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This answer varies greatly depending on where you live. If you live somewhere that you horse can live on pasture and rarely have to feed hay, then it is going to be a lot cheaper to feed your horse than if you lived somewhere that had snow most of the year (and therefore, you are feeding each horse at least 4 flakes of hay per day).
Not only that, but it also depends on if you need to feed your horse grain or not. Horses that are just pasture ornaments do not need as much grain as horses who are being ridden heavily.
And then of course, you have to take into consideration supplements as well. Horses who are on supplements have a more expensive feeding cost than those that are not.
If you are looking to see how much your horse's feed costs in a month, you can use the calculator below found in the "Related Links" section.
To figure out the monthly cost of hay:
Take the number of flakes you feed your horse in a day and multiple it by 30 (days in a month). Take that number and divide it buy the number of flakes in a bale of your hay and then multiply that final number by the price you pay per bale of hay.
Example: You feed your horse 4 flakes of hay a day and your bales have 8 flakes of hay in them. You pay $1.50 a bale for hay.
[(4x30)/8][$1.5] = 22.5
For safety purposes, it's safe to say that your horse eats about $25 a month in hay. Just remember that usually in the summer you would be able to feed less hay and in the winter you feed more hay -- so that's just an average.
For calculating grain prices:
Take the number of pounds of grain that you feed your horse and multiply it by 30. Take that number and divide it by the weight of the bag of grain (usually in pounds) and then multiply it by the price per bag. This formula has to be done for EACH kind of feed that you give and then the prices are added together for a final "grain price"
Example: You feed your horse .5lbs of sweet feed ($25/bag) and .5lbs of higher concentrate feed ($30/bag) twice a day. (That's 1lb sweet/1lb energy per day)
Sweet feed: [(1x30)/50][$25] = $15
Energy feed: [(1x30)/50][$30] = $18
Total: $33/month
And for supplements, calculations can very greatly depending on if you feed your supplements from a container or if you feed them pre-measured (like in SmartPaks).
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at least 200 probably 3-400 dollars a month without rent. Food and hay alone areabout that much
You are loaning a horse for forty pounds but what would be a good deal for full feed loan with a shod horse?
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How much is a horses feed every year?
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What do Arabian horse's eat?
Again, Arabian horses are the same as noraml horses. They need to be feed in accordance to how much work they do. If the Arabian is only being ridden once a week then some Alfa-A once a day would be fine. If the horse is being ridden twice a day for two hours then Alfa-A and a cereal based food is needed to give your horse energy. Grass/hay is also needed to provide roughage for your horse.
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