How Much Space a Mini Need

[seedcorn]

If they are of value, sell them to those that value them. Otherwise, they are taking away grazing property from native animals and costing too much tax money. They are not native.

While we ship these back to Spain, let's send the filthy stallings, sparrows, grackles, etc back to their home.......

@Nyboy Sounds like you are out of mood for mini. Good deal. I see too many horses bought on impulse then subjected to life in corral, or worse. Those that keep them responsibly, it's a great thing.

 

[Nyboy]

Yep seed I see a animal I like and think with my heart, then as time goes by I start thinking with my brain.

 

[canesisters]

I still say put up a whole rabbit community...

 

[canesisters]

 

[ninnymary]

Heck, if it's just manure that he wants, find a stall, pay guy $50 to deliver. Do this once a year. Done and with no work.

Mary

 

[seedcorn]

Or use his newly restored pick up-forget the paint job. Most stables will load it for you to get rid of it.

 

[ducks4you]

I have always wondered as a non horse person why horse's hoofs need so much attention when owned.Who takes care of hoofs on wild horses?

The saying, "no hoof, no horse" is really true. There has been a lot more research, some intentional, some accidental, about wild horses and their health. Clinton Anderson (now an American TV horse trainer living in Texas, but from Australia) sometimes goes back "home" and does programs about "bumby's", the Australian mustang or wild horse. Recently they were on a program talking about wild horse hooves, and how Their hooves suffer from the environment and genetics, just like domestic horses. They can founder, too, but being wild and not ridden or driven, they just recover and move on, but the evidence can be found.
Genetically some breeds tend to have better hooves (like Arabians) or problem hooves (like Thoroughbreds). My Arabian, "Corporal" (1982-2009, RIP) had hooves that almost didn't need shoes when we vacationed in the Rockies with him. My Quarter Horse, "Ro Go Bar" (1982-2009, RIP)--yes they were the same age--almost had no hoof when he once threw a shoe in the Black Hills, by the time we got back to camp. He was "racing quarter" and had TB in him, hence the lesser quality hooves.
Horses constantly standing in wet and dirty can damage the frog and sore the hoof and that it is important to keep your horse from standing in wet and filth. It's ok to be outside during the day getting necessary fresh air and walking around in the mud, but in the winter I keep my stalls spot cleaned so that their hooves can stay clean and dry for 1/2 the day. If you totally strip the stall every day, you are throwing away good bedding and wasting lots of money. I apply Equine Fresh (super dried, extruded and pelleted bedding) only where my horse pees in his/her stall bc it soaks up liquid twice before it needs to be removed. I change the Equine Fresh, and then sweep yesterday's pine shavings on top of it. For my mare who really tries to poo outside of her stall, I sweep straw or stepped on hay from the aisle on top of the Equine Fresh and then clean up her poo in the same way that I clean poo from my chicken's coop bc it sticks to it. It is a real science to not go broke keeping horses!
ALSO, pine and (sometimes) newspaper are the only products you can safely use for horse bedding. Other wood fibers, like cedar, are toxic to a horse and he/she can be poinsoned by standing in it. So, YES, we DO take care of our horse's feet, even if their coats lack some attention!