Yellowfoot Farm

Keep 'em Happy! Nature designed our horses to roam the grasslands, to live in groups and spend at least 16 hours a day eating and walking at a slow pace.

Horses are happiest when they can socialize, move freely and have constant access to forage. In modern times, with limited space, tight schedules and high expectations of our horses’ performance, it is not easy to provide a natural way of living to our equine friends. Keeping horses in stalls for long hours interrupts their social interactions, restricts their desire to walk and move, and might ca

use damage to respiratory tract and joints. A regular paddock or pasture makes it difficult to feed horses individually and to keep their environment clean. Yellofoot Farm can help to do the “split”! We can plan and build a modern open stable which meets your horses’ needs, reduces your work time and uses space and resources efficiently. Let us find out what works best for you!

01/08/2022

My favorite horse management style is the “open stable” concept, combined with small pasture rotation.
Do you still spend hours every day for feeding time, separating horses or making sure they don't steal from each other? Do you need seasoned horse people that can follow a detailed page-long protocol when you want a day off? Been there...
Check out the homemade feeding stalls we created from used wall boards at our very first farm in Virginia. They worked well for over 10 years. Above 50" height the boards are spaced, so when a horse lifts his head he can see his friends. Below there are no slots, which prevents horses from getting jealous while they eat. The horses can move in and out freely and are fed directly from the feed room on the other side of the wall. Time it took to feed 4 horses: less than a minute! Some extra hay on the ramp kept the fat quarterhorse busy while the thoroughbred finished her significantly larger dinner. No fuss, no fights, no separating. For the next farm we plan to get the fancy feeding stalls from Sulzberger ;)

12/25/2021

Merry Christmas!

12/25/2021

Don't just give in to "mud season"!
It seems widely accepted that we have to suffer through months of dealing with mud - often mixed with manure, because it's impossible to keep a mud pit clean. Moisture and bacteria are wreaking havoc on the horse's skin, hooves and respiratory system, injuries increase, hay gets wasted and horses pick up loads of parasites.
As you can see on the second picture, things don't have to be like that. A well planned, drained and surfaced paddock is easy to keep clean and lets your horses stay happy and healthy. It saves time and money on a daily basis, increases enjoyment of your horse and satisfies your clients. The investment is usually smaller than you think. Contact us for advice on paddock planning or improvement.

Address

7722 Po River Drive
Spotsylvania, VA
22551

Telephone

+15407604812

Website

http://www.yellowfootfarm.com/

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