How many small bales of hay in a big round one?

[rubyrumba]

 

[1275gta]

Depends on size of round bale and how tight it has been packed. If it is one of the small round bales normally 6 to 8

 

[Ziggy_]

I'd guess more than that - my mare will eat a whole small bale a night but a round bale lasts her 2-3 weeks (fed ad lib.)

So I'd guess 15-20 round bales, possibly more.

 

[rubyrumba]

Yes i thought it was more than 12 at a guess but just wondering as near to accurate as possible.

 

[sbsmiths]

Ziggy - why do you give her a whole bale at night? I only give 2-3 slices. Am I being mean??

 

[Chico Mio]

I believe someone on here (with farming connections) put a load of round bales through a baler to make small ones and there are 12 small bales to a round bale.

 

[gails]

It is deff around 10 bales. If you go for the large hesston bales, not really practical unless you have a forklift, you will get around fifty equivelent

 

[Ziggy_]

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Ziggy - why do you give her a whole bale at night? I only give 2-3 slices. Am I being mean??

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She eats a lot! She's a TBx and a poor doer, so I feed hay ad-lib (as much as she can eat). In my view, its better to stuff her full of hay, which is fibre and natural for a horse to eat, than limit her hay and have to use lots of expensive hard feed instead.

IME most horses don't eat anywhere near a whole bale a night, just her.

 

[foo]

8-10 my farmer tells me

 

[curio]

i feed adlib hay too and very little hard feed to my commercial carriage horses and they have never been sick or sorry as a result andone does eat a full bale a night and one in the day as well if not out at grass

 

[gails]

I have blown my cover, I am a farmer, and this is what we get so can only tell of my experience

 

[charliesarmy]

approx 12 so I am told..and always seem's to last me about as long as 12 small bales if not a little longer

 

[traceyjoanne]

hi how many to the large rectangular bales that you do need to move with a fork lift

 

[fornema]

Sorry to hijack the post a little but how much do you pay for each round bale??