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| Feed, hay & Sups. (Average)
I have 1 expensive one, and 3 cheap ones so I average $100/horse. |
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 The One
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Location: South Georgia | I board ($350) and then pay for 3 different supplements (about $100/mo), and then farrier ($35/4 weeks), and then any vet expenses. |
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| Hubby and I figured $100/mo per horse just on hay and farrier work. |
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Posts: 1520
Location: Illinois | I board, plus buy my own feed & supplements. It's about $1200 per month for 3 horses, so around $400 per horse. Looking to sell my house & get a place I can keep them myself. Should only cost me about $500 a month total that way. This doesn't include farrier or vet costs either
Edited by JLazyT_perf_horses 2018-09-21 8:27 AM
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 Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
Posts: 5530
Location: OH | DON'T WANNA KNOW-----DON'T WANNA KNOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Posts: 7499
Location: Bandera, TX | Mighty Broke - 2018-09-21 8:29 AM DON'T WANNA KNOW-----DON'T WANNA KNOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS!!!
3 out of 5 are on early retirment due to injury.... I don't want to know, because if I did it would be hard to justify this nonsense. |
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Posts: 1520
Location: Illinois | GoMistyGo - 2018-09-21 8:38 AM
Mighty Broke - 2018-09-21 8:29 AM DON'T WANNA KNOW-----DON'T WANNA KNOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS!!!
3 out of 5 are on early retirment due to injury.... I don't want to know, because if I did it would be hard to justify this nonsense.
One of mine has been a pasture pet for 12 years now, but he was my first horse so he'll never go anywhere. So there's about $400 a month just to keep him around. Luckily he eats the least of them all & is the only barefoot one, so his cost is slightly less than the others. I hate thinking about how much I spend on them, if I had one less horse I wouldn't know what to do with all that extra money |
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Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
Posts: 5530
Location: OH | For us there are many variables from Stallions -Broodmares--Horses In Training--Performing Horses--Retired Broodmares--etc etc etc.
Broodmares---I figure they cost around $125 a month, all the other---WHO KNOWS ?????????? LOL |
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Posts: 239
| I should have remained "don't want to know" LOL
From what I can figure for hay, grain, farrier, vaccines, rads/injections/chiro/massage I am spending roughly 325/month/horse, or 1300 a month.
Arrgh
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 897
| I board two horses, $300/a horse.
Horse #1 is $100 every 6 weeks for farrier, and Previcox which is $35/month.
Horse #2 is $150 every 6 weeks for farrier, supplements every month around $115
Add in misc, fly spray, treats etc, another $30 per horse each month. |
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
Posts: 3314
Location: Jersey Girl | I board. I pay $225 for board and provide feed, hay etc. Right now I'm spending $650 per month for 2 horses (including the board).
Edited to add-this is only for board and hay.....
Edited by fulltiltfilly 2018-09-26 7:25 AM
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Veteran
Posts: 264
| I board for $465 a month, shoes, grain, supplements. I'd say average around $550. for 1 horse.
I need my own property. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | RoaniePonie11 - 2018-09-21 8:55 AM Feed, hay & Sups. (Average) I have 1 expensive one, and 3 cheap ones so I average $100/horse.
I'm betting if you were completly accurate and honest, you spend much more than $100 per head.
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Meanest Teacher!!!
Posts: 8555
Location: sunny california | retired horses about $100 a month for farrier and hay.
i don't want to add up What running horses cost |
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  Witty Enough
Posts: 2954
Location: CTX | It depends on the horse. All ours are out on a pasture and are brought in for breakfast and diner. Winter means round bales, so that adds up a bit more.
Our broodies average between $100-$125 in the summer and between $150-$200 in the winter.
The boys that are running/ riding average around $150 in summer and between $200 and $250 in the winter. |
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 Reaching for the stars....
Posts: 12708
| All horses included - high, low, regular maintenance - $180ish a month.
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 Off the Wall Wacky
Posts: 2981
Location: Louisiana | I'm so thankful we don't board!! 
Just feed I spend at most $80 per horse, and I overestimated everything.
Round hay is a cattle expense so it doesn't "count" against the horses...we'd bale hay even if we didn't have the horses and they don't eat enough to make a dent in the supply.
The only supplement they get is a fat sup with coat conditioners and other good stuff mixed in and that adds I think $1/day...so the ones that get it come to $120/month just in what they consume.
So average is still $100/horse on the high side. If I had to buy square hay that would add $40 per horse per month. When we get our barn finished that will be an added expense. On that same token once they are getting better quality hay I'll be able to cut back on their grain, so it will balance out some. |
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Extreme Veteran
Posts: 490
| Before I boarded, and they were at the house on pasture, it ran me about $100/month per horse. But since moving north and having to board, costs have risen. Im almost afraid to write it down.
Now? and one of my mares was just diagnosed with pedal osteitis and is on previcox and OCD pellets every day.
$300/month board for 2
$248/month on feed & hayrite
$50/month in grass hay
$598 total for a month just feed and board.
We'll say roughly 300/month for 1 horse.
$50/month previcox
$100/month for OCD pellets
Farrier went from
$90 to $150 for shoes on 1
$45 for a trim on the other. |
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