DIY Livery Yard Tour - Vlog 109 - Beth Endurance
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I get a few questions about what life is like on a DIY livery yard. I'm not exactly the most experienced person to give a well rounded view as I've been incredibly lucky to only ever experienced one yard for the last 9 years and it's been wonderful. Before that we had our own stables and grazing at home where my parents live.
When I moved away from home my prerequisite was 24/7 365days a year turnout, which I'm now aware I was very very lucky to find as most yards, although they do have 365day a year turnout do restrict grazing and stabling at night over winter is compulsory.
So at the yard I'm at we have both winter and summer turnout fields which gives the grazing that much needed recovery and allows us to have unrestricted turnout all year. I've heard many a story of strict rules and routines at livery yards but mine is very laid back, we get to care for our horses exactly how we want and the only input the yard owner has is to say when we move from summer to winter grazing.
We also get to do as much maintenance on our fields as we like and care for it as if it was our own, which I quite enjoy but also if you didn't want to do that then you don't have to either. We only have 12 horses at the livery and we're super lucky that everyone gets on well, are very friendly and we all care for each others horses if needed. For me, especially when I moved away from home it was like having another family.
Now we don't have fancy facilities like individual tack lockers, a solarium, horsewalker, wash bay, hot water, tea station and all the other amazing wish list items that you see on so many yards on social media but we do have a good all weather school, which because there are so few of us you rarely have to share, enough space for all our individual equipment, hay and bedding, alongside trailer/lorry parking.
We never have to pay extra for turnout or checking haynets etc as everyone just mucks in and helps out and everything is included in our monthly fee.
I do miss having my own yard and turnout, getting up in the morning and being able to see your horses out the window is a real privilege I didn't appreciate growing up and I really miss good hacking. But knowing that several pairs of eyes would have noticed something wrong in a field or that there's always someone willing to look after them while you're on holiday is definitely a bonus.
Thanks for watching,
Beth
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Your livery yard sounds really good I have heard of even diy livery were they charge you for using the water separately from your livery and storage etc but I am like you I would love to one day own my yard slash rescue space especially for retirement of horses etc and maybe a couple of sheep and goat and of course some chickens but your yard sounds so relaxed
This was fascinating to see! I own a small boarding farm in the US, and I love seeing how other farms/ environments/ countries care for their horses and farms. There's always something to learn from others! Those fields are just gorgeous!
@bethendurance
2 жыл бұрын
Yard tours are one of my favourite things to watch, especially if they have a fancy tack room 🙈😝 x
@Kelly_Ben
2 жыл бұрын
@@bethendurance Right!? I have a super simple farm, where I "joke" that the horse's needs come before the people's wants... but I spent hours on Pinterest looking at gorgeous tack rooms, and incorporating the designs into it. Everyone's jaw drops when they walk from the simple farm into the "fancy" tack room! 😆
What a lovely yard!
Oh, you have a stable ... I have a ... field. Tack room? Uh. boot of my car... Sort of ultimate DIY here... Works well for us though. Cheers!
Really like this vlog! Looks like a lovely livery! Cherish it! It's not everywhere like that❤
@bethendurance
2 жыл бұрын
I definitely landed on my feet, I've heard about some not so lovely ones x
Showing off the best of my home county! Staffordshire is a lovely place to live :)
@bethendurance
2 жыл бұрын
It's not bad at all ☺️ x
Seems like such a friendly yard ……a big family 🥰
@bethendurance
2 жыл бұрын
It definitely is 🥰 x
I love your barn! That is the perfect size. I used to board at big barns and OMG, the people, especially females would get so hissy. I was so sick of and moved to a smaller barn. When I get a new horse, it will be at the same barn I still work at.
@bethendurance
2 жыл бұрын
Small seems to be much nicer ☺️ x
@jenz4524
2 жыл бұрын
@@bethendurance Yes it is 🙂 No crazy barn psychos to battle with. If I ever lived in England, I would be at your barn.
People have to pay to use jumps over there? Weird
@bethendurance
2 жыл бұрын
Some yards charge for putting jumps out 🤷♀️ it's not common though. I agree it's very strange x
@jenz4524
2 жыл бұрын
I have heard of paying for trailer parking and use of other equipment. At a barn I used to board at, I would have to clear it with many people to put up groundpoles.