mcavity
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hi, i just wondering could 2 horses live on just under 2 acres? if i maintained it well and it would be was rested in summer. it has a large stable so they could be stabled at night in the winter?? would it be possible??
could 2 horses live on 2 acres??
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LCobby
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Not as main sustenance, and depends how well drained for winter daily turnout.
Norm is one acre plus on eacre per horse, which may be why yo have 2 acres and one stable.
Norm is one acre plus on eacre per horse, which may be why yo have 2 acres and one stable.
LizGooch1
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Hi
I've got a 15hh and a 16 hh on just over two acres of heavy clay land. It is possible (just!) but i do have to feed hay all year round as there isnt enough grass to sustain them both so this is an added expense. Like you mention, i bring my two on a yard at nights and i have a large stable 14 foot that i leave the door open and they just walk in/or stay in the enclosed yard as they please. It seems to work and helps maintain the land from getting churned up. If you are lucky enough that your field backs your stable you can always feed hay from a trough on the concrete yard in the winter (mine go on the yard to get hay as they please) so again saves the field from getting trashed in places.
I've got a 15hh and a 16 hh on just over two acres of heavy clay land. It is possible (just!) but i do have to feed hay all year round as there isnt enough grass to sustain them both so this is an added expense. Like you mention, i bring my two on a yard at nights and i have a large stable 14 foot that i leave the door open and they just walk in/or stay in the enclosed yard as they please. It seems to work and helps maintain the land from getting churned up. If you are lucky enough that your field backs your stable you can always feed hay from a trough on the concrete yard in the winter (mine go on the yard to get hay as they please) so again saves the field from getting trashed in places.
MizElz
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I'm sure it would be fine....I currently have one horse on a quarter of an acre, not ideal, but we're coping, so I'm sure two on two would be fine!
xcalicox
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I think you could manage adequately as long as you take the grass management VERY seriously.
(I am presuming you don't have access to an arena as that would help with turnout issues.)
As already mentioned you will need to provide extra hay and it wouldn't go amiss to feed a supplement.
(I am presuming you don't have access to an arena as that would help with turnout issues.)
As already mentioned you will need to provide extra hay and it wouldn't go amiss to feed a supplement.
mcavity
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it has a large shelter/ stable with hard standing around it, so they could stay in that if it was really wet.and if was really bad have another field they could go to. just it is cheaper than the livery yard im at, and with buying my first house it would mean not having to sell one?? it also drains well??
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Donkeymad
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With good management, yes, no problem.
custard
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I reckon so if you are strict with poo picking, weeding etc.
pennyh
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no problem! if you have good land & manage it well
i have 2 horses , 2.5 acres , they go out 12 hours a day all year round , & i got 200 small bales of hay from the land in addition last year
i have 2 horses , 2.5 acres , they go out 12 hours a day all year round , & i got 200 small bales of hay from the land in addition last year
flyingfeet
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Mine could - we have plenty of land, but I have to keep mine shut up most of the time and then grazed on a tiny paddock!
If you had a skinny TB, you might want to find extra grass in the summer to put weight on.
If you had a skinny TB, you might want to find extra grass in the summer to put weight on.
xxxbettyboopxxx
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It is not ideal, but yeah you could do it. Rainy days when the ground is likely to be churned then keep them in. Should be fine.
I_A_P
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well my two are on just over an acre- so yes!!
ours is split into three fields and we just make sure its rotated well..and looked after.
They live out 24/7 in summer and all day in winter-even though its awfully wet!
ours is split into three fields and we just make sure its rotated well..and looked after.
They live out 24/7 in summer and all day in winter-even though its awfully wet!
Spyda
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Of course, it'll depends on the quality of the field but I know I keep two 15.2hh thoroughbred mares on 2 acres year round. I separate the area into smaller paddocks with electric fencing so the grazed areas are rotated, and have the whole field harrowed and rolled in the spring. The mares are very well rugged and stabled at night during the winter and I've rarely had to put hay out for them as it simply doesn't get eaten. Neither do I have to pump loads of grub into them during winter, just feed Top Spec balancer with sugar beet and HiFi, with ad lib hay at night. I'm also very concientious about pooh picking and worming year round, of course!
So, theoretically, it's definitely a yes!
So, theoretically, it's definitely a yes!
whatevernext
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hi
it depends on field but you should be ok if susstained proberly
it depends on field but you should be ok if susstained proberly
Abbeygale
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I have 4 on 4 acres - and manage ok - and we cut 3 acres of that for hay every year. It takes a bit of electric fencing, a lot of poo picking - and if the ground is getting really soggy then they have less turn out.
My guys are on a half day in half day out rota all year round - and they all seem to do well on it. They have a general vit & min supplement all, and I always feed sugar beet in the winter.
My guys are on a half day in half day out rota all year round - and they all seem to do well on it. They have a general vit & min supplement all, and I always feed sugar beet in the winter.