Selling out due to price of feed

[Moonwalker]

ou can come down here to TN and get some really nice horses for less than $100.00. They will be skinny and need a few months of good food and TLC, but they are a dime a dozen around here.

 

[RobinEgg]

Here in northeast KY people are having hard time feeding their horses too. If you aren't fortunate enough to have pasture and your own hay you're in sad shape. If you can even find hay to buy the price is outrageous. Horses are being abandoned along the side of the road or just being left standing at the auctions . Sad shape our great US is in. Gas here , when I was last in town, was $3.49gal. Guess it's a good thing I don't mind staying home when I'm not at work.

 

[UnttouchableRose]

I'm in a very similar situation. Hay isn't my problem. I have plenty of pasture and hay fields as we do our own hay. However feed prices are KILLING us. The Triple Crown Senior that a few of my horses eat has gone from 12 dollars a bag in September to 17 dollars a bag on Monday. My feed bill for 16 horses jumped from 350 a month to over 700. It was RIDICULOUS. I have given away 3 of my horses, 2 will be picked up on about 2 hours, 1 is already at her home and I still have a few others to go. We also sold our cows because they just flat out put pasture and hay away along with feed. We are replacing them with goats, I don't know how it will go but if it doesn't work we'll sell them too.

We are keeping chickens, ducks, goats, and we will ahve about 11-12 horses. Cats and the doggies. I still will have alot of mouths to feed but down a few horses will certainly help.

Fuel prices BITE, along with Feed prices too. I don't even want to talk about dog and cat food!

 

[ozark hen]

that is too sad for you to have to get rid of them but better to find them homes than for them and You to starve. Good luck to you.

 

[Cara]

We just bought a yearling filly from the ranch that we live on for $75, complete with papers

Luckily they pay for the hay and cheap sweet feed for personal horses, and there is lots of pasture.