horse space?

If that acre and a half is simply pasture for your horses than that should be lots of room for just two. However if ur house is included on that u may want to consider a larger place. Horses are easy enough to take care of and look after, just remember that unlike human horses eat about 16 hrs out of the day so just make sure that if they run out of grass to eat in the summer and such that u have sufficient sources of food for them.

The rule of 5 acres per horse is subject to variation. This is usually for a horse not receiving any supplementary hay or concentrate, and on high quality pasture. 1 1/2 acres, although you may feed them extra, will not allow them to get far away from eachother if there is a dispute. One may be chased over a fence. If you do go ahead, I think that dividing it into smaller sections would make this problem worse, and they would graze it down faster than the next paddock can grow. You will run the pasture to dust, unless you build stables/yards and feed them hay in these in the day/at night, and turn them out at other times in a single, large paddock. The land will have to be very carefully managed, and the temperament of the horses will need to be impeccably matched. Perhaps you would be better to agist them.

I've always heard it's 2 acres per horse. I don't know how true that is. We have an acre and I can't imagine having a horse here. We're in the city, so of course we couldn't, but it just doesn't seem that big compared to a horse. It may be best to stable them, or if possible buy a lot next to yours for sale.

I don't know what the rules are in your county, but ours is 5-7 acres of pasture per horse. They actually enforce this. Maybe call your county to find out. And I agree with your husband a horse is a herd animal and I would never get just one. They do need companionship

Hi, For one hore you need an absolute minimum of 2 acres and an additional acre for every extra horse, so for 2 horses you need 3 acres. all the best urban

hi shirbump, You need about one acer per horse however, one and a half would be okay. You might have to add hay for them more than normal. It is good that you get two because horses are pack animals.

I should have mentioned, there is a book called "Horse Keeping on Small Acreage" I am not sure of the author, but you should be able to find it, and might find it helpful.

The general rule is five acres of good grazing per horse. Obviously people get by on less, but if you want to sustain them without spending a fortune on hay and feed, you will most definately need more space that that. An acre and a half is tiny, esspecially when you consider that it will soon be covered with manure. You will need at least a run-in shed for them to get out of bad weather if you don't intend to build a barn with stalls. If you decide to get horses and keep them on that small of lot, you will need to feed them hay pretty much year round, and possibly feed as well depending on the horse. A lot of the small paddock you have will quickly become dirt or mud because their hooves and over-grazing destroy the grass. My family keeps three retired gelding in one pasture where we only need to feed them in the winter when the grass isn't growing, it is about 15 acres at least, and even that isn't enough to have grass during the winter.