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Quote: It is sad that you can't post a specific question and get just the answers you asked for without people "talking at you" like a child. I haven't been a member of this forum for very long but I see this in A LOT of posts. That is why I got defensive myself in earlier posts. So OP have...

Quote: Mine are definitely NOT either "luxury pets" or "recreational animals." Mine work for a living. I use horsepower to do a great deal around the farm, from pulling logs out back where the tractor is hard to maneuver to tilling the garden to dragging and raking the pastures. The only thing...

Quote: Thanks, that is helpful. We are not looking to buy right now. I think with housing prices so low, it's a good time, but my father-in-law thinks there's going to be a double dip, so we're waiting at least another year. The property we're looking at to rent costs less per month than our...

I can only imagine the smoke and debris in the air

Quote: Burn it??? That is interesting. Not sure if my neighbors would appreciate that.

Quote: Thank you for the informative post (as usual)

If it helps for the OP to know this, we spend about $600-800 a year on pasture care between fertilizing, overseeding, weed killing etc.

Quote: I know what the original poster was asking...don't start being rude. There is no reason for that, just be nice my goodness! If she thinks she can afford them, because she is exactly right when she said that people make horses cost more than they really should, then she should get...

I believe the original poster had a question of how much horses cost, not whether she should buy them, so here it goes. We have 6 drafts, 2 of them are below 3 years old. Mine get trimmed every 6-8 weeks at $40 a trim each. We feed huge amounts of hay, no grain, and have 14 acres of pasture to...