fences in the corners. Do you find this valuable? |
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PamelaD66 |
6. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Jul 20 2012, 9:49 AM EDT
I did read everything in the pea gravel section. Because the barn is separate and limited use, i don't expect to loose much in there. and it would make the barn experience much better for some of our knuckleheads.As for the entrance to the track, I thought I read somewhere that putting down a paper machine top felt (or even a bottom wire - might be better) would keep the pea gravel "stationary" and prevent the sinking in the dirt and going away.... hum. I'll go back and read again. However, if I follow Murphy's laws, it is inevitable that the horses will pick that spot as their toileting area. <sigh> maybe I will just pile up more sand there. It's a low spot and the water collects :) Do you find this valuable? |
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waymire |
7. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Aug 25 2012, 8:26 AM EDT
Considering how venomous PP on facebook was about slow feeders and anyone who dared to suggest them.. it's a shock. They would go so far as to tell people straight out they had no idea what was good for a horse and ban them from the list if they dared to say anything contrary. Guess they finally got tired of wasting hay.
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SpottedTApps |
8. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Aug 27 2012, 8:48 AM EDT
Yeah, that's why I thought it was funny. So I narrowed my track down this weekend. It's only been two days, but I haven't noticed any negative effects from the horses, not that I expect any. Do you find this valuable? |
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waymire |
9. RE: Paddock Paradise on Facebook and an update on my own.
Aug 27 2012, 10:23 AM EDT
Did you notice an increase/decrease in movement after the change?
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