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I live in Ga. I hae hilly and swampy areas. In winter I have mud--I fence 
off the 'grass pasture ' and won't let them on it or they quickly turn it 
too mud too. (hence i need more land). But they have about a 2 acre 
'turnout' that is one big hill. The bottom 1/3 is 6-8" of mud. There are dry 
spots. I have added gravel around my barn where they can get out of the 
rain/mud at will. But I'd need about 4 truckloads of big rock to make a dry 
road to it. Can't afford it-and it would most likely get swallowed by the 
erosion from above. So they have to trapse thru 8 of mud to get to the barn 
(it is in a low spot). To really get rid of mud, youhave to have gravel a 
foot deep here.  I have only a couple places I can get into with my tractor 
to set the round bales on raised spots.
 Here is what I do. I check for thrush --if I have it either a 
1-10bleachsolution I put in a spray bottle-- or "thrushbuster" which I like 
better, as it takes only only application usually.
 Alternately I  just spray from their pasterns down with the diluted bleach 
solution, occasionally. Or I might rub in the MTG solution if I am doing 
their manes. I also might hose theirlegs off and use betadine on them. I 
have found the generic "gold bond" powder keeps rainrot at bay too. If I 
have to blanket them or sheet them and maybe they are a bit damp or dirty i 
brush them and then sprinkle some under the sheet. Humidity here is often in 
the 80's and sometimes it rains, then turns cold, so I may have to blanket a 
damp horse, but I then put straw under the blanket or a polar cooler is they 
are really wet.
  And is you can work in a bath, anytime with Vetrolin or betadine that can 
keep crud at bay.
Dont' use a rough brush on their legs , that can let bacteria in....

> From: RHightshoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   Mud and More Mud
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:25:27 -0600
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> Rain and more rain.  I started building an Ark but stopped because I would
> only be able to take two horses.  I won't let my horses out on pasture when
> the ground is soggy because they would ruin what grass is available.  I
> keep them in corals and everything works out well except the more it rains
> the deeper the mud gets.  It looks like they are all standing in about a
> foot of muck and water and it will seemingly take forever to dry out even
> if the rain stops.  I'll probably be doctoring for Thrush before it is all
> over.  I'd be interested in learning how others deal with muddy corals.
> Logically, I would think mixing truck loads of gravel in with the soil
> might help but I have no idea if the gravel would do more harm then good.
> If you have had a similar problem and were able to fix it, I would
> appreciate the benefit of your experience.  Thanks,  Bob
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