Posted by JD Seller on October 10, 2014 at 19:53:35 from (208.126.198.123):
In two weeks my Grand daughters are hosting a invite only trail ride/camp out. They did this last year but it was later in the year.
It will be a Sat/Sun deal. They have two riding trails picked out. They go on one five mile loop Saturday and a different 5 mile one on Sunday. They will not be on public roads other than to cross one county gravel road. They have gone to the land owners and asked an received permission to ride across their land.
I am quite proud of the work they have done to make this work. They traded out helping some of the landowners doing chores or yard work for the landowner allowing them to ride through.
Now my question: There will be 15-20 horses that will need a grazing area. I have pasture ground that would be close enough to work but it has been grazed by my cattle all summer. There is not much grass there now. I have another field that is an older alfalfa seeding that is 30% grass and the balance alfalfa. This field would work well as it has some of the best fences on the place. So if one of the horses pull it's ground stake out it would not be able to get totally lose easily.
The issue is would the alfalfa/grass mix be too rich for the horses to graze on?? I am not worried about anything the horses may do to the stand as I may rotate it out next spring anyway.
Should I switch the cattle around so the horses could be on the grass instead??? There is not much there maybe 2-3 inches of grass. Would this be better with some hay?? The Grand Daughters have enough hay put up to share with the visitors for the two days.
I don't want someone's weekend spoiled by their horse getting sick.
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