So that's always a good management tip.
You want to identify and, and remove any poisonous
plants to, to your particular part of the world,
so you know, this list may not be
representative of, of where you are in the world.
So you want to make sure that, that there are not those poisonous plants in there.
Now, I will say, You know, the equids typically don't go out
and, and eat poisonous plants or look for poisonous plants to eat.
You always get that crazy animal that doesn't want to live anymore
and they will, you know, find that poisonous plant, but generally they won't.
Where this becomes a big problem is.
Is either with overgrazing, or during times of droughts when they
have nothing else to eat, and it's either, I starve or I
eat this horrible-tasting plant here, so they tend to, to eat the
horrible-tasting plant and then they get sick and then we have problems.
So if they don't have that option, that, that's always good.
Now things like, you know, spreading manure.
I know that doesn't sound fun but it's a typical practice in the equine world.
You can see a manure spreader there.
You know when you spread manure you don't want animals currently
on that pasture, so, because there's a parasite load, there are parasites
in that manure, when you spread it You want to let the environment
get at it for, for a few days or a few weeks.
Let them kill off the parasites.
And then you can put the animals on that pasture.
And we'll cover the parasite control more in
detail during the week we talk about health.
And, you know, it's you know, important to always
deworm your animals so you don't have that problem.
And then, you know the, the.
The final thing is you have to experiment with what's best for you and your system.
You know, I, I can't sit here in Florida and say, you know, for those folks
over in England, this is how you should
manage your pastures, or those folks down in
Australia, or in Asia, you know, you're going to
have to play with, with what works in
your area, talk to your other horse, horse,
excuse me, horse owners or, you know, donkey owners.
And find out what's working best for them
and then try to implement that in your system.