how much are u spending?

thats quite good lucky u
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Alot! She is getting through alot of hay and alot of feed, mostly chaff (dengie hi fi lite & happy hoof) with a few high fibre nuts so non heating. I would say on average she is getting through 3/4 bale a day. So I think my hay bill will be of similar value to your at £60 or so, plus all the bedding, eek
 
crikey I dont even want to think about it my 3 usually eat a big bale of haylage a week but I have my arab in so he is getting a bale of hay a day and the girls are on extra haylage its getting me down a bit as getting delivery of straw is a nightmare at the moment....roll on the thaw!
 
I'm only getting through about half a bale of hay a day as oposed to a third so not a great deal more than normal - my boy only eats so much and then he's like 'no more hay!!'

His bucket feeds are a little larger than normal but mainly bulked out with hi-fi and speedi beet...
 
We baled about 250 bales of hay in August (some of our own and some off the farmer's field). Cost us about £200 in total I guess. We are not even halfway through it. They will be back out 24/7 from the end of March so with any luck we will have a glut of hay left.

Haylage is a different matter, however. I am feeding my poor doer a couple of slices a day from bales that cost about £6.40. We use about 2 bales a week, so well over £50 a month, and have been feeding that since August as he has been on box rest (now out thankfully).

Feed isn't much different. They get their chaff and a bit of sugarbeet and some winter glow. That's it.
 
Buckets feeds have been reduced and hay has been upped, probably go through about 2-2.5 bales a day between four of them (two in at night, two out 24/7).

They seem to be getting quite bored of hay though, so today we bought a small bale of haylage to 'drip' feed them a little each time they get hay, to try and up their interest, without making them go loopy
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I've cut out alot of hard feed at the mo, so i'm saving money there. But between my 5 horses I now go through about 1 1/2 big bales of haylege a week (£20 a bale) a bale normally lasts about a week and a half. So it is rather expensive (£30 a week), and I'm having to bring my next delivery forwards or i'll run out!
 
8 horses (including 7 month old, yearling + 2 year old) Large bale of haylage every 6 days + 2 to 3 small bales hay...+ usual alfa a + fibre beet so about £100 per week...EEkkk hadn't added that up before....
 
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A round bale lasted 4 days for us feeding 10 horses.

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lol one lasted 4 days for me feeding 3 horses! haha
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I've swapped to small bales now and Im gettin through 2 per day, so £35 per week.
 
One large round bale haylage every other day for 7 normal size horses from foal to fully grown ones, 1 shetland and 1 Sec A. Plus 3 Yearlings have one large bale in field all the time they go thro about 1 a week!
All plus hard feed, make our own haylage which costs somewhere around £9 per bale (get contractor in). Would hate to add it all up!
 
1 1/2 large rectangle bale per week for 6 horses (1 17.2, 1 Friesian, 1 Clydy, 2 Dartmoors and a 14.2 Welsh x). £ are getting out in the field during the day as well! Usually going thru just over 1 a week.

TBH I cant grumble. At least the old boy is eating well. I have reduced their hard feed a little. The hay is fabulous stuff, soft meadow hay. Each bale costs £25.
 
We have 6 big horses who all come in at night, its cost us a fortune this last week, we havd a £100 shavings delivery and used them all the same day! I think we have spent £250 on top of normal expences to keep eveything going recently! Crazy weather! I guess its cost so much as we have two very skinny Tbs who need extra care.
 
Ouch!!! My old boy is the main one who needs a bit of TLC. But tonight it would appear he is challenging my OH to a "big Belly comp"
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I have always battled to keep weight on him. I recently took him off Cider Vinegar (getting v grumpy and wondered if he had a touch of ulcers - also a big stress head) and have him on Pink Powder as a short term. He is eating me out of house and home!
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(never been a big foodie either!) Tonight as my OH wandered onto the yard I was just changing rugs and admiring the size of his belly. Even he remarked on how well he was looking.
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I have my horses on Cushion bed just because it is cheaper and I have some serious muck monsters!!!! ATM I am managing to keep them on between 1 and 2 bales a week - each bale is 4.50 each. They are also on rubber mat so I dont feel so guilty if they manage to go through to the base. - Especially one of my FILTHY WET SMELLY Dartmoors. We had a thought that if he was the size of the Clydie, pro rata he would be twice as filthy as she is (and she is ROTTEN!!!) *roll eyes*
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7 horses, 1 sec a and 2 shettys at the moment is £360 a month inhaylage and about £110 per month in hard feed.
 
I'm going through a bale of hay every other day (two ponies, totally ad lib am putting in twice as much as they eat a day incase it snows badly and I cant get down there for any reason) which costs me £2 a bale. Then a bag of nuts (costs £7) which lasts me about 3 months (no joke!) and the oldie has a little of a veteran mix (£10) which I'll end up throwing most of away as he won't finish the bag before it's gone 'off'. Plus both boys are on a supplement which cost me £7.50 and willl last ages. So all in all they cost me about £10 a week to feed between them.
 
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