How Much Haylage?

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Just wondering if people can let know if they think my figures for haylage are okay? I have ordered enough haylage for my new horse 17.3h Sports Horse and Welsh Sec A 11.2 until July next year. (Winters are much longer in Norway as the 50cm snow from Nov does not melt until around May). I am not usually questioning myself but we have moved 10 hours South to a much colder area of Norway (old farm was around 15- this new one will be between 30-40-). To add to this I have sold my old horse I owned for 6 years and replaced him with a horse I am importing from the UK so this Winter will be a shock for the poor fellow.

I have based my order on feeding 20 kilos a day between 2 of them, obviously in the paddock they will be fed separately and again in the stable at night. Is 20 kilos a day enough for an 11.2h and 17.3h in a very very cold climate? They will get hard feed of mix and cubes including chaff, a feed balancer and plenty of sugar beet. I have ordered (based on feeding 20 kilos a day) a month extra just in case I have to up the haylage.

Any help appreciated, I really do not want to over order but then again I really do not want to run out mid season and have to pay double the price.
 
That should be fine - I was told you should allow 8 - 10 kg a day for an average horse, so with one larger than average plus one well under average you should have plenty. Having read your post I will never moan about the British winter again!!!
 
Thank you both so much for your replies, that has put my mind at rest. I can be confident about going into a hard Winter now :) Slightly dreading it, snow studs and ploughing my arena again so I can use it for 6 months brrrr! Soft fall anyway guys, we usually leave 20cm of snow as the sand under is so hard and frozen.
 
Hi Vixxy,

Can't help on the haylage I'm afraid as I've never fed it myself. However I'm curious - does the winter temperature in Norway differ that much - so that it's really considerably colder when you travel 10 hours SOUTH?

I used to have a Swedish friend who when she came over here in Jan/Feb time, she always felt colder in the UK at minus 1 or 2 degrees, than she did in Sweden at minus 20 or 20. This was because in the UK we get a damp cold but in Sweden it's a dry cold. Is Norway like that too? I'd love to go to Norway one day.
 
I previously lived a mile out into the ocean on a very small island, so did not get so cold and much less snow due to salt air and not being on the mainland (I easily admit though the wind chill factor when it was 15- on the island felt much colder than being 40- in dryier air). We have moved 10 hours South East but very in land bordering Sweden (in fact within about an hour I could hack across the border lol). It is very cold due to being inland.

I was Mid Norway on the West coast before this move. The most Northerly point within Norway is another 35 hours drive up non stop from where we are now, most Southern point from here is 7 hours drive. Norway is an incredibly long country.
 
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