Know Your Horses Pasture No Matter What Size It Is

Here is another tip from Skimbleshanks for keeping happy and healthy horses. Know their pasture.

There are two major factors to focus on when you keep your horses in a pasture for quality forage. One factor is how the grass grows, the other factor being the behavior of the horses that are using the pasture.

Walk the pasture first and observe where the grass is short, that will be the areas where the horses graze the most. Second look for places that grow tall. This may be an area that is grazed very little or possibly not at all. The next area needing to be identified is where your horses deposit their manure. Usually this area will have weeds growing and the horses don’t graze there at all.

Observing these factors will clue you in and you can make a plan to get the most benefit from your pasture. It does not matter what size it is, your horses will get the most advantage from a properly managed pasture.