I would be feeding a 6 year old gelding.
I would be feeding Square bales. And i also need to know how much should i feed. Like 1 flake in the morning with grain and 1 flakes around noon with grain and then 2 flake's at night?
so i need to know, how much square bales i should buy.
thanks.
My horse eats between 6-8 flakes of hay a day. Three in the morning, one or two at noon, and three at night. That kind of scares me that you have no idea what to feed a horse. How tall is your horse? What breed? What size and weight is he? Do you keep him outside or inside? What is the weather like where you live? You need to consider all those things. Where I live it can get to -60 in the winter and the horses need to be eating constantly to stay warm. We feed a lot of hay and grain in the winter time, where the summer we can cut back. Unless you have a tiny little pony, you should feed more hay and less grain when you can. Try some soaked hay cubes as well.
I have to buy my own hay this winter. The average square bale contains about 12 flakes of hay. My horse eats about one bale for every two days. That is 15 bales a month. It depends on the hay in your area too. How big are the flakes? What kind of hay is it? We always buy more hay than we calculate just to be safe. Some suppliers deliver a load of hay when you need it, while others make you buy all your hay up front. Make sure you have some extra phone numbers in case you run out. We had a hay crises last year because the weather was too dry. Hay was very expensive, and hard to find.
For an average (1000 lb) horse figure on a minimum of 15 to 20 lbs per day of hay (ie 1.5 to 2% bw), and monitor how he does, and add or subtract depending on how his condition is, and how much work he's doing. Some horses will need more hay, some less. So get the weight of the bales and do the math. And the more feedings you can do per day the better for their digestive health. If you can manage 3 feedings that would be good. 4 would be better, but most people work and only can manage 2 feedings or 3 (hay before morning feed, before evening feed, and later on at night before going to bed).
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com PS Please note that when feeding horses you need to feed by weight not volume (that includes grain, too). A flake can weigh anywhere from 5 lbs (or less) to 10 lbs (or more) depending on how tightly it was baled, and how the flakes are flked as it's baled. So flakes at 5 lbs per flake for a 1000 lb horse, you can start at 4 flakes per day and add or subtract flakes as you monitor how well he's doing. If you live in a cold climate you'll likely need to feed a little more as the horse burns a lot of calories just maintaining internal body temp.
ok well i live in georgia and it get's cold in the winter and we buy around 300 bales of hay for the winter per horse and we have 3. they are all older but because you have a young gelding you need to make sure he has plenty of hay so i would say around 200 to be on the safe side and make sure it's in a nice dry spot or in a storage place in your barn. you should find out the weight, height, see how much each bale you have weight's, what kind of hay do you feed and in the winter time is not good to feed alot of grain. but that is in georgia as well. everyone is different but you need at least minimum for your horse around 150 bales. get as much as possible and feed as much as possible in the winter horses loose alot of there nutrition in the winter because it's the winter . so make sure you get everyhing you need. also you should order or go by a blanket if it get's in the 30's or less. that would be a great idea.
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just remember you have to get all this stuff before winter hit's and the hay, so move fast do what you need to and good luck with everything.
You should be feeding about 1 bale of hay per day if the hay bale weigh on an average of 45 lbs, so figure 1 bale of hay per day for however many days you think it will be before you can turn the horse out in the spring on good grass.So figure between 120 and 160 bales, depends on the weight of the bale and where you are located.
I would be sure to have at least 125 bales for one horse for the winter if you live in the northern states.
I usually feed twice a day and give 3 flakes at each feeding. I live in northern Minnesota and it gets extrememly cold here, so adjust for your climate. Be sure there is plenty of fresh water available as horses that don't drink as much during the winter tend to colic.
Do you usually grain three times a day? If not, I would only grain once a day. If the horse is not losing weight or skinny and shivering, they may not need as much grain as you mention. Ask at your local feed store, and they can give you some good advice for your area.
A one thousand pound horse will eat about a ton of hay in 2 months. The weight and thickness of a flake has to do with how long the alfalfa was when it was cut!!
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If it was cut when short it will flake off in smaller pieces than if it were cut when it were more mature and tall. If you give him grain he might need less. It will depend on the horses metabolism. Some horses will stay fat on cokleburs and straw and others would starve.
