Does anyone board horses for passive income on your land?

[wyogoat]

Speaking of horse chicks…

 

[RockAndSage]

Speaking of horse chicks…View attachment 818377

Lol, that's the girl version of boys' wrestling tournaments.

 

[Haggin]

I know the OP said he was out and I agree. We're a horse family (daughter shows a lot and wife rides the retired ones). We keep our three at home and have 5 acre of just pasture and 5 acres we hay. Three horses can eat 5 acres to dirt if you let them (we rotate every week or so and pull them of for 6 months a year). That 10 acres is definitely not enough, and we buy hay for the summer and winter. Small squares since we haul them to shows, and 6-8 large rounds to fee in the winter outside in a dry lot. If we had 5 acres, we'd have way more expense into feeding them than we already do.

 

[roosiebull]

Boarding horses is not “passive”. They tear shit up, you need to invest in infrastructure, feed them twice a day, pay for insurance because they are stupid and hurt themselves. And then the worst of all, you have to deal with “horse ladies”, and ither random folks they invite onto your property whenever they want. Ask me how I know haha I dated/married into horses.

My wife currently has 8 horses in full time training at $1,200 per month per horse and some years she still loses money.

The accuracy of this reply made me laugh

My sister in law boards horses, and I spend a lot of time at the barn, especially this time of year, and your reply is exactly what I thought when I read the OP

It’s funny that the horse culture is what it is no matter where you are. I think I’m the only male that has a horse there out of 54 stalls.

They are cool animals that keep life interesting, but there is no passive anything with horses, it’s always something, and it’s always another something with the horse ladies

 

[roosiebull]

GF was all into horses, goes to these dumb horse shows still, where chicks dressed as cowboys make a horse dance or some such shit.

You would probably appreciate it if you saw what goes into getting that much control over a crazy ass horse. Those shows are like big hunts, when the hard constant work gets you to a goal where you find success and satisfaction.

Horses are a lot like hunting, it’s a difficult endeavor and it’s satisfying to excel.

 

[NVVAHunt]

100% don’t do it.

My wife and I have 3 of our own and have them on our own property now, but we used to manage a boarding facility. 45 horses and about 40 people. The horses were the easy part, the people were the biggest problem.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Duckhunterbrad]

My wife and I show horses in two different disciplines and for the most part everyone has nailed what it's like to have horses. I'm borderline afraid to run my year end budgeting software to see what our vet expenses are. With horses, you are either in or out, never in the middle. If you're a non horse person, I couldn't recommend trying the boarding route with your property.