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<blockquote data-quote="kscowboy" data-source="post: 601447" data-attributes="member: 6726"><p>boarding barns are closing around our area , too much work for the money. five acres is not going to carry more than a few horses , Any more than that and you'll have a five acre mud flat. If you stall them you're gonna need a lot of shavings $ , feed $ , and time $. </p><p></p><p>Then you have to deal with horse people , we all know how they are.</p><p></p><p>I run a boarding operation with 20 horses , we have 150 acres of pasture for them and don't stall up. We have a nice stall barn but for me to clean and feed i'd have to charge 350 to 400 per month to make any kind of money off it. We keep it simple , we have fabulous low maintenance boarders , and have three large pastures so we can always have one resting. With the feed and fertilizer costs , and the economy issues horses are falling down the priority list for alot of folks. </p><p></p><p>If you just want to make a few hundred a month boarding a few horses you'd be ok but investing the money in structures and hardware for a new operation might not pencil out very well for ya.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kscowboy, post: 601447, member: 6726"] boarding barns are closing around our area , too much work for the money. five acres is not going to carry more than a few horses , Any more than that and you'll have a five acre mud flat. If you stall them you're gonna need a lot of shavings $ , feed $ , and time $. Then you have to deal with horse people , we all know how they are. I run a boarding operation with 20 horses , we have 150 acres of pasture for them and don't stall up. We have a nice stall barn but for me to clean and feed i'd have to charge 350 to 400 per month to make any kind of money off it. We keep it simple , we have fabulous low maintenance boarders , and have three large pastures so we can always have one resting. With the feed and fertilizer costs , and the economy issues horses are falling down the priority list for alot of folks. If you just want to make a few hundred a month boarding a few horses you'd be ok but investing the money in structures and hardware for a new operation might not pencil out very well for ya. [/QUOTE]
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