Well, my small bales are grass hay and weigh about 60# average.
We do have pasture, so my answer will be totally different if you have no pasture. After the grass has dried up in the fall I figure about 20# per horse per day. We do also feed some sweet feed when it gets really cold, about 2/3 of a 32 ounce plastic drink cup per day.
My neighbor makes and sells feed, the best combo (what he recommends) has oats, pellets, kelp, and molasses in it along with a little corn, etc.
If a "rescue horse" you will likely need to up the feed intake for a while to get it fattened back up. Go slow with the feed at first, no more than about 8 ounces at first and add a little more every couple days.
I am no horse expert, but that is what works for us. If the horse(s) are underweight PETA type people will call animal control. We go through this at least twice a year when the PETA types don't see a big round bale also setting out.
The compliance officer always has to come over to make the report, and now apologizes for having to check. He has said twice now the horses should actually lose a few pounds, but he knows we are just being hassled and he understands we have to somewhat overfeed them to try to keep PETA away. DOUG
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