DIY - Costs

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People on DIY - What are your average monthly costs? Excluding obbviously unexpected costs.

Rent?
Hay?
Bedding?
Feed?

etc... etc...

I think this has been done before, but couldn't find it? Just want to look at what sort of costs are involved (roughly) when you keep a horse on DIY.

Thanks
 
Rent is £139 pm
Hay is £4.00 a bale and normally have 6/7 a month so £26 average
Straw is £2.00 a bale and normally use 4 so £8.00
Feed (he only gets hifi and a high fibre nut) £10 (1 bag of each every 2 months roughly)
Farrier annother £40 a month roughly

So in total its £213 a month
 
im moving down from full livery to part livery (just mucking out and haynets they put them out in the field for you and do the feeds ect) and it will be around £360 a month including front shoes and my two lessons a month (this is for just one of my horses.)
 
Mine is £160 rent including hay or haylage and turning out in the morning. Probably 1 x shavings per wk @ £5 and no feed.
 
I have 2 horses on DIY so this is the cost for both of them

Rent - £120 pm
Hay - £1.50 a bale (straight from field last year) prob use 5 a week - so £30 a month
Straw - £20 huge bale - lasts a month
Feed - prob bout £50 a month as my old mare has lots of supplements
Farrier - £65 a near enough every 2month so say £32.50

then obvs theres vets, luxuries (mine have lots of these haha) shows etc

Total without luxuries etc - £252.50 ish but it varies :) i think i do quite well to say I've got two horses haha xx
 
Livery £180 pm Use of 2 schools, on site hacking, post & rail fences, small turn out groups, massive stable
Haylege £30 for a large bale, 1 a month
Using cardboard at the moment but changing onto woodchip soon buy in bulk with other liveries so about £6.50 a bale.
Feed bag of hi-fi every 2 months bag of mix one a month so on average inc supplements £25 a month.
Rent to keep my horsebox on the yard £25 a month
Farrier £68 every 6 weeks :eek:
I think on average i pay about £300 a month but sometimes less sometime more. Its a lot when i look at it but the yard is lovely and i am unfortuately paying for the postcode :(
 
DIY for Both boys

Rent - £200 (£95 x 2)
Haylage -£35 for a large bale that lasts a month
Shavings - £7.50 a bale usually go through 4 a month between the 2
Feed - roughly £20 - £30 a month
Farrier - £120 every 6 - 7 weeks
Massage & PEMF rug - £15 a month for 2
Worm counts- £17.50
Lorry parking- £8 pcm

Then I have my competing fees / registration fees etc
 
Rent - £180pcm (2 floodlit schools and adlib hayledge included)
Shoeing - £65 every 8 weeks ish so £32.50
Feed - £25ish
Shavings - £8 per bale and about 1 a week - £36
Work out at about £300 during winter but no feed or shavings in summer so a bit less!
 
3 ponies on DIY total cost (not per pony, these are the cost for all three each month)

Rent: £100 (4 fields to choose from (2x 3 acres, 1x 1 acre and 1x 7 acres) sand school, secure tackroom, feed room, wash area, two stables (small ponies big stables, two of them share), good on and off road hacking, cctv cameras, someone on yard overnight, ponies will be checked twice a day and if I cant go up they will be mucked out etc for no extra charge!)

Haylage: £15-winter only

Bedding: £5-if Im v unlucky, use wood pellets, top up 1 bag/month on average

Farrier: £66-every 3 months or so, just when feet need trimmed

Total per month: £186 (winter month with farrier visit)
Total per month: £100 (summer month no farrier)
 
Mine is as follows:-

Rent £110
Straw £1.80 a bale normally used 5 per month per horse
Hay - buy large rolls of Haylage at £25 per bale, one bale lasts 1 horse one month
Feed - £15 per month per horse
 
My livery is about £30 a week - this includes; stable, individual turnout, floodlit ménage, full set of show jumps, cross country jumps, not the best hacking, straw and hay/haylage.
Other monthly costs also include; insurance, farrier and competition fees.
 
DIY

Rent £134.33 pcm
straw £14.73 pcm
Big bale haylage £60 pcm
Livery (basic) £33.33 pcm October through to May (usually) Summer months usually only £ 20 for 3 months
Feed - depends on what is needed but usually £40 pcm
trailer parking £21.66 pcm
farrier £57 every 6 weeks
 
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I did a spreadsheet to cover the whole year. I worked out the average cost per month was roughly £380, but this includes insurance and extras out of the norm.....

Just thought I'd mention horse does eat alot of forage as she only goes out for about 5 hours a day. Her shoes also cost about £90 every 6 weeks as she has pads and silicone. She has a mixture of hay and haylage and not much hard feed at all.
 
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I'd prefer not to think of the costs :S but I usually spend between £250 - £350 a month.
Livery is -- £38 a week
Hay is about -- £8-£12 a week
Shavings -- £8 a week
Farrier -- £40 - £60 every six weeks
Feed -- £12 every six weeks
Comp fees -- £20 a month
Vet -- about £200 every six months
Insurence -- £40 a month


Sounds about right
 
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Scares me to think about this but here goes. I've based my cost on mid-winter feed/hay/bedding costs, so worst case scenario:

Rent - £150pcm
Hay - £35 per big bale, use 1 bale a month
Shavings - £8.99 per bale, use 4 bales a month
Feed - £12.95 per bag, use 4 bags a month, plus £7.99 a month, plus supplements (usually £30 a month approx)
Farrier - £40-£50 every 6 weeks depending if she needs new shoes or not (fronts only)
Worming - £12 approx every 3 months

Plus any vets bills, new stuff, treats etc, and any extra services I need help with (bring in etc).

I won't add that little lot up, thank you, I don't want to think about it!!
 
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