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SpottedT Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2014-09-08 2:53 PM Subject: RE: How many acres??
Veteran Posts: 238	Where we are, law says up to 4 horses per acre, and I darn sure know a lot of people push that beyond the limits. I had almost 5 acres and comfortably kept between 4-10 horses. That is providing hay, not grazing. Still, plenty of room movement and keeping. 9-10 would get tight, but not because of acreage, just because of my fencing and lack of dividing.
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Blaundee Reg. Dec 2006	Posted 2014-09-08 4:46 PM Subject: RE: How many acres??
Keep those crap slapping tails away! Posts: 8871 Location: Around here somewhere...	Thank you so much everyone :)
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stayceem Reg. May 2007	Posted 2014-09-08 11:00 PM Subject: RE: How many acres??
Not Afraid to Work Posts: 4717	A friend of mine has 3 horses on 5 acres. She has a decent sized arena - one smaller pasture and one a bit larger. She also has a 4 stall barn. They can manage up to 5 horses on it but its tough. Ideally they like to stay around 3. As others have said rule of thumb, 1 acre per horse.
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Lightfoot Reg. Jul 2004	Posted 2014-09-09 9:15 AM Subject: RE: How many acres??
Do You Feel Lucky Punk? Posts: 3156 Location: NM...the Land of Manana	Three 4 Luck - 2014-09-08 9:19 AM trobertson - 2014-09-08 10:11 AM I have always been told allocated each horse about 5 acres. That's not right--I've got 5 horses and a donkey on 10 acres and most of the time they have more grass than they can eat. 1 acre per horse will give you some grazing, if you manage it properly. If you're dry-lotting, I would say 1/4 acre per horse plus room for an arena? That's just a guess. That was the size of my dry-lot pen at my old place and they had enough room to be happy. LOL, here in NM I get to feed my horses for about a month on our ten acres during the monsoon season and that is IF it rains. Otherwise they get to eat that $250 per ton hay the rest of the year.
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Three 4 Luck Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-09-09 10:00 AM Subject: RE: How many acres??
Accident Prone Posts: 22277 Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR	Lightfoot - 2014-09-09 9:15 AM Three 4 Luck - 2014-09-08 9:19 AM trobertson - 2014-09-08 10:11 AM I have always been told allocated each horse about 5 acres. That's not right--I've got 5 horses and a donkey on 10 acres and most of the time they have more grass than they can eat. 1 acre per horse will give you some grazing, if you manage it properly. If you're dry-lotting, I would say 1/4 acre per horse plus room for an arena? That's just a guess. That was the size of my dry-lot pen at my old place and they had enough room to be happy. LOL, here in NM I get to feed my horses for about a month on our ten acres during the monsoon season and that is IF it rains. Otherwise they get to eat that $250 per ton hay the rest of the year. Well, I did say SOME grazing. LOL I know it's totally dependent on location, but obviously when you live in a dry area you don't expect to be able to skip hay feeding no matter how much land you have.
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Betweenhorses Reg. Jun 2014	Posted 2014-09-09 1:25 PM Subject: RE: How many acres??
Regular Posts: 55	I would rather have too much than not enough. Get as many as you can afford!!! They are not making any more land value should not depreciate in the future.
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