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Crabhayne Farm

Farm offering DIY livery with unrestricted turnout in Axmouth, East Devon. DIY livery on a clean and tidy yard within the farm.

Unrestricted, all year turnout and a quiet, friendly atmosphere with excellent security, the owners also live on site. HQ of Pawsitive Thinking, helping people with the training, care and enrichment of their pets. Crabhayne Farm is also home to all the horses and ponies that were part of the East Devon Riding Academy team and who are now retired and enjoying a quieter life.

20/10/2025

An unusual dry run of 6 months is over, and here comes the usual rain. 11 horses have moved to new fields this week, the rest will be getting ready for winter in the coming days. The ducks and swans don't mind the rain, the horses are enjoying the return of some mud, so I'm embracing it too... for now!

16/10/2025

🦢 They are back! 🦢
It is a privilege that wildlife chooses to live here, we welcome two legs, four legs, fin, feather and fur. These two left for a while but lovely to have them home again 💝✨️🥰

09/10/2025

💝 Free Range Ponies 💝

02/10/2025

Sunny, Medley and Max 💖😝

21/09/2025

A lovely Autumn weekend at Crabhayne Farm. Fruit, berries, mushrooms, and the slight return of muddy horses! 🍂🍄🍏

20/09/2025

I got caught feeding the goats. Only haylage, but heh, they thought it was worth a subtle hint just in case 😆

24/08/2025

A couple of weeks ago, with immense heartache, I had to make the decision to say goodbye to Soldier.

I'd known Soldier for several years before he came to live with me. But our first two weeks together at home were 'interesting' to say the least, with lots of hooves in the air and a refusal to be caught. Given time and patience his stress subsided and then we never looked back. A stalwart of East Devon Riding Academy, Soldier helped so many people learn about horses and riding. He taught people to walk, trot, canter, jump, and hack. With very little room between the back of his shoulder blade and last rib, he also taught a lot of people how to tack up properly!

He'd spent the last 7 years in retirement with his mates, here at Crabhayne Farm. For the last 18 months we'd reached end of life care, but we managed to have a year longer than expected. Sadly, with rapidly progressing Cushings Disease, OAP teeth and a respiratory problem that wasn't responding to medication I made the sad decision to say goodbye.

I have many fond memories of a wonderful pony who gave so many people joy and companionship. He has left a legacy of valuable learning for both myself, and the thousands of children and adults who he helped in his lifetime.

Thank you Soldier, rest in peace mate.
You are missed greatly x

01/08/2025

When you only want one but they all spot you! 🏃‍♀️

08/07/2025

Did you know, fields have names? Well my field plan has gone well and truly wonky this year! The lack of rain has seen me change, and change it again. They all had their teeth done and were wormed, and this lot would normally be in Hawkers Cose about now, but this year they've moved to Furzy Hill. The hedges and boundaries are offering grazing and browsing, with great natural shelter from the heat. Although what do I know, as eating and snoozing right in the middle are also being chosen just as much!

I love hanging out on the hill with them, observing their behaviour, learning their choices, and looking at the views. 💝💖

04/07/2025

A challenging year for hay making. We cut every spare inch of grass, including little paddocks and grazing fields we'd never normally cut. Big sigh of relief today, a much better yield than expected, and all finished before the desperately needed rain tomorrow.

Long hours, hot weather, and lots of logistics. Thank you to Gavin and his team from GM farm services for all their hard work, and another successful year. 💝

30/06/2025

He doesn't care that it's green, it still does the job! 🔥🐾😎

19/06/2025

What a difference in a week! From heavy rainstorms to glorious sun 🌞

My family weren't horsey until I came along. As soon as I could walk and talk I apparently nagged relentlessly to learn to ride. My parents caved when I was 5 and I started riding lessons, and by aged 10 I was fortunate enough to have my own pony. What no-one taught me until it was too late, was that horses just KNOW when you have plans that don't involve them. They then pick those moments, particularly when you're short of time, to participate in rare events like hurting themselves or going on a jaunt.

So last Thursday morning, this lot opened a gate tied with baler twine, closed it again, and took themselves across 3 fields to park themselves somewhere they shouldn't be. I was meant to be getting ready to go out but instead found myself working out if I had enough time to reverse their decision. I decided that I'd leave them where they were, the only hitch being that the trough had been well utilised by birds. So instead of having a shower in a bathroom, I was scrubbing out a seagull's bathtub. In a thunderstorm. Drenched was an insufficient description! 🤦‍♀️😆

I then walked across to this lot, who were busy with their own jobs. Totally unbothered! It was literally p-ing it down as I took this photo, and they couldn't care less about the storm, or making me swear. Luckily I've had some practice at disaster management, so despite the extra jobs, I wasn't even late!

And here we are a week later, in glorious weather, the hay about to be made, and all is forgiven. I still love horses ❤️ Just! 😉

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Purpose built, clean and tidy DIY livery yard with excellent facilities and all year, unrestricted turnout. The farm has a quiet, friendly atmosphere with excellent security, we also live on site.

HQ for Pawsitive Thinking, offering people help with the training, care and enrichment of their pets. www.pawsitivethinking.co.uk

Crabhayne Farm is also home to all the horses and ponies that were part of the East Devon Riding Academy team and who are now enjoying a quieter life.

Natalie Bucklar, BSc (Hons), MSc