Those of you who buy large round bales of hay & straw.....

[olop]

Could you tell me how much you use a month??

I am thinking of going back to DIY to save some pennies and the yard sells large round bales of hay & straw but didn't know how much I should budget for each month (he is a 15hh piglet who gets through about 1 & a half haynets a night)

TIA

 

[clippi]

I use a round bale in a net, it lasts 3 who are out 24/7 about 10 days

 

[Kezzabell2]

my round bales used to last 2 weeks for 2 horses and a mini Shetland, that literally stood at it eating 23 hours a day! but they did waste a lot of it too, would drop it on the ground and poop on it! was still cheaper that feeding small bales!

 

[Sukistokes2]

Mine have worked their way through their round bales in about 2weeks! However they have been on them 24/7!

 

[rowan666]

A round bale of hay lasts 7 jst 3days at ours (they do seem to waste a fair bit though)

 

[olop]

Thanks all most useful

 

[gingernut81]

A rround bale of hay lasts me about a month for a 14.2 and Shetland. Round bale of straw just over. I have found it so much cheaper than shavings - saved about 80 a month on bedding alone!!

 

[Shady]

hay, 2 horses 2/3 weeks
straw, 1 month

 

[Honey08]

Two big ISH on hay 24/7 eat a bale a week, sometimes it lasts a bit longer if I'm lucky. If they're out during the day it lasts double that.

 

[flaxen]

My 13.2hh welsh c goes through one round bale of hay in about 4-6 wks, he has 2 decent nets a day ( one at night one in his turnout pen ), straw can be the same or longer depending how much he is in.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

We buy large bales at £27 per bale & they last 2 x 16h2" & 1 x 15h12" horses about 9 days. The horses are out from early morning till mid afternoon on good grass & then brought into stables.

We don't use straw at all, we use pellet bedding.

 

[Therightone]

6 horses ranging from 16hh to 12hh and 1 large round bale last 5 days!

 

[lornaA]

A round bale of straw lasts me about 4 to 6 weeks depending if she is out all day every day or not and costs me £20 a bale

 

[exracehorse]

Large bale costing 25 pounds lasts my 15.2 a fortnight. That's ab lib hay in field and stable.

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Large round hay bale lasts 4 x 16hh horses about 6 days, in overnight and hay in the field during the day, pretty much fed ad-lib.

We have big rectangular bales of straw, one lasts 3 horses (other has shavings bed) about 3 weeks. We find there is less waste with the rectangular bales than with the round ones we used to get.

 

[amandaco2]

4 horses living out.
hayed 2 x daily.
get about 2 nets each twice a day. Round bale lasts 6 to 7 days.