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I personally have 5 acres with about a 3 acre pasture with only one horse.  We have talked about getting a second horse for my boyfriend.  I think we will be ok since the grass is thick and there is lots of it.  There is plenty of room for them to run and get lots of excercise.  I am in Tennessee and I only keep horses up if it is really extremely cold. 

 

DaNel

heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> > When I was in school for Horse Science. We were taught that for pasture
> > you need 2.5 acres per horse. If you plan on having a barn, keeping
> > them up part time and feeding hay, you can get by with much less land
> > per horse.
>
> If you feed hay, you can "get by" with much less (and in Michigan, you
> will have winter, so you WILL have to feed hay for at least a few months
> of the year)--but keep in mind that horses also need room to move around
> in order to stay healthy and sound. Even on dryland, one need not have a
> barn and keep them "up"--one can feed hay in a large space just as easily
> as in a small space. :-)
>
> Heidi
>
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DaNel Resha 
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