- The Palmetto Carriage herd is made up of 35 mules, 20 horses, 2 goats, and 6 chickens.
- The average age of a Palmetto Carriage animal is 15.
- The average Palmetto Carriage animal’s work day is 5 hours (limited to 8 hours).
- Palmetto Carriage animals average 25 weeks a year at our farm on John’s Island.
- Palmetto Carriage’s animal welfare program has a 100% success rate.
- Palmetto Carriage has not had one case of heat stress or stroke in over 30 years of business.
- Palmetto Carriage’s downtown will hold up to 28 animals, all in large box stalls.
- Palmetto Carriage goes through approximately 12,000 bags of shavings (for stall bedding) a year.
- Palmetto Carriage goes through approximately 61 tons of feed a year.
- Palmetto Carriage uses approximately 275 tubes of de-wormer each year.
- Palmetto Carriage uses approximately 3,500 square bales and 225 round bales of hay each year.
- Palmetto Carriage uses almost 200 shoes a year.
- Palmetto Carriage has over 50 sets of work harnesses.
- Palmetto Carriage offers a second career to animals that would often end up as another “unwanted horse statistic.”
- Palmetto Carriage’s barn is always open to the public.
- Palmetto Carriage animals see a veterinarian a minimum of 3 times a year.
- Palmetto Carriage animals’ temperatures are taken after every tour, all year long.
- Palmetto Carriage animals are given 15 minutes to rest and drink water between each tour.
- Palmetto Carriage’s working animals are all micro-chipped for identification.
- Palmetto Carriage follows the most comprehensive carriage animal welfare ordinance in the country.
