How much hay to feed?

[anniedoherty]

I am still new to horse owning and am probably about to ask a really silly question but here goes anyway.....how much hay should a horse have if he is stabled 24/7? He gets no hard feed. He was on haylage but he got a bit silly so he was swapped to hay and has calmed down. I always thought that hay should be fed ad lib and topped up so that he always had access to it but is this right?

 

[Chex]

I feed as much as they'll eat, so ad lib.

 

[anniedoherty]

Thanks Chex. I am doing something right then!

 

[Tia]

Me too. I've always fed ad-lib.

 

[MillionDollar]

Me 3 always fed ad-lib

 

[madhector]

me 4

even though Hector stuffs himself, but he needs more wieght on anyway so doesnt do him any harm

 

[flyingfeet]

I feed ad lib haylage, so one is practically bedded on it as I refuse to waste his left overs!

 

[Theresa_F]

I put in very large nets/bags so there is always something left when I get there - they eat as much as they want. As they are not overweight there is no problem with this.

Mine don't get hard feed but have high fibre products with a good vit supplement.

 

[Happytohack]

Definitely ad lib hay, plus something like hi fi lite with a broad spectrum vit & min supplement.

 

[ru-fi-do]

Ad lib both hay and haylage, have both to chose from

 

[vieshot]

I feed as much as they will eat. Its natural for a horse to be grazing pretty much all the time so that says it all really.
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