Re: OT- How much hay does a horse eat?

Posted by jackinok on August 17, 2011 at 07:07:40 from (162.58.82.136):

In Reply to: OT- How much hay does a horse eat? posted by Don-Wi on August 16, 2011 at 16:12:09:

we all know how much gas costs,figure about 50-75 times that amount per mile,(if they are rode at all)!actually how much a horse costs depends exactly on HOW you feed it.put it in a stall,feed it everything it eats by hand,and try to keep it healthy and it will cost a LOT! turn it out in a pasture where it should be to eat excess grass(thats TRULY excess and not just something thats there because you had one good year out of ten) ,and you can keep one cheap.sold my last horse about 4 years ago,kept them all my life for one reason or another,and if someone dumped one in the yard today i'd run it off,or do the horse world a favor and shoot it between the eyes.Rescue horse my rear,worst thing that ever happened to the horse industry in the US is shutting down the slaughter market,bar none.you never heard of a rescue horse when they were worth something for glue!your dad does know to watch those horses close doesnt he?lots of them will kill a calf in a heartbeat.thats why they become "rescue" horses lots of times.folks cant keep them in a pasture,and cant afford to have them stand and eat every day!Tell him to MAKE SURE,,, absolutly 100% ,,,those horses have a clean coggins before he allows them on place,,you may be stuck with something you cant undo for the next 20-30 years.Another thing,having been there myself,make sure your dad knows what hes getting into,the majority of the time you cant just turn a so called rescue horse out on a pasture,the bleeding hearts demand they be treated like babies.you can spend tons of cash on a animal thats totally 100% useless.and if you dont you can go to jail in the same cell as the fellow you got it from.I like horses as well as anyone,but theres a point to where you just have to leave them alone.Any time someone says "rescue horse" you better hear warning bells, because 95% dont get to that point if they are worth much. some could have made a good horse, and some might yet with enough work,most never would and never will be worth much more than dogfood.shoot when i was a kid and everyone worked horses,two out of three were sold for glue.Good luck with them, hope it works out,But remember it takes no more to raise a good horse than it does a cull,and even if you dont use one ,they are prettier to look at!

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