A overweight horse would eat about 20 pounds a day. A normal horse would eat 13 to 17 pounds a day. A under weight horse eat 5 to10 pounds a day.
Yes, hay is a staple of the domesticated horse's diet. Fed only on high quality hay, an average horse might eat about 50 pounds of hay per day.
Here's the formula: (weight)/100 * 2.2 = pounds of hay per day your answer is 19.8, but that number is only a starting point. your horse may eat more or less in a day, and may need to be restricted because of obesity. free choice hay is best, but be mindful of the wasted hay.
a white horse eat hay and grass
How many pounds of food that an average horse will eat varies depending on the type of food offered. The average horse eats about 2 to 3 percent of his body weight in hay or forage every day. This could be up to about 20 pounds.
A Shire horse typically consumes about 1.5 to 2% of its body weight in hay daily. Given that an average Shire horse weighs around 1,800 pounds, it may eat approximately 27 to 36 pounds of hay each day. Over a week, this amounts to roughly 189 to 252 pounds of hay, which translates to about 3 to 4 standard bales, depending on the size and weight of the bales. Adjustments may be needed based on the horse's condition and activity level.
Hay
IT is what horse eat
19.8 pounds of hay
when you buy a hay bale, give the horse 4 flakes per day. i don't know that 2.2 lbs of hay per 100 lbs of body weight though... that would mean it gets 1980 lbs of hay a day and that is definitely wrong!
Hay as well as horse feed and grass.
19.8
all i now is they eat carits and hay