Update!
Moving day to the new barn is Monday! Its going to be an adjustment. We started at a trail barn, current barn…I don’t even really know how to describe, and this is a higher end training barn. It’s very nice. He will have a nice big 12X12 stall and his neighbor is the cob mare my friend owns!! I rode her for years before I got my gelding. Turnout will be only 5-6 hours but they have netted roundbales. It’s twice as expensive of course. Glad I only have one horse! Care is top notch; the woman that runs my trainers youth program lives onsite and is on top of things. My old trainer was upfront with me about some things that she doesn’t love there but we will give it all a go. I still plan to meet with the nicer, closer barn with the wait list next week. If it seems like a good fit, Ill get on the list and when our name comes up, we will see what things are looking like.
In other news. When I went to check on my guy and clean his stall, the heat lamp wasn’t in the chicken stall. Hopefully she either knew my concern was warranted or talked to someone with half a brain. And guess what? No frozen solid chickens. It was 18 degrees in the barn an everyone was just fine.
@candyappy I admittedly have never been a bird person. The chickens have been a PAIN. There are about a dozen and they get out all the time, there were a couple raccoon massacres because why predator proof something BEFORE you put prey in it while inviting animals in the barn that cause other issues and hazards…and they are just an extra hassle for the staff.
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. I can’t believe she advertised all that like I was the a-hole for leaving. After she in no uncertain terms told me I could when I addressed it with her in person to which I told her I was well aware.