Re: Round bales
- From: Brian Whatcott <betwys1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:29:07 GMT
On 18 Feb 2006 11:54:01 -0800, "morgancrazy" <taramlind@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
/// what is the
"shelf life" (assuming the bale is good to begin with) of a round
sitting outside (Minnesota - cold, snow as opposed to rain) in a
pasture? With 6 horses working on them 8 hours a day, how long until a
new one? As you can tell I have NO experience with rounds - always just
stayed clear to be on the safe side :)
It's a numbers game. If a horse uses 18 to 20 pounds of hay per day,
(sometimes given as 2 lb per 100 lb bodyweight)
and if a small hay bale weighs 50 to 90 lb
and if a big round bale weighs 800 to 1000 lb
....then
6 horses times 18 lb per day = 108 lb used per day
How many days to exhaust a 1000 lb bale?
1000/108 = 9 days
But if you are supplementing with grazing, grain, sweet feed,
whatever, that means less hay is needed.
Brian Whatcott Altus OK
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