I’m planning on making the move back to the east coast this year and am wondering if bringing Mr. Spud would be feasible as I love him and can’t imagine not seeing his cute face. I can drive him out there with stops along the way of course but would need a place to keep him. He’d do fine on a pasture situation as long as there’s shelter. I’d need hay to be supplemented during winter months. What would one expect to pay around the New England area. I’m looking mostly at Vermont / New Hampshire / Massachusetts (western). Thanks for any information.
I think it’s usually in line with full board. I’m in Hampshire county and currently pay for full board with hay 5/6x a day at $850/month which is on the lower end in western MA if you want an indoor. Prior farm I was at was $1000. Usually starts around $600 without an indoor in the area.
I’m also in western Mass (Amherst area) and pay $820/month full-board, turnout (8 hours a day), hay and an indoor.
There are self-care places to be had, but my sense is that some of them are going out of business–often because the barn owners are old enough that they don’t want to do it any more and land prices are high enough that the land goes to developers.
Oh that’s where I grew up, small world! I board pretty close by to Amherst.
I think Still Point has rough board now but there’s really not a lot of pasture board due to lack of land. A couple places nearby that I know do 24/7 turnout but there isn’t pasture, it’s just hay 2x a day I think
I think for pasture board in those areas, you’d be looking at $500-$600, for a decent place that you could trust and that fed enough quality hay in the winter, had well-maintained fencing and no junk in the pastures, safe shelter, etc.
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