How many bails of hey does a horse eat in one month?

Answer 1

That depends on the weight of the bales, the weight of the horse, the current body condition of the horse, the use of the horse and whether or not the horse has another source of forage such as pasture along with hay. Horses require 1.5%-3% of their body weight in forage per day. For a 1000lb horse that is 15 lbs of hay or grass at least per day. If the horse is working hard or needs to gain weight, then the amount of forage required per day increases.

Answer 2

A horse should be fed anywhere from 1.5-2.5% of their own body weight, with 2% the usual. So to find this number you'll need you horses weight then divide that by 100, take that number and multiply it by 2, this will give you the pounds of food the horse needs. So say you have a 1,000 pound horse that would be 10 x 2=20 pounds. Now most people feed some sort of grain or pellets even if the horse doesn't need them. Figure out how many pounds of that you're feeding and then the remainder should be hay.

Answer 3

That's hard to answer as every owner will have a different hay amount for each pony.

Answer 4

If the horse is of average size one whole bale at one time would be considered overeating.

Answer 5

That would depend on the horse.

Answer 6

one week

Answer 7

hay