Does anyone know of a good trick to make filling haynets easier and more enjoyable!! Must be my most hated job and i know you can buy rings that you can put nets on but is their a cheaper way? xxxx
I used to think like that. However got my mare a haybar (just like putting hay on floor, but stops it getting mixed with bedding) and hay actually seems to last her longer than it did when I put it in 2x haymets to slow her down.
If I feed mine hay in small holed haynets, it disappears a lot quicker than if I put it in big holed haynets. She obviously thinks she shouldn't be eating it quick if it's in a small net so she does. Same goes for if I give it to her when she comes in from grass, she won't eat it for a few hours. If I leave her for half an hour without a net, she's starving!!!
Reverse psychology or something like that!
No tips for filling nets though, I hate the darned things and would feed it in a big bucket if I thought my horse wouldn't trample the bucket!
My way of doing them is to upturn the wheelbarrow so the handles are sticking up, loop eith er side of the haynet over the handles and shove the hay in. I actually don't swear now when filling them
my mum and dad arranged for Jay,a friend of mine to weld me a haynet filler together.
Just really a 3d rectangular frame with hooks on the top. Dont think it cost much to do, porbably most expensive bit was the metal(£20 ish), and Jay just wanted a box of beer!
Its amazing, cuts haynet filling time by loads. Wouldnt be without one now, especially as i fill all my haynets for 5 horses at a weekend to last me all week (saves me time in the week, all i have to do is hang one up every morning in each stable)