Small bales of hay

[Carrots&Mints]

Hi all,

I'm considering moving to my friends yard, but will need to buy my own hay or haylage. Currently ned is eating 2 haynets of haylage a day, but at this new yard everyone is on hay and small bales. There is room for a big bale of hay which I would preferably buy . What I'm asking is how much hay would I use and which is the cheaper option obviously? Hope that makes sense. Just trying to work everything out.

 

[Honey08]

Big bales are the cheaper option if you can store one undercover.

My two ISH are on hay/haylage pretty much 24/7 and they would eat nearly two small bales a day at £5/bale. Big bales cost us £35 and one lasts us a week...

 

[kerrieberry2]

ive just started using round bales, wish i'd used them before, they are so much cheaper! last winter I was putting out up to 2 bales a day for my 2 and they cost £4.50 a bale. now I pay £30 for a round one and have it in the barn, so it doesn't ruin the field! they eat it when they want! my last bale lasted 2 months but now the grass has pretty much gone I reckon it will last about a month! so its much much cheaper to feed it that way! and they are never without hay!!