How much do you spend on feed per month?

HGA-12 said:
Where did I say that????, my post above explains it clearly
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Sorry missed your first post. I responded to your second where it wasn't clear at all.
Not sure why you posted the second one, as it's actually quite a cheap figure for 8 horses including bedding.
 
quite, I'm not sure who is all the girls paying next to nothing per month as they seem on a par/more than what HGA pays per horse..?!
 
DiNozzo said:
I've only ever had good doer cobs before, but after selling my last on as not going to grow enough, I'm looking to by a sportier type, that may well need more regular feeding!

So after only ever feeding limited amounts of chaff previously, how much can I expect to spend on a horse that will likely need 2 feeds a day to keep condition on?

How much (ish!) do you guys spend on feed?!
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I've got two dressage dutch Warmbloods in medium work. Limited grass in winter, fairly good grass summer, stabled at night with as much hay as can eat.

I use sack Coolstance copra, sack Charnwood micronised linseed, 4 sacks Emerald green grass pellets a month for 2.

Cost £68 a month for 2. £34 per horse. But I buy grass nuts in bulk to save about 30%

Best way to lower costs is ensure access to sufficient grass and as much hay as can eat, and top up with bucket feed.

Hay / Haylage / grass will always cost less per kg/ calories than bucket feed.
 
ihatework said:
Sorry missed your first post. I responded to your second where it wasn't clear at all.
Not sure why you posted the second one, as it's actually quite a cheap figure for 8 horses including bedding.
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I posted it as it is a lot of pennies out of my income for the yard, and wish my yard feed bill was lower
 
I have my sisters and my own horse here - 16hh IDxTB and a WBxTB they graze overnight and have ad-lib hay.
A round bale takes them a fortnight to munch. So £7.50 a week per horse. They are in light work, ridden 5 times a week - mixture of hacking, schooling and jumping. Both have plenty of energy.
 
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