Mules... for the uneducated

[mt terry d]

You’re going to be buying hay and feed regardless of which property you buy. If you don’t they’ll be on their 3rd layer of dirt by fall.

 

[deserthunter2016]

You’re going to be buying hay and feed regardless of which property you buy. If you don’t they’ll be on their 3rd layer of dirt by fall.

What do you mean by this? Having irrigated pasture definitely cuts back on the hay bill for half the year depending on where you live and the growing season.


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[mt terry d]

Just how much of that ten acres will be pasture and how much will be used to grow grain and enough hay for winter ?

 

[HighUintas]

Just how much of that ten acres will be pasture and how much will be used to grow grain and enough hay for winter ?

Not sure, but it looks like it could be maxed out at 8 acres if i really wanted to. It's only a 1600sqft house and has zero landscaping.

 

[missjordan]

Personally i would go for the 10 acres. However The 1/2 acre would work fine also. Either way You really have to be committed to equines 365 days a year. If you figured a basic dry lot at a boarding barn the size could be comparable or maybe even a bit smaller. The smaller space is not really out of the ordinary for some people.

To put this in perspective too, the way Ryan got into mules and riding is 100% the way all beginner horsemen should do it. Buy quality animals and not be afraid to spend the money getting educated themselves. And use that trainer to keep furthering your animals education or if it needs a tune up you can lean on them to make the corrections.

In the long run people are way more money ahead than some that buy a cheap animal they don’t have the skills to work through. Then try and piece it together and end up making the horse/mule crazy. Or worse, get themselves hurt really bad . That is not the flex most people think it is and it happens all the time.


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