Something You Should Consider Before Buying Idaho Land To Raise Horses

June 16th, 2007 categories: Buying Land Advice, Down to Earth Information

In a conversation with a horse breeder here in the Kuna, ID area, she enlightened me in the details of Idaho alkaline land and horses hooves. The alkaline tends to draw moisture out of the hooves that have direct contact to the soil for an extended time, causing cracked dry hooves. This can lead to serious hoof ailments and also affect how nice they look.

What does this mean for the real estate buyer?

If you plan on raising horses, dry land (no means of irrigating) will have more struggles and expense. Not only do you have to buy feed all year round, you also have to keep horseshoes on the front feet all year as well.

Dry land, of course is cheaper, but you need to consider the expense of both feed and hoof care vs. the cost and time of irrigation and keeping a pasture in top notch shape for your animals.

Remember healthy hooves create happy horses!

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