how much does a horse eat a year?
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And the average horse eats approximately 3-4 tons (6,000-8,000 pounds) of hay per year. This is assuming the horse is not fed any other significant source of food, such as pasture or grain. An average sized hay bale (95 pounds) makes for an average of about 21 bales to a ton of hay.
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An average miniature horse weighs 200 pounds and should receive at least 2 to 4 pounds of forage a day. Look for a fine, soft, leafy hay rather than a coarse, mature hay. Feed at least one-third to one-half of a flake of a good quality grass or alfalfa- grass mixed hay twice a day.
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DON'T feed more than 11 pounds of grain per day, or 4-5 pounds of grain per feeding, or the horse's colic risk increases sixfold. DON'T worry about too much protein making a horse hot. Only 10% of the horse's energy comes from protein, so it is a very insignificant source. DON'T feed supplements unless they are needed.
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As an example, if it were determined the daily dry matter intake of a group of 1,200 pound cow eating an average quality hay is 24 pounds per head and the hay that they are consuming is 88% dry matter, these cows would consume about 27 (24 pounds/. 88) pounds per head per day on an as-fed basis.
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Because of the limited capacity of its stomach, a horse should be fed small amounts of feed often. Unfortunately, domesticated horses are fed once or twice a day and if stabled, spend much of the day not eating.
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Horses should consume about 2% of their bodyweight per day according to their condition and workload. The first thing you need to do is find out how much your horse weighs using either a weigh tape or weigh bridge. If your horse weighs 500kg he needs around 10kg of food every day made up of at least 70% forage.
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DON'T feed more than 11 pounds of grain per day, or 4-5 pounds of grain per feeding, or the horse's colic risk increases sixfold.
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Grass hay depending on the variety and when it was cut has between 825 and 900 calories and alfalfa about 900 to 950 calories per lb. A 1000 lb. horse requires about 15,000 calories daily at rest, 25,000 calories daily at light work and 33,000 calories daily heavily worked.
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Which equates to about 112–140 pounds per week. That means about 5824–7280 pounds per year. Most bales of hay weigh around 50 pounds. That is about 117-146 bales of hay per horse per year.
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A horse year is equal to 6 1/2 human years for the first 3 years of the horse's life. At the horse age of three the equivalent changes and is approximately 5 years to man.
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Food. A healthy 1,100-pound horse will eat feed and hay costing from $100 to more than $250 per month on average, although horses let out to graze on grass will eat less hay. The price of hay depends on the type, quantity at time of purchase and time of year.
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The University of Illinois recommends feeding 2 to 2.5 pounds of grain, such as oats, or hay per every 100 pounds of your horse's weight each day, although your horse's age, health and activity level will play a part in determining how much hay and grain he should get.
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A horse year is equal to 6 1/2 human years for the first 3 years of the horse's life. At the horse age of three the equivalent changes and is approximately 5 years to man. From 4 the horse year equivalency changes to 2 1/2 years.
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Most seahorses should be fed six to eight shrimp twice a day. Larger horses will eat more, so observing your animals is important.
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Diet. Seahorses eat small crustacea such as Mysis Shrimp. An adult eats 30-50 times a day. Seahorse fry (baby seahorses) eat a staggering 3000 pieces of food per day.
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There are usually about 12. Now divide the weight of the bale by the number of flakes in it. You'll now be able to calculate the approximate number of flakes you should feed your horse daily. So if a flake weighs about four pounds, you'll need to feed your one thousand pound horses five flakes every day.
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Each goat needs about two to four pounds of hay per day, minus what they might forage on pasture. Hay can be fed free choice or twice a day. If a good range isn't available, dry grass hay of a horse quality is acceptable. Goats require additional hay, which is roughage, for their rumen to function properly.