الجمعة 20 سبتمبر 2024

Hybrid Horse Keeping Equicentral and Tracks combined

موقع أيام نيوز

popular in the early 2000s with Jaime Jacksons Paddock Paradise book inspiring my own journey.
Tracks have always worked well for me in limiting grass and motivating movement.
However now that Ive moved to a different property and Im aging Ive found theres a real benefit in having some resources close to the house.
Its handy to have the shelter and resting area close by for the convenience of hoof trimming grooming and giving a daily feed of minerals.
All tools and equipment are located together saving lots of carrying and long walks perhaps not so great for the humans who need exercise too!
مع وصول أونصة الذهب إلى مستويات قياسية تجاوزت 2500 دولار، يجد المواطن المصري نفسه مضطراً لموازنة استثماراته بين الذهب واحتياجاته الأخرى، خاصة مع ارتفاع أسعار السيارات مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، وبي إم دبليو، مما يزيد من التحديات المالية التي يواجهها.
Currently my horses are on a hybrid system a combination of Equicentral and track for 68 months of the year.
I allow them out to graze during the daytime and this extends the use of each pasture they rotate through.
Their mineral feeds are given in the afternoon to entice them back to the track and central yard.
This allows me to shut them out of the grazing area as sugars in the grass increase. On frosty mornings they arent allowed out to graze at all and this is where giving them access to round bales of grass hay in Haysaver Slowfeed nets helps keep them happy.
أسعار السيارات في الآونة الأخيرة شهدت تقلبات ملحوظة، حيث تأثرت بارتفاع وانخفاض الدولار، مما انعكس على تكلفة علامات تجارية مثل تويوتا، هيونداي، ومرسيدس. و BMW هذا الارتباط بين سعر الصرف وسوق السيارات يحدد قدرة المستهلكين على اقتناء المركبات.
Hybrid works best for me
In the spring and early summer when theres simply too much grass for them they are managed with strip grazing while on track confinement. This gives them more movement than a small sacrifice yard or paddock.  I believe their mental and physical health would suffer if kept in a smaller gravelsurfaced area.
Strip grazing the track in spring shows the huge amount of grass growth! Its a way of limiting intake but allowing some movement back and forth to the central yard. 
تتأثر أسعار السيارات من شركات مثل مرسيدس بتقلبات أسعار الذهب وسعر صرف الدولار، مما يؤدي إلى زيادة تكاليف الإنتاج والاستيراد.
On the track their water hay in nets and loafing areas are all placed well apart. They move between those frequently sometimes slowly and at other times enjoying a good gallop!
As I have eleven horses in two herds this is very much a work in progress!  I am developing my system to reduce the stress and overwork on a middleaged body.
This has included extending the gravel track that the horses walk over to enter their central yard to 50m which is helping them selftrim. Thats quite a bit less trimming for me to do and encourages natural wear patterns that assist my trimming practices.
I believe everyones situation is unique so being knowledgeable about
all the options for housing and caring for horses helps you choose what works best for you be it a Paddock Paradise track an Equicentral system or a hybrid of the two. 
Let me know in the comments below what works best for you and why.