My new neighbor has two big donkeys and 2 horses on his 7 acre piece of land. Only about 4 acres can be grazed. I don't think he realized how much they eat.
It's been dry here and the donkeys and horses have eaten everything down to the dirt. I was talking to him yesterday and he was saying that he was going to have to start buying hay. I think he's going to be out some money to get them through the winter.
Nothing overgrazes a pasture like a horse does........and you're right, most people don't realize how much they eat.
As far as the weather goes, we have been blessed with plenty of rain here. A lot of the hayfields have been cut twice, and that's grass, not alfalfa. My cattle pasture has held up great, and I've been rotating them every few weeks. It is starting to get a little dry now, and we could use some rain, and a break from this heat and humidity.
