by Ginger Wisseman
(Bear Lake, MI, USA)
Fjern Fields
Friendly Atmosphere - All ages, abilities, and backgrounds are welcome
Natural Boarding - Allow your horse to live like a horse
What will life be like for your horse at Fjern Fields?
Housing:
In our barn, we have 12x12 box stalls available for each horse, a shared tack room, feed space, and grooming area. However, the horses primarily use the stalls only for morning and evening individualized feedings, or if a horse is on stall rest at the direction of a veterinarian. Typically the horses prefer to stay out in the open, even in inclement weather.
At night, we bring the horses into a medium-sized paddock, and during the day, they are turned out onto grass pastures. This allows the horse to have complete freedom of movement in fresh air 24/7. The stalls and paddock are cleaned daily.
Feeding:
Typically horses either have access to hay in slow feeders or access to pasture. Our turnout pastures are rotated weekly and allowed to rest. All horses have 24/7 access to clean, fresh water and mineral salt.
We feed quality grass hay and encourage the use of soaked beet pulp (free of molasses) for morning and evening individual feedings. Because we have sandy soil, we provide a monthly sand clear cleanse and a seasonal feed through fly control. We are happy to distribute any additional owner supplied feed or supplement.
During their individual feedings, each horse is visually inspected for injury. Also we do a quick brush down and apply fly spray and fly masks as provided by the owner at this time.
Exercise:
Movement is extremely important for the health of the horse. Movement is encouraged by living in a herd and by the design of our pastures.
Next to the Fields are wooded trails. We also have an outdoor riding area large enough to fit a standard size dressage arena or a full stadium jump