13/07/2025
Lately I've been hearing a lot about the "3 F's" for horses that refer to Friends, Forage, and Freedom. Yesterday, at the end of my day I decided to take a walk around to see what the horses were doing. It was around 5pm, about 85 F and 67% humidity. All horses had free choice to access their run in areas, paddocks and pastures. This is what I found.. Zorro, Moose and Domino were in the pasture grazing together, Midnight grazing nearby but separate in a paddock. Tuck and Corona were in their run in relaxing and cleaning up Tuck's dinner crumbs. Donkey was by himself in the shade of the barn. Cowboy and Soleil were snoozing inside, on separate sides of the dividing wall, even though the door between was open. Goose, Hunter, Chip, Pearl and Checkers were grazing in their paddock, working toward the open gate to their pasture. Checkers decided to abandon grazing for easier to eat hay in the feeder. Choyce initially went into the paddock, but returned to a stall in his run in barn for some alone time. Shiloh and Abbey were hanging out in their cottage, while Annie was in the shade of their porch. Abbey and Annie eventually wandered out into their paddock while Shiloh stayed inside. It's very interesting to see all the different choices these horses made, while all in basically the same environment.
