How much hay for yearling?

[Nessy91]

I have a 17 month old Welsh d filly who is on alternative turnout. How much hay should she be having per day on the days she is in? She is 350kg and is getting 7kg of hay split up over the day. She burns through it even in a small holed net but is just about up to weight. Yard owner is complaining we are feeding too much and she doesn't need it but surely as she is growing she should have it available to her throughout the day? Thanks

 

[The Trooper]

I would feed it adlib, as much as she can eat. I'm no expert on young youngsters though by any means!

 

[bonny]

Can you find somewhere that she can live out, that’s why I would do and then feed big bales so she can eat as much as she wants ?

 

[TheMule]

If this is the only system you can keep her in then she absolutely must have ad-lib hay.
It would be far preferable to turn her out with other youngsters ASAP, both for her physical and her mental health

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

Youngsters should have ad-lib. I have a 17month old Welsh D gelding and he gets as much as he will eat. He is out 24/7 but that will end shortly and he will get hay fed daily in the hard stand and as much as he wants in the stable at night.

At present he is eating a 10kg Haynet nightly when in despite being on good grazing. So I’m expecting him to go through about double that daily this winter. He’s getting ad-lib hay, Suregrow balancer, beet pulp and a grass chaff this winter.

He looks like this at the moment

 

[Nessy91]

This is my filly but she has dropped weight since then. I wanted her as lib hay but yard owner doesn't seem to think it's necessary for her to have that much.
Your boy is gorgeous!

 

[Pearlsasinger]

This is my filly but she has dropped weight since then. I wanted her as lib hay but yard owner doesn't seem to think it's necessary for her to have that much.
Your boy is gorgeous!

Then you need to find a different yard with a YO who knows about youngsters, they need as much forage as they can eat while they are growing.

 

[Roasted Chestnuts]

This is my filly but she has dropped weight since then. I wanted her as lib hay but yard owner doesn't seem to think it's necessary for her to have that much.
Your boy is gorgeous!

you need to explain to you YO that youngsters can burn half again as many calories growing and they need more hay

 

[AmyMay]

If this is the only system you can keep her in then she absolutely must have ad-lib hay.
It would be far preferable to turn her out with other youngsters ASAP, both for her physical and her mental health

Agree 100%

 

[Asha]

Then you need to find a different yard with a YO who knows about youngsters, they need as much forage as they can eat while they are growing.

absolutely this ^^.

 

[eggs]

Find a new yard - it would be ideal if you could find a youngstock yard where they live out in peer-age herds in big fields.