hello horse board!

I just went past a field near me it isnt a big field and they normally have 1 or 2 horses in it, this time they had 6, and the snow is like 5inchs thick and its liek a blizzard, the ground is covered, they dont have any shelter at all, not even a tree, water, cant see any food.

They are just standing there, its so cold out.

Is this normal for horses? Will they be OK? I think the people who own the field let it out.

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Wouldnt have left ours out in this temperature without shelter etc

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They would all be inside at the stables I use and have rugs on too in this weather. The ponies on the New Forest are outside in all weathers but at least they have the shelter of the trees.

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Its a very small open field, its had horses on it for odd times for like 20years now, there is a house to to it and they rent it out (99.9% sure of this) so it isnt their horses, the field has Lots of bushes and horses cant get into those bits so Im guessing that its about a 14/ of a acre with 6horses on it? Im not very good with measurements though??

no blankies no food water nothing, 2 are pegged down and cant move morethan 15ftt in a circle? the other 4 were nearer eachother under a teltphone plong thingy.

Should I call the Rspca? I dont want to get anyone into trouble but it was a really sorry sight to see.

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no idea of the breed, they were brown white in colour, although I doubt that helps!! didnt have thick coats, just looked like normal horses!!

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Please read my web.... I am not trying to promote it after all it is non profit just to give out info.... there are 2 pages on winter management here is the link
Winter Management
A horse in winter when turned out ( that is in a field ) need lots of hay it should be on demand. also horses need water they cannot rely on snow for their water intake as they would need to eat so much of this us as humans would never be able to do it and nor can horses..... if they should try it could give them colic and worse...... so do the right thing and ring the RSPCA or if they won't do any thing The Horse Welfare will here is their link
World Horse Welfare: Horse charity
.... if you are wrong okay it was a phone call and 15 mins out your life...... but if you are right you have helped a few horses from suffering..... not a lot between the two really if you think about it the horses come first. Horses need hay and water in these weather conditions. Please let us know how you get on :-)

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Hi there..... Just caught this thread...... Did you phone the RSPCA or equivalent ? Are the poor horses still there in the field ? ? Pamx

I actually meant to post on here a few days back, we past the field and all the grass was cut, the horses were no longer on leads staked in to the ground and they had MAssive troffs (are they called that??) of food and water

Looking closer (literally stopping and being nosey haha!) they looked quite like the wild horses you see on tv? quite longish coats? they were brown and brown & white, might have had other colours but some were round the corner.
The field still looks quite small for the amount of horses, at least 6 we could count, the filed must be about 1 acre? but they all looked good,, no ribs could be seen!

infact thats the best ive ever seen them, they were all munching in the troff thingys!

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Wow.... that is very good to hear..... Obviously someone has reported them to the right authorities who have taken time to go and assess the situation and get it dealt with.... great news..... Thanks for the update... x