am i missing something?! - feed buckets

[maya2008]

You need to remove after eating. If they won’t eat the feed in a timely manner if left in the stable, then feed outside the stable or don’t put the net in until the feed is gone. Even the thick rubber tyre ones eventually die with determined horses!

 

[dottylottie]

You need to remove after eating. If they won’t eat the feed in a timely manner if left in the stable, then feed outside the stable or don’t put the net in until the feed is gone. Even the thick rubber tyre ones eventually die with determined horses!

whilst i would love the luxury of this much time to faff about, i work 12 hour shifts and do them at 5:30 in the morning, im not getting up even earlier to play musical buckets

 

[Lyle]

We use feed bins made from recycled tyres with a solid rubber base. Cheap, and totally indestructible! I buy cheap plastic buckets (usually used ones that have had, say, crushed garlic in them. I just clean them, and they come with lids!) Easy to stack, carry and clean. Can makeup loads of feeds and dump them into the feeder.

 

[Abacus]

For my idiot boys who love throwing their bowls around, I have got the type that fits in an old car tyre. They weren't that cheap to buy but they have lasted a good 2+ years now and are still fine, they are fed in the field so stay out there all the time. I make up the feed in the cheap plastic bowls and tip the feed into them each morning.

ETA: they were 14.99 each on Amazon. When I just looked to check the price I also saw these, which might be interesting - no handles to fling them about with.

Amazon.co.uk

 

[Welly Boot]

I use the black tyres and they are pretty robust if thrown around or stamped on.

 

[Sprogladite01]

I had the same problem with my mare, she destroyed literally everything. Sometimes even while eating! I switched to one of these about a year ago and it's still going strong with my other pony (now that I've sold her) which is a world record for any horses i've had:

PROSTABLE Feed Bucket 2861

Low sided bucket ideal for mixing most common materials and feeds. Also for use directly as a feeding bucket. Diameter x 40cm and depth x 18cm.

gsequestrian.co.uk

Bonus points for not being too expensive either!

 

[maya2008]

whilst i would love the luxury of this much time to faff about, i work 12 hour shifts and do them at 5:30 in the morning, im not getting up even earlier to play musical buckets

No idea what your yard setup/general schedule is like, but I have in the past tied ponies up to eat while I do chores. All ponies out of stables, buckets of feed given, muck out, remove buckets and either back in stable or out in field depending on setup. That only works if you have somewhere to tie them that isn’t the stable door, or can muck out around them though!

Or just fork out for the gorilla rubber tyre ones for the worst offenders and hope?

 

[SpotsandBays]

Have you tried putting the buckets in a tyre?

 

[rextherobber]

whilst i would love the luxury of this much time to faff about, i work 12 hour shifts and do them at 5:30 in the morning, im not getting up even earlier to play musical buckets

Could you not dish out feeds, first to the hay first eater , then by the time you do the nets, she'll have finished? Or as previouslymentioned, feed on pile of hay