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Post by Kelly Marks on Dec 28, 2012 10:00:57 GMT 1
A friend just told me about her last month's ownership bills for her lovely retired boy -over £400 not including any rent or unusual/special expenses.
Is anyone else willing to 'spill the beans' about what their horse costs them? I think in some ways this can help other people know whats 'normal' and what isn't.
Are you having to find special ways to cope with the expense?
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Post by jennyb on Dec 28, 2012 10:13:56 GMT 1
Assisted DIY Livery including hay, straw and basic hard feed - £216 Balancer - £30 Lesson - £35 Competition entries - £38 Vet for vaccinations and bloods - £66.70 Trim - £50
Total £435.70.
It soon adds up!!! Vets are an annual expense though and trim every 6 weeks.
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Post by rosemaryhannah on Dec 28, 2012 10:17:23 GMT 1
Mine are kept at home. I used about £40 of hay, and roughly £70 of alfalfa, speedibeet and coarse mix which mainly went on keeping the oldie alive - I keep them on rubber mats which cuts down on bedding. I am not sure what the other expenses were - feed is the biggest. I buy big bales of hay as the are SO much cheaper. £4 per small bale...
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Post by Kelly Marks on Dec 28, 2012 10:27:44 GMT 1
I pay my farrier £20 for a trim and he does a great job (AND he's charming and handsome!) I pay £5 for a small bale of hay but do a deal with a farmer for a big bale and Harry and Corky turned out get through a big bale a week (which seems pretty excessive but they're not obese - just growing giants)
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Post by wills on Dec 28, 2012 10:39:31 GMT 1
Full livery £160 Hay £148.50 (30 @ £4.95 bales should last her a wee while) Farrier £20 (trim) Insurance £26.50 Vet for jags £50 I keep a note of what they cost me each month this year so I can average it out atcthe endnof the year & give myself a shock
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Post by mandal on Dec 28, 2012 10:42:23 GMT 1
Mines for 6 (3 minis and 3 biguns) and in euros. No livery charge as I have them at home. Hay 225. Straw about 15 Beet and expensive balancer 166 I put 25 away towards vet and dentist but pay any vet balance monthly by arrangement if the bill is big. Farrier visits are infrequent as I keep them on an abrasive surface, don't shoe and rasp myself. Haven't included things like pads, tape, sprays as I have a stock if needed in my first aid kit. Worming also not included. Sundries not included. Total 431 euros. I am very careful with money and don't buy clothes etc. unless essential. I really can't afford the horses anymore when I look at actual cost but we have managed so far.
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Post by marychick on Dec 28, 2012 10:46:29 GMT 1
Oh I dred to think! This month has been horrendous! 5 week month so £35x5 for basic DIY livery= £175 All the horses are stuck in due to quarantine at the moment (long story) So about £100 on bedding £70 on hay £60 (roughly) on feed (including medication for cushings) £155 for emerency colic call out Plus pending vet bill for horrendous COPD as a result of being stuck in that I anticipate to be well in excess of £200 with all the medication we were given. Farrier £35 = at least £795 (oh god I wish I hadn't added that up now!!) Not a great month but could be worse! Still wouldn't give her up for the world! Oh I forgot insurance! add another £35!
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Post by arabiangem on Dec 28, 2012 10:47:44 GMT 1
Livery £85 Insurance (2 horses and the trailer) £90 Feed £25
And that's it for Dec! No farrier because of the way the dates have fallen but he's £48 every 6 weeks. No hay needed as she's not in and we still have ample grass.
Jan will be a little more expensive: farrier, worming due. EGB renewal due. Will prob need some hay.
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Post by Dragonmaster on Dec 28, 2012 11:08:03 GMT 1
I keep 4. Field rent for my 3 £40 a week and Jill's owner pays landowner a further £15 a week for her, so £160 a month. (landowner charges £15 per week per horse but I pay £40 for 3, discount for bulk order!) Feed: sugar beet about £12 a month, conditioning cubes for Jill about £12 a month and £15 a month for Opti-Gro balancer, so say £40 a month. Big bales of hay delivered @ £25 each lasting around 10 - 14 days. so call it £60 a month EP every 8 weeks @£160 for all 4 of them, so £80 a month.
total £ 340 a month but Jill's owner pays me £65 a month towards her keep, and reimburses me for other expenses, like vets bills. Worming is Verm-X at £50 every 6 months or so + worm counts. That system works for us, been on it years. (Jill, the black TB, belongs to my friend who retired to Barbados.)
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Post by jes on Dec 28, 2012 11:10:25 GMT 1
I have two and between them they normally cost me between £750- £800 a month. That's for everything including livery, feed, supplements, insurance, feet, wormers, stuff! Last month was more as I had a £200 vet bill on top. It's quite scary isn't it!
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Post by cheekychops on Dec 28, 2012 11:36:45 GMT 1
Cheeko has his own bank account! He costs us £300 a month all-in, and OH and I pay in £150 each. This covers livery, hay, feed, farrier, insurance. I pay for but additional items like vet and chiropractor, and lessons. He lives out full time which is so much cheaper - no bedding for starters.
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Post by wabuska on Dec 28, 2012 11:40:06 GMT 1
For three.... two in work.
Haylage.... 36Euro Farrier... 50Euro Nuts and chaff... 40Euro Hay... 35Euro Elephant grass bed.. 28Euro. Entry fees... 40Euro.
All out during the day well rugged, and the small pony in at 6pm (as she can't be trusted not to break into the 'fat' grazing where the others are). We still have plenty of fogage style standing grazing on a dry hill which I'm strip grazing together with hay and a bucket feed once a day.
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Post by Mellymoo on Dec 28, 2012 11:50:56 GMT 1
Livery is £368 pcm Feed is approx £8 a month Farrier was £70 this month Insurance £40 a month Shared lesson £13.50
Worth every penny ;D
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Post by dalesfan on Dec 28, 2012 11:59:37 GMT 1
Hay and haylage £100 per month, £20 on bedding, £20 on feed and supplements, £15 trim, plus an average of £20 per month for routine vet, dentist and physio £45 insurance.... horrendous for vets bills this year though, over £2000 for Norman's treatments, hospital stay and eventually being pts
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Post by marianne on Dec 28, 2012 12:09:13 GMT 1
I prefer not to work it out and remain blissfully ignorant about why my bank balance is often so poorly. I did have a fairly big shock last month though when I had to withdraw 700 euros in one week to pay for 4 roundballers, a lorry load of hay and about 15 bags of feed New clothes and luxuries non-existent. I even gave up on getting a Christmas tree this year. Still, as I was thinking just this morning as I fed the horses (and watching the wild deer in the adjoining field), I couldn't live any other way now :-)
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