Eargh Massive haynet issue - Ideas please

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I have bought my beloved boy one of the massive haynets with small holes. I know a lot of you feed from the floor and that is great unless you have a horse that drags it around his house and wastes it and leaves it casseroled with droppings in his bed.

So to my point when filled with haylage how in gods name do I hang it up with out involving Sylvestor stallone.

Currrently :-

Fill haynet while in wheelbarrow, move to tie ring, Huff Puff pant and manage to lift up, step into wheelbarrow and wedge net against wall with one raised knee and pelvis then tie up.

Please suggest an easier way I have the added value of a crocked right collar bone to assist.
 
buy two or three smaller nets?
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continue to feed from the floor...if said Equine continues to [****] on it, then TBH its his loss .... and believe me, he will learn from it.


i have to ask this WHY are you filling nets? i is july....
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continue to feed from the floor...if said Equine continues to [****] on it, then TBH its his loss .... and believe me, he will learn from it.


i have to ask this WHY are you filling nets? i is july....
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Some people don't turn out 24/7, astoundingly enough.
 
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I think there would be questions on my Livery Bill and knowing my luck I would get charged per haynet instead of a flat rate.

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put it in a tubtrug (the squashy variety?)
 
Agreed, mine still come into a net at night time.

Re the heavy haynet, could you have a word with the YO and explain the situation? It does sound like using 2 seperate nets would be easier for you and I'm sure she'd rather have that than see it trodden through his bed. Good luck
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Can you get a Haybar or use trugs?

I have the same problem with a soaked haynet everynight, it's so heavy I have to put a leadrope on it to winch it up to drain it off!
 
Get a haybar, easier, safer and also has the added benefit of the horse eating in a natural position, so benefitting, teeth, sinusses, and neck muscles.
 
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i have to ask this WHY are you filling nets? it is july....
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Southern hemisphere perhaps?
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do horses live there?.....
 
tbh sounds like you feeding to much,i would reduce his haylage amount considerably
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,if he was hungry he would polish off every scrap!My lad was on haylage last winter,i started him off with a haylage net as he pigged it,now i can honestly say after 3 wks he balanced out and it was more economic than hay
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,and i was able to feed off the floor,i knew exactly what he would eat,and nothing was wasted,he got to the point that hay was more interesting than haylage,lol!!
Plus at this time of yr you really shouldnt need to feed that mush haylage if he out all day on good grass??
 
I have a Karibiner attached to a piece of baler twine. It makes pulling the net up really easy as there is no friction.

I take the haynet in a wheelbarrow then thread the haynet string through the karibiner and pull. It's no effort at all.
 
agreed that if hes not eating it, he doesnt need it all unfortunately Teddy is polishing off a big haynet every night but i just chuck it on the floor and there is neer even a stalk left so i think if he wanted it he would not be wasting it
 
Thanks for all your points and opinions which are all valid there are loads of issues regarding why he has such a big haynet all of which I wont bore you with.

You're right having initially demolished the contents he is slowly reducing his intake. I moved from Part Livery to DIY recently and felt the volumes fed in the past by Yard were too erratic so poor chap didnt know how long he would have it for.
 
My mare has a massive haynet too as she to have ad lib hay.She has had a gastric ulcer and I can't afford for her to run out of it as she could get another!

It does mean a fair bit of wastage tbh as she is a bit random in how much she eats, but counter that against the £ 3000 it has cost to treat her and I really don't mind tbh!
 
Mine also use the massive nets however I only use them to guage how much hay Im using and then to drag it to the washbox to be soaked. Once wet I tip the contents out onto the floor.

Id much rather have a horse with good dentition and a symetric neck for the sake of a few lumps of manky hay left in the bed each morning.
 
I use a tub from Wickes than cost £9.99 and is tied down to stop it going walkies. It dramatically reduces the amount spread around the stable without putting his muscles to the wrong type of use.
 
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