how many bales of hay does a horse need a month and how many bags of feed normal do horses eat ( i know it's

Question

going to vary, i just need and estimate)

Answer 1

Bales vary by size, but easy math: a ton of hay for 1 horse lasts 3 months. For 1 year 1 horse,arrange for 4 tons:)
Bags of supplement feed like a 3 way (corn oat barley) mix are fed by weight and need; maintenance 5# for 1 horse,50#bag is ten days or 3 bags a month.
This is for " normal" horses from the dept of agriculture "@UCD 2005 Feed requirements for the normal equine"
Any good feed store can give you your horses estimate and costs per month for your region.

Answer 2

A typical horse will eat 4-5 bales of hay a month...a flake in the morning and a flake in the evening. Most bales of hay weigh from 80lbs to 120lbs depending on the kind of hay and where you live. If a horse is used for light riding or pleasure/trail riding there isn't a need for grain or supplement feed. If you feed more than the horse needs you can have lots of health problems such as colic or founder. So it depends on the size of your bales and what kind of riding you will do. If you are trying to "beef" up a horse for something like showing in halter then you would feed a whole lot more.

Answer 3

Well, we usually go 2 bales of good alfalfa mix hay for 4-5 horses a day (if there is no pasture available). So roughly 1/2 a bale a day per horse times 30 days- roughly 15 bales. We will sometimes feed more- but all of our horses except my mare balloon up if they even look at food.

As for grain....550 lbs lasts us w/ 4-5 horses about a month (actually for the past 3 months, it has been exactly a month) so rounghly 110 lbs a month per horse in mild/moderate activity. So that is 2-3 bags.
My mare, who I have separate, gets about 175-200 lbs a month of grain (a sweet feed and a complete mixture) but I usually ride her 5 times a week.

Answer 4

The first time horse I would recommend to any new rider would be blind, deaf and dumb. Find a trainer/instructor that will work with you and your horse. A lot of older people get into horses because they are more financially capable than when they were 20. There was a lady at my old facility that bought her first horse at 57! Instructors should be able to work with anyone at any age. An older, well broke horse is a wise decision in this case. You're from the dog section so you understand how dogs pick up on human emotions, horses are obviously not much different but they outweigh you 10 times. Having a dead broke horse to start on is essential to build confidence in the rider. Buying a rescue is hit and miss. I strongly support rescues (that's where my pony is from) but they can be a crap shoot for the quality/history of horse you get. There are a lot of faux "rescues" where they are no better than horders. The horses are not being properly treated and they're constantly begging for money. The resuce that I got Monster from knew all horses by name. The yearlings had their own herd, the lactating and pregnant mares had their own pastures. The stud colts were kept up at the house until that fateful day and the geldings had a good 30 acres to stretch their legs. The herds were usually melded by winter time to ease in feedings and to bring sickly horses back to the house so their weight and health could be monitored. A lot of older horses are disposed of by their owners because they don't want the responsibility of an aging horse. They can cost more money but they generally make good beginner horses... and they deserve the live the rest of their life out happily and not left neglected and skinny. Costs you can expect: Board - This depends. I don't know the prices in PA. There are lots of great questions on this board though of what you should look for when looking at a boarding facility. Farrier - $30 every six weeks if barefoot. Shoes are around $80 for fronts and $120 all around Routine Vet Care - Vaccinations and general health exam Floating - This is so important. Horses do not wear their teeth evenly when they chew, and as a result they develop painful, sharp points. This leads to a whole plethera of behavioral issues.

Answer 5

It looks like people are talking about different size bales of hay. I have fed my horses 1/2 bale of hay (small bales) a day (half of that in the morning, and half in the evening), so that would be about 16 bales of hay a month. As for feed, it depends on the horse. Two of my horses didn't actually need any grain, one of them needed grain in order to stay at a good weight.

Answer 6

My horse will eat at the maximum, two bales a month of grass hay and since I don't dry lot him, I only give him one scoop of sweet feed which probably will take about 2 maybe 3 bags a month.

Answer 7

Well we have 3 horses and two ponies, they get half a bale of grass hay in the morning, 3 slices for lunch, and a half or less at night depending on the weather, if it's a winter storm we feed them more. so around...1 and a half a day, but around 2 and a half in the winter. The bag of feed i can't help you, we never feed grain to our horses, it's not the best for them, kinda like chocolate is for humans. he he.

Answer 8

Jesus people feed their horses a lot of hay!! Over here I guess our winters are not a cold!! I normally give my boy one slice of hay at night, two if it is really cold. Mind you we have a lot of grass available for him to roam around in and eat. But if I feed him a whole bale a day, by the end of winter he would be the size of an elephant!!!

Answer 9

We have a horse and a cow. They had access to a big round bale daily. We went through a big round bale in a month and usually fed them each 5 lbs. of 14% pellets a day.

We're finally getting green grass and have cut the food way down. They love the grass more than anything.

Answer 10

really it depends on how much you feed the horse but if it goes out in the pasture you will probably need about a pat of hay a day and there are about 11 or 12 pats in a bail depending on what the bailing machine is set to... but if it stays in the stall all day then you will probably need two pats of hay twice a day... now about the feed they say that on average a horse eats about 15lbs. a day and most bags of feed weigh about 50lbs.
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