how much is horse hay and feed in alaska?
I am wanting to move my horses to Alaska with me, but I need to know I can take care of them. I would like to know the best place to have them so they can handle the winters and how much the hay and feed would cost. I know the winters are hard, so I want to make sure I have enough to get them through.
Most people I know build an unheated barn or stable for them. And run a electric heater in their water tough to keep it liquid. It gets -20F for a while most winters and could get to -40F (and colder in Fairbanks) so they feel the horses need to undercover and out of the wind.
I just checked our local feed store, Cad-re Feeds in Soldotna, Alaska. A 3-hour drive south of Anchorage.
A 70-pound big hay bale of Alfalfa is $28.95
A 50-pound of corn/oats/barley with mollases is $16.95
Enough people up here have horses, do 4-H, or need straw for sled dogs that most towns of any size have a feed store. If not, the hardware or drygoods store would likely stock it.
Most areas of the state don't get terrible deep snow, so potentially you can ride through the winter. On the original off-road machine - a horse. And along all highways, there's a frontage path that the "four wheelers" - those 500cc ATCs - and snowmobilers ride along. Those are packed down pretty well soon after a snowfall.
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December 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 am
Most people I know build an unheated barn or stable for them. And run a electric heater in their water tough to keep it liquid. It gets -20F for a while most winters and could get to -40F (and colder in Fairbanks) so they feel the horses need to undercover and out of the wind.
I just checked our local feed store, Cad-re Feeds in Soldotna, Alaska. A 3-hour drive south of Anchorage.
A 70-pound big hay bale of Alfalfa is $28.95
A 50-pound of corn/oats/barley with mollases is $16.95
Enough people up here have horses, do 4-H, or need straw for sled dogs that most towns of any size have a feed store. If not, the hardware or drygoods store would likely stock it.
Most areas of the state don't get terrible deep snow, so potentially you can ride through the winter. On the original off-road machine - a horse. And along all highways, there's a frontage path that the "four wheelers" - those 500cc ATCs - and snowmobilers ride along. Those are packed down pretty well soon after a snowfall.
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I live in Alaska and know a lot of 4-H and horse owning families.