How much does a small bale of hay weigh?

[canteron]

Looking a the economics of having a few bags of hay bricks (compressed good quality hay) as an emergency back up this winter, but difficult to assess without knowing how much approx a small bale of hay weights.

My thinking is that if a small bale of hay is now £7.50 at some places, then a bag of hay bricks at £1 a 1 kilo brick isn’t a bage investment and takes up less space !

A bale of hay doesn’t weigh more than 7.5 kilos???

 

[Abacus]

Looking a the economics of having a few bags of hay bricks (compressed good quality hay) as an emergency back up this winter, but difficult to assess without knowing how much approx a small bale of hay weights.

My thinking is that if a small bale of hay is now £7.50 at some places, then a bag of hay bricks at £1 a 1 kilo brick isn’t a bage investment and takes up less space !

A bale of hay doesn’t weigh more than 7.5 kilos???

Guessing here but I think it is more than that, I'd say 1/3 of my body weight which would be about 15kg.

I'd be interested to know if hay bricks are eaten more quickly and more per mouthful as they are more compressed? Or do they shake out?

 

[Dam1]

I'd always worked on a bale of hay being 20kgs (ish) so £1 a kilo means it would be an expensive way of doing it.
Saying that I buy the bricks from Simple Systems. They keep the horses occupied for a lot longer than a kilo of hay as they are very compressed but you can soak them for a bit to soften them up. I get the sanfoin and lucie bricks for variety but you can also get timothy. X

 

[YourValentine]

The weight of small bales can vary, off 1 field I've had bales from around 8-10kg to near 20kg.

Depends a on grass type, density, and greeness at baling. Bales will probably be lighter this year on average in most regions as grass growth hasn't been great.

 

[Jenko109]

If i paid for a bale of hay and it turned out to only be 7.5kg, I would be pissed

 

[kaiserchief]

The small bales that my husband makes are usually about 20kg but the headland bales tend to be denser and I struggle to lift them, meaning they must be over 25kg.

 

[Suechoccy]

Just googled bricks as not heard of them. Not suitable for dentally challeged horses.

 

[First Frost]

Depending on the type of hay small bales usually weigh between 20 and 25 kg. This is why if buying larger quantities it is always better to buy by weight rather than bale.

 

[canteron]

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Just googled bricks as not heard of them. Not suitable for dentally challeged horses.

Halleys do a fine grass block that is ok for horses with distempers.

 

[teacups]

20kg, sometimes a bit heavier, from my supplier.

 

[HopOnTrot]

The bricks last about half an hour with my girls. I did try it a few weeks ago and it didn't seem to get us much further forward

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Mine used to average about 45lbs (just over 20kg).

 

[Shoei]

It totally depends on how they are made, different ballers make slightly different sizes and how heavy they pack them. We make for ourselves and sell any surplus our bales are about 25/26kg when dried. Our friends are about 15kg.

 

[Frano]

I would say average bale of hay would be about 23 kg.

 

[anglo]

Looking a the economics of having a few bags of hay bricks (compressed good quality hay) as an emergency back up this winter, but difficult to assess without knowing how much approx a small bale of hay weights.

My thinking is that if a small bale of hay is now £7.50 at some places, then a bag of hay bricks at £1 a 1 kilo brick isn’t a bage investment and takes up less space !

A bale of hay doesn’t weigh more than 7.5 kilos???

A bale of hay would be more like 20kg , some more than that

 

[pistolpete]

I was going to say about the weight of my Lurcher! 23kgs!

 

[meandmyself]

Mine average between 20-25kg per bale.

 

[holeymoley]

I was always told 20/25kg but I suppose it depends. I've had some quite long heavy bales and some short light bales so I suppose it just depends on supplier and density of the hay.