I feed round bales exclusively. I buy them straight
out of the field as soon as they’re baled and store them inside of my
barn. I don’t put a whole round bale in the pasture w/ the horses –
they just waste most of it. What I do instead is flip a round bale on its
side inside of my barn and peel off enough hay for each horse for each feeding.
The last bales that I bought were 6x6 and probably weighed in at about
1600-2000 lbs each. I’ve been working on the first bale for over 4
weeks and feeding 4 horses. I’ve just now gotten to the center of the
bale. Even the center is still nice and green and smells like it was just
cut yesterday.
