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DIY livery offers horse owners access to stables and facilities, but all aspects of horse care must be undertaken by the horse owner. These yards are rarely managed or staffed, therefore this is often the most cost-effective type of livery.
What do you need for DIY livery?
At a minimum, you should provide adequate toilets and changing facilities for them, a proper floodlit ménage and access to off-road hacking for their horse. A clean and professional look is also essential. Everything must be well maintained, including adequate fencing and good muck heap management.
Does DIY livery include bedding?
Livery usualy includes use of field, stable, tack room and all/some of the facilities (if any are available). Sometimes also includes feed, hay and bedding.
What does part livery include?
Part livery includes a field and stable and usually includes all hay, bedding and care of your horse. You will still have to exercise your horse but with part livery all other aspects of your horse’s care are taken care of. Some yards will also include hard feed in the part livery cost.
Does DIY livery include hay?
Well-Known Member. usually when hay is offered in livery, you should be given the option of a reduction for grass only livery.. so yes the hay should still be included..
What do I need to run a livery yard?
Running a livery business will involve substantial overheads, including staff costs, business rates, insurance and property maintenance costs. Depending on your situation you may also have mortgage or rental payments. Day-to-day running costs will include electricity, water and wages.
Do I need a Licence to run a livery yard?
What licences does a livery stable need? Livery stables that simply house and care for other people’s horses do not need a licence. But you may need to get a licence if, for example, you offer a working livery arrangement whereby, in return for a reduced livery fee, you: hire out your customers’ horses for hacking.
What is DIY assisted livery?
Assisted livery – this is basically an enhanced DIY arrangement, with most of the work still being the responsibility of the horse keeper. The livery manager/staff help out, perhaps by putting in feeds or bringing in and turning out the horse on behalf of the keeper.
What is full working livery?
Working livery the horse was treated as for full livery except the price was halved and the horse used daily in lessons instead. The owner provided tack, many of them had a separate set of tack for the riding school to use. If tack was broken by the riding school, the horse owner had to repair/replace it.
What is a working livery?
Basically it means you pay them for the privilidge of making money out of your horse. Or to put it another way, they’ll knock £30 a week off your livery bill and and make £150+ from using it in lessons for paying customers.
What is the difference between part livery and full?
Full livery – The staff undertake all care of the horse and often exercise or even compete the horse on behalf of the owner. This is normally the most expensive option. Part livery – The horse is normally fed, watered, and the stall or loose box is mucked out (cleaned) on behalf of the owner.
What is half livery?
Part livery tends to mean muck out, skip out, turn out and catch in or putting on the walker, changing rugs, picking out feet after turnout etc. and includes hay, basic feed and bedding. Full would include all the above plus grooming, tack cleaning and exercise riding or lunging by a groom.
What is a half livery?
Part livery This type of livery is similar to DIY Stabled livery but the day to day care of the horse is shared by the owner and livery yard staff and the care routine will vary from yard to yard. Some livery yards may include some exercising of the horse within their part livery service.
What is grass livery?
Grass livery around here, means that you get the field, maintained etc. with water, and most yards will look at your horse daily.
Do you need planning permission for a livery?
Planning permission is required for any permanent equestrian construction including stables, a permanent field shelter, or an arena, and it may even be required to simply keep horses/ponies in a field.
Is a livery yard profitable?
A decent number of horses and a well run yard can make enough money to give you a salary even after rent, but it is not a route to riches. Remember that every livery space you occupy with your own horses is one less that can be earning you a living.
Do livery yards pay business rates?
Why are stables classed as being liable for business rates? Agricultural property currently receives exemptions from business rates. However, horses and ponies are not classed as agricultural livestock, so stables and ancillary buildings are not agricultural buildings and are therefore rateable.
What kind of business is a livery yard?
Proprietors typically offer a range of services, from simply providing stable and paddock space, enabling owners to carry out the day-to-day care of their horses (DIY livery), to full livery, which includes a complete package of horse care provided by the livery yard that includes feeding, mucking out, grooming and.
How do you start a boarding stable?
Steps for Starting a Boarding Barn & Stable Outline Your Goals for Your Boarding Barn & Stable. Outline Your Boarding Options & Offerings. Establish Your Business Structure from a Legal Standpoint. Select a Location for Your Boarding Barn. Hire an Experienced Staff. Purchase the Necessary Equipment.
