I'll cut to it. I'm kinda put out by every farrier that is within driving distance of my house. I can shoe a horse (not great, but I can). I am actually of the same or better quality, than most that I hire. My issue with them, is usually not quality, but unreliability. I'm also slow. It takes me right at an hour to do 2 feet. I keep 5 head shod year round, and reset every 6 weeks. I honestly don't have 10 afternoons in a 6 week period, to do them myself.
If I was a young man (I'm not). If I didn't have a hitch in my step (I do). I'd be glad to shoe horses for a living. No reason why I couldn't do 6-10 in a day. That'd be $100-150,000 a year in gross income. I know you wouldn't net that, but come on. Why aren't there more farriers?
If I was a young man (I'm not). If I didn't have a hitch in my step (I do). I'd be glad to shoe horses for a living. No reason why I couldn't do 6-10 in a day. That'd be $100-150,000 a year in gross income. I know you wouldn't net that, but come on. Why aren't there more farriers?