What's the difference in cost from one to two?

[sallyanna]

horses? Is it exactly twice as much or are there costs that can be split? Would a feed store give a discount for ordering more feed? I have the opportunity to acquire one or two (mother and her colt) in the summer and need to know the cost difference.

[aplslch]

With two animals of roughly the same age and size there would be places you could overlap costs, such as tack, but with two animals of a different age and needs it would most likely double it. A colt has a growing body and requires more food and tack that grows with him. Most feed stores don't offer bulk discounts on a scale that small. For a barn with 10+ they might deliver for free, but you don't want to buy so much food it goes bad before you can use it.