How much grass does a horse eat a day?

Answer 1

depends on if your horse is a stalled horse or a pasture horse. pasture horses normally founder easliy. and stalled horses don't founder so easliy so it depends.

Answer:Actually, horses do not founder becasue of pasture, as you can see in the related link. A horse should be kept in "natural boarding" 24/7, and they will constantly eat to keep their small bellies filled for about 18-20 hours a day, and this will total to about 2% of their body weight. Given free choice grass or grass hay, a horse will eat the correct amount; some how they just know what they need.

Answer 2

Horses need to eat a minimum of 1% of their body weight per day in forage just to maintain digestive health. Most horses need closer to 1.5% to maintain weight and may need up to 3% depending on their activity level/reproductive status. This means that for a 1000 lb horse, you need to feed a minimum of 10 lbs of good quality hay per day.

Answer 3

Hi i took a test on one of my horses today, my horse has stables that is in the field and they go in and out as they want to i never close there stables exept for between 5-6 when i feed them there extras i locked my horse in the stable today coz i was really interested to see how much they eat, i picked 23kg's grass and weigh it and left my horse in there 24h, from 7am to 7am the following day, and took the left over grass and weigh it again, my horse eat 15.58 kg rounded up to 16kg of grass, maybe they eat more or less but that is what my horse eat for a day, if it maybe helps someone.

Answer 4

I've heard you need atleast an acre and a half per horse.

Answer 5

That depends very much on the horse in question.

Answer 6

Every day a horse should eat about 2% of its body weight. Whether it's in horse food or snacks like apples, it should not exceed 2% to ensure that a healthy weight is maintained.

Answer 7

10kg roughly.

Answer 8

is much as u give it