Before I drag another hidden baggie to the grocery store to weigh it, has anyone recently weighed their cubes? How much do they weigh per quart? Or alternatively a 3 quart scoop how many pounds is that?
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I would invest in a kitchen scale. Cubes range in size, which will alter weight and volume with each scoop. Not to mention, not every scoop is created equally!
A kitchen scale would fix this for you, it certainly did for me!
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There are approximately 40 quarts of cubes in the 40-pound bag.
so 1 pound per quart
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Not my horse.
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Wait… You’re willing to take a bag of cubes to a grocery store, but not pickup a $12 kitchen scale?
They are well worth the small price. Your horse or not, if you’re feeding or caring for horses, it’s your due diligence to make sure it’s done correctly. If the horse owner didn’t provide a scale, ask them to, or ask them to reimburse you for it.
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I can check when I feed tonight. I feed 1/3 a 3 qt scoop and it’s around 2 lbs.
Actually yes, because I neither feed nor care for this horse. An out of town friend asked me to help their boarding barn (not my barn, non English speaking help) transition to a new diet. I’ve already dragged one bag of pellets to the grocery store with me, which was easy because I was already going. In lieu of going back again I assumed someone had done the math and I could ask. There is literally no way in hell the boarding barn is going to weigh out each days supply of cubes so no point in purchasing the animal its own food scale. But thank you for the suggestion which I know was well intended!
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I doubt the horse has been getting a consistent amount before you came on the scene. I would just feed what the horse has supposedly been getting and not worry enough to ask what it might weigh?
Once you stop feeding the" barn help" will most likely feed the amount they want.
Not feeding. Setting up completely new plan for help. Marking scoops and buckets. They are extremely good at following demonstrated instructions but they have a full barn and asking them to weigh food daily is just beyond the scope of reality. Animal has done well under their care for over a decade and I’m very confident they will follow owner’s new instructions.
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Well then just weight your baggie and mark the scoop as you planned. Easier to do then weighing every feeding.
I’d be really surprised if alf cubes were 2lb/qt, these anyway, as they are bigger ones, 1"+. I could see the small dice-sized cubes potentially being that dense.
I feed the triple crown alfalfa cubes. One 3 qt scoop weighs 3.46 lbs filled to the brim with alfalfa cubes. Picture of scoop below.
I’m thinking my 1/3 scoop has grown closer to 1/2 a scoop. Cause I feed 1.75-2 lbs to the pony.
Ahhh I see. I know of multiple boarding facilities that weigh their feed, 25+ head, and they don’t have any problems, so I didn’t think it was too much to ask. I did the same for 24 head. I reweighed every new lot number, to check for discrepancies.
If you’re creating a new diet plan for an entire boarding facility, what I would do, is find someone with even a bathroom scale, and weigh out each feed at various volumes, and note them down. That way the staff doesn’t have to weigh them each feeding.
Some manufacturers may have estimated weights on their websites. I know Tribute, which I feed, has a chart of all their product weights at 1 cup, and 1 quart.
My advice is well intended, there was no way for me to know your situation. I apologize if you feel I came on strong.
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