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Re: [RC] [RC] Pounds of Hay - Lucy Chaplin TrumbullBeth Walker:...based on his responses when I've changed supplement levels before, I don't see him eating much more....If I up his supplements, he generally will leave mounds of hay thrown on the ground from his feeder. If I decrease them, he will eat about a corresponding amount of hay, but his total consumption appears to be right about 17 lbs, even when there is additional hay present. My old guy, Provo, was like that when I was riding him in endurance. He wasn't maintaining weight the way I wanted, so I started to weigh everything I gave him so I'd know exactly how much he was eating. He would only eat about 16 lbs a day of "anything" - if I gave him more beetpulp, he'd eat less hay (this was during the summer). He is probably about 850-900 lbs and tends towards "high-strungness" (and you're right, he turned out not to be a good endurance candidate). Our local bales are in the 110 lb region and I'm currently feeding one bale of oat hay a day to six "horses" (one of which is a 12 hh pony) - so each "horse" is getting about 18 lbs of hay a day. I'll feed more if it's a particularly nasty wet/cold/yucky day - our local night-time temps are in the low 30s and the pones are staying dry for the most part. Once Roo starts work again, he'll get as much as he can eat. I should measure and see how much that is. Note, saying "15 flakes of hay" means nothing - there's such a variation in size of flakes and size of bales. Lucy Chaplin Trumbull elsietee AT foothill DOT net Repotted english person in the Sierra foothills, CA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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