You will need more acres per horse in the southern part of Alberta than the north. Average is around 4 acres per horse, and up to 1.5 acre per horse in the northern parts. Though that's on excellent quality pasture: stocking rates may be a bit less on less-quality pasture. Not to mention that horses need room to run, unlike cattle, so you will need to add on a couple extra acres in addition to the amount that they will graze.
The minimum amount 'of acres per horse required by the state of Montana is 3 acres. The USA acres per horse is 2.
You usually want at least 4 acres of land for the horse to be able to roam around.
It is recommended that you have two acres per horse, but more is optimal. With more land you can let your horses roam freely.
It really doesn't matter where you live, but there is a rule of thumb: 1 acre per horse.
In order to maintain horses in Lexington County South Carolina, you should have at least 2 acres per horse. You should have one and a half acres per pony, and 3/4's of an acre per miniature.?æ
they say: 2 acres per horse 1 and a 1/2 acres per pony 3/4's of an acre per minature
Where I lived in Maryland it was required to have about an acre per horse, we had 2.5 acres and 2 horses lived comfortably on it, but it would be better if you could obtain about 2 acres just for the grass advantage. Hope this helps!
I've always heard that the rule of thumb is: One cow per acre or One horse per 3 acres. The difference is that a horse pulls up the grass and a cow cuts the grass. Also - It can depend on where the property is... south Texas is more like 2 acres per cow, farther north can be 2 per acre.
57,918 square miles in Illinois. 640 acres per square mile. 37,067,520 acres total.
The acreage limit for 1 horse is approximately 5 acres, but if you have 10 acres and it is good grass you can put 3 horses on the peice of acreage. If it is'NT good grass though you should only put 2 on there. One horse needs one acre of fertile land. There should not be any harmful or posionous weeds/plants in the horse's pasture. If you have 2+ horses, you need the same amount of acres.
sort of you need 2 acres per horse in a 2-strand wire fence.
3/4's to 1 1/4 acres per horse.
It all depends on how many horses you have. You need one acre per horse for forage. So, say you have 6 horses, you need 6 acres.