Lillian_paddington
Well-Known Member
So I’m thinking of feeding my horse’s hay on the ground at night - he’s out during the day, is in his stable by about half six and is out at about eight thirty. He gets one big hay net at the moment which just about lasts him til the morning (there’s usually a little bit left, but not much).
I’d like to be able to put it in a corner and just let him eat it, but he’s a greedy little pig and I worry that he’ll finish it in an hour. He is such a pig that he actually seems to be losing weight out in a fresh field on the spring grass because during the winter, there were bales of hay out in the fields that he would stand next to or in, munching away for the whole day.
So... any ideas? Just give more hay so he can’t run out? Have looked at some types of ground feeders that act in the same way as small-holed hay nets, anyone have experience of those? Some of them seem awfully pricey for what they are but I’d be willing to pay if they do the job
I’d like to be able to put it in a corner and just let him eat it, but he’s a greedy little pig and I worry that he’ll finish it in an hour. He is such a pig that he actually seems to be losing weight out in a fresh field on the spring grass because during the winter, there were bales of hay out in the fields that he would stand next to or in, munching away for the whole day.
So... any ideas? Just give more hay so he can’t run out? Have looked at some types of ground feeders that act in the same way as small-holed hay nets, anyone have experience of those? Some of them seem awfully pricey for what they are but I’d be willing to pay if they do the job