How much (((((forage)))) do you feed a day?

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Following on from another thread (not mentioning which ;) ), how much (((((forage)))) do you feed a day? I feed adlib. Dee has molasses free alfalfa in her feed, (((((forage)))) blox and hay/grass available 24/7.
 
Mine eat a bale of hay a day, 1 14 3 haffy, 1 3yr old 14 3 welsh and 2 mini's. 8 large nets - I don't feed hard feed
 
(((((( AD-LIB ))))))) I go through 20 round bales per week and no horse ever stands on my farm without hay available to them ((((((((((( 24/7 ))))))))

(Golly this is childish :o:D )
 
True Adlib! I aim for a slice left over in the morning. She generally eats 15 - 20ibs of hay overnight.

Other than that she has Hifi Apple, Equilibra and Speedibeet.

I reckon that's not bad, what do you think?

ETS she's a 4 y/o 17hh ID/TB in light work (breaking)
 
My two go through a large bale of good quality hay (((((((forgage))))))) every 2 to 3 weeks atm :D and are basically given ad lib (((((((forage))))))) especially now they are in the paddock next to the bale and can get to it through the fence - the (((((((((forage)))))))) monkeys! ;):D
 
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The horses have big big nets at night, and there is normally a bit left in the morning, so about 5 slices per net. During the day they eat through about 3 slices if in, and normally if grass is non existent a few bales will be spread between them in the field, i find they dont normally touch this if out for a few hours.

Ponies have 1 slice each am and 2 slices at night. They always have hay left in their nets.

All horses have unmollased dengie or happy hoof in their feeds 2 x daily when in and 1 x if living out
 
If they're out they can bloody well find their own, other than that I aim to feed enough so that they have mainly cleared by morning but are still picking up stray wisps when I turn up.
 
1/2 a small bale a day btw 3, 15.2 cob x 2 & a 14.3 conny type, out 24/7 - only get a minimal hard feed to put balancer in (mug full) all 3 look great, 2 of them a little too great!
 
(((Forage))) is ad lib here, in practice it means 3/4 of large bale of haylage and 1/2 a heston of hay between 13 horses, 2 of them also get 2 or 3 nets each of top quality barley straw, simply because they like it :)
 
None, my neighbours cousins mother-in-laws secretaries dog is a race horse trainer who said they don't need (((((((forage))))))).
Seriously, pretty much ad-lib hay, currently using last years stuff (good doers). Ad lib overnight then enough to last till lunch in the field as not much grass. And ((((((((forage)))))) is important.
 
I may have to report this thread.

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Sandy gets 2 x extra large haynets and a manger daily if in. He gets a large and an extra large if out.

Kia gets 2 x large haynets a day, a feedbock and a ball with alfalfa pellets in if stables all day. He gets one large haynet and an armload on the floor with his block if going out.

They get less if out as they are fed at 8am, and go out either 11am or 12pm until either 5pm or 7pm with two haynets split into four piles in the park plus what they can scavenge.

Stella who is out 24/7 eats from the haypiles if the others are out during the day and gets a tricklenet at night. If the others are in she gets a snall tricklenet during the day and a bigger one at night.

All three are on two feeds a day at present.
 
Don't know exactly how much (((((forage)))) I feed a day as I just stick a round bale in each field and when it runs out a new one goes in. I think the horses all eat enough (((((forage)))) as they are not eating the pink sweeties that I scatter around the field for them :D
 
One and a half to two slices off a big bale per night. And the same again if she's in for the day (rare), plus a small anti-boredom net for when the farrier etc visits. She rarely runs out, at least during the day.

Does chaff count as (((((forage)))))? If it does, she gets three gigantic handfuls twice a day.

Those of you who feed ad lib (((((forage)))), how does that work then? Do you sling another net/slice in when it's all gone? I've never really got my head round ad lib if I'm honest.
 
Ad-lib hay. He gets 2 stuffed haynets overnight and always has more than plenty left over. Reassures me he's filling his belly!

He gets no hard feed now as doesn't need it. That may change once he's in work but will assess as we go :)
 
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I may have to report this thread.

I simply cannot handle the number of brackets either side of a word not being equal. Think my ocd is not improving!!!!

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Don't know exactly how much (((((forage)))) I feed a day as I just stick a round bale in each field and when it runs out a new one goes in. I think the horses all eat enough (((((forage)))) as they are not eating the pink sweeties that I scatter around the field for them :D
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I actually have no idea of the weight of ((((forage)))) being fed as if i see shes getting low i stick another two slices in :)
 
My 14.3hh (460kg) connie has 22lbs in 24hrs. He gets 2lbs of hay at 7am, 9am, turnout 10.30-1pm, 2lbs of hay at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm and 12lbs at 10pm.

I would love to be able to have hay in front of him all the time but he would gain too much weight.
 
Apparently I feed my horse too much ((((forage))) and "she's just greedy with it" ... o.O (and yes this is coming from equine science students!)

But all of mine have adlib hay at night and they are out with grass in the day ... though i think i might just start feeding pink stuff instead.. ;)
 
I was feeding ad lib (((((forage))))) but have decided it may be worth changing to pink??? stomach buffer as it is costing a fortune to feed ((((forage)))) they eat too much in this cold weather, it may cut down the mucking out as well, if they eat less there is less to come out, so win win:rolleyes:
 
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