Ours are also out 24/7 except for twice daily feeding when they come in to the barn to eat.
All of mine, from babies through to the retired horses live out 24/7. All have been in stalls at points in their lives (including the babies) and all are comfortable being in stalls. I’m a bit confused as to why those who bring their horses into stalls every day/night seem to be under the misconception that one needs to bring a horse inside to spend time teaching it, checking it over and spending time with it 
I spend loads of time with my outdoor horses and am in with them all several times every day and there’s certainly no injuries or inappropriate behaviour missed by me because my horses live outside. For one, I can see every single horse who lives on my property for my house as all my fields and paddocks totally surround the farmhouse.
Each to their own. Some people bring their horses into stalls every day, some people leave their horses outside all day and night. Both ways are fine and I have no problem with what anyone else does with their horses but to suggest that those who do something different is in some way not caring for the horses correctly …
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I’m a bit confused as to why those who bring their horses into stalls every day/night seem to be under the misconception that one needs to bring a horse inside to spend time teaching it, checking it over and spending time with it [/QUOTE]
I share that confusion. We handle the babies several times daily out in the fields, they learn to lead in the pasture, we pick up feet, first baths are out in the pasture too. They gradually learn to be led away from their mothers, and by the time they are weaned, we can lead them well out of sight of Mom. I think everyone has their own program, so it IS interesting to hear what everyone does.
clover, I do the same thing - my weanling (and my first raised foal) has no trouble staying in, or out, and hasn’t needed to be in every night of his life to be that way. I do bring them in (almost) every morning for breakfast, but gasp there are times, maybe once a month, where I don’t, but I can still go into the field and check disposition/attitude/soundness/anything just being “off”. I go see them in the field often enough I know when some behavior isn’t right.
I too am not saying anyone who brings foals in every night “so they get used to living in a stall” is wrong (though arguably from a fitness/bone density perspective it could be considered “less right” :)). But like you, I don’t understand why some feel the foal has to be in EVERY night (Winter), or EVERY day (Summer) to learn how to live and behave in a stall.
Someone else brought up a good point - varying the time spent in the stall. Mine don’t have schedules - I bring them in when I get up and get going, and that can be hours later on the weekend or when I’m working from home, than it is when I go into work. If I have errands to run, they may stay in a few hours longer while I go do those so I don’t have to wait around for meals to be finished. Nobody beats down the door to come in or be let out 
Cloverbarley you seem to contradict yourelf by saying “each to his own” and they put a frown face with question marks over it.
I also say each to it’s own. The OP asked what people do but it appears that some of the 24/7 people on here feel compelled to question those of us that don’t turn out 24/7. I don’t care at all that some people do 24/7.
HELLO EB - I personally NEVER SAID I bring my horses/ponies in ONLY to get them used to stalls. I did post that here in New Jerey we very low temps /snow/ice etc. quite often at night in the winter and hot days in the summer with big deer flies. I also stated that I see no difference in having my horses in stalls during the winter nights instead of standing in sheds or the same for summer when it’s very hot/t-storms and flies. I never blankets youngster and don’t want to start now.
TO EACH HIS OWN. Why you gals that do 24/7 want to keep poking at those of us who don’t makes no sense to me. As I stated I’ve bred well over 55 horses/ponies and owned 20 more over that number and my decision to not do 24/7 has worked for my situation for well over 25 years.
I’m an N=2 23x7 who is not at all poking at those who bring in a lot more often. I’m ONLY saying that some of the implications of “I bring them in every night, all night, so they get used to stalls” is really implying that those of us who don’t do that aren’t adequately prepping them to stay in a stall. Bring them in all night if you want, no skin off my back, but it doesn’t have to be every single night for the first 3 years of their life to get them accustomed to staying in one.
I do giggle a bit though at people who bring inside when temps get below 32 
We have big deer fly. We have HUGE B-52 dive bombers. If I had a horse, foal, old, middle aged, whatever, who was absolutely miserable with those, sure, I’d make sure they were put into whatever conditions made them happy. But I don’t bring in just because we have those things - mine deal with them just fine, some running here and there if there’s a particularly rabid bomber after them.
Mine, including the foal, were outside a few weekends ago when it was below 20 with howling winds. Everyone was just fine. They were outside for the day last Sunday when it was in the low 30’s and raining/sleeting/snowing. We get ice storms - they stay out unless it’s sleeting or a freezing rain and very windy as those pellets just hurt and they DO get miserable. But mostly, they are just out, blanketed sometimes, not always.
I have no idea what you are talking about. It is a confused smilie (as it says if you hover over the symbol). It’s surely quite clear what I’ve written (and I would insert a confused smilie here but won’t for fear of it being misinterpreted)? I am confused as to why if someone does something differently, whether that be bringing your horses in 12/24/7 or leaving them out 24/7, others have a problem with it. I certainly don’t and I’ve absolutely no idea as to why you took it as that Isl. I come from Europe and have spent more than 30 years of my life bringing horses in every night due to the same ground issues that you have in New Jersey. I do not do that here as I have a lot more land and it’s free-draining land and my set up is completely different. But when I lived in Europe I had no problem with people keeping their horses out 24/7, I simply chose not to. Here up in the chilly White North it’s the opposite.
