Stall Welfare Requirements:

Category	Requirement / Guideline
Food & Water	Horses should always have access to food and fresh water when stalled or out in the pasture. Water should always be accessible via a trough, half barrel or naturally replenishing source (e.g., a lake running through a pasture). Food should always be accessible via natural forage (grazing on grass), or provided forage (timothy bales, alfalfa bales and quality bales). Hard feed is not a requirement, however, is encouraged for horses that are in work or currently underweight.
Stalls	A stall for a horse should be adequately sized, allowing the horse to eat, drink and rest comfortably. A stall should be fully covered to protect the horse from outside elements.
Stall Size	The bare minimum stall size for a SWEM horse is 7(l)x7(w), ensuring horses have adequate space. Stall sizes do not include walls; decoration and essentials inside of the stall do not take away from their floor space. We encourage providing as much space as possible for your horse. Please note some stall decorations may take up a fraction of a block and therefore remove eligible stall space (full blocks counted).
Foaling	A foaling stall housing a mare and dam should be at least 10(l)x10(w), ensuring dam and foal have adequate space.
Footing	Stalls should have comfortable footing, with at least 50% of the stall being some form of bedding material (shavings are recommended; substitutes such as straw are also permitted). The remainder of the stall floor should be a safe, non-slip material such as mats.
Security (Stalls)	A secure stall should have no escape points for the horse to exit the stall, bar the exception of entryways/exits. Players may use barriers to block up small, cosmetic spaces where horses could escape.
Occupancy (Stalls)	Horses are not allowed to be housed in the same stall with the exception of a dam and her foal(s). A foal should be removed from the stall / weaned from its dam at 4 months old.
Divides	Stallions and mares present in the same barn should have a clear division in the stable with space between their stalls (totalling at least 20b from the outside front of each stall). Ideally, players should house stallions in a separate barn or dedicate them a different “wing” of the barn. Stallions should not be turned out with mares.
Runs	A run may be attached to a stall to provide a horse time outside, allowing them to socialize and graze without a pasture. Horse runs must be a minimum of 6(l)x6(w).

Pasture Welfare Requirements:

Category	Requirement / Guideline
Pastures	Pastures offer a safe space for your horse(s) to be turned out and allow them to graze and socialize freely.
Security (Pastures)	All pastures must be secured through suitable gates; all entrances must be at least 2b wide. Pasture fences must be at least 1.5b+ tall to prevent horses from escaping or other animals from entering.
Pasture Size	Pastures must be a suitable size for the number of horses it keeps. The base size for a pasture containing a single horse must be at least 15b(l)x15b(w). Each horse added to the pasture requires an additional 225b of space. Floorspace counts as any usable space including feeders, decoration and enrichment, but excludes walls/fences.
Footing (Pastures)	Suitable footing for pastures consists of natural and soft blocks (e.g., grass/dirt). Pastures may incorporate small amounts of harder blocks into the soil for decoration purposes but this should not make up the majority of the animals' available area.
Terrain	Pastures should avoid having any harsh slopes or terrain that could potentially injure your horse unless it is appropriately fenced or barricaded off.
Shelter (Pastures)	Regardless of use, all pastures must provide at least 4b(w)x4b(l) of shelter. Each horse present in the pasture requires an additional 16b of shelter. Shelter may be built or natural (trees, caves, overhangs, etc.).
Occupancy (Pastures)	Pastures may house as many horses as they have adequate space and shelter for. Stallions should not be turned out with mares. Horses may be turned out with docile animals (e.g., cows/sheep) permitting you meet the welfare needs for all animals present in the pasture.

Calculating Pasture Area: 
- You will need to calculate the area of your pasture to determine how many horses can be turned out. Length x Width (excluding fences) = the area of your pasture.
- Divided by 225 = how many horses you may turn out into that pasture. For example, a pasture measures 30b x 30b, this equals 900b of space - to calculate how many horses I can store in this pasture I would divide the 900 by 225. This means I can adequately house 4 horses in this pasture. If an answer does not equal a whole number, you must use the previous whole number. Eg. 4.2 means I can still only have 4 horses turned out, as I cannot have part of a horse.