Hay bar, hay racks or haynets

[Sandstone1]

Whats best in a field shelter. Safest and easiest to use without wasting hay. Thanks

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

I like haybars but I only use Haynets for travelling

 

[Tiddlypom]

Option 4, the floor .

Failing that, hay racks if there are multiple horses, as it is less likely that horses will get hooked up on a hay rack compared to hay nets or hay bars if they mill around. Choose the weld mesh type ones for safety's sake.

 

[splashgirl45]

Hay bars I would think , wouldn’t like to have hay nets as horses can so easily get caught up in them

 

[The Xmas Furry]

I have a hay bar in my largest shelter, plus a tie ring behind/over it.
I pop a slice in the haybar and tie a small holed net too. Saves on wastage.

However, this is for one. I'd not do that for multiples as by the nature of a hay bar, it's in a corner.

 

[poiuytrewq]

Going against the grain, I bought a haybar and it didn’t last long! I couldn't teach the bottom to clean it and the bits just didn’t fall through. It was off the ground. I do feed wet hay though so maybe thats why.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Haynets or a haybox, bb wont eat out a haybar at all, literally didnt eat all night one time

 

[poiuytrewq]

Option 4, the floor .

Failing that, hay racks if there are multiple horses, as it is less likely that horses will get hooked up on a hay rack compared to hay nets or hay bars if they mill around. Choose the weld mesh type ones for safety's sake.

This! What about some kind of hand made rack across the whole back wall?

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Going against the grain, I bought a haybar and it didn’t last long! I couldn't teach the bottom to clean it and the bits just didn’t fall through. It was off the ground. I do feed wet hay though so maybe thats why.

I don't have an issue and I'm not that tall or agile.
If I need to clean it then I stand on a moveable step or the portable 2 step mounting block, then kneel down and with gloves on, can do the bottom.

 

[poiuytrewq]

I don't have an issue and I'm not that tall or agile.
If I need to clean it then I stand on a moveable step or the portable 2 step mounting block, then kneel down and with gloves on, can do the bottom.

I didnt try a step to be fair, I used to try flicking it out with a straw fork. He’d leave a lot and it just got a bit yuck.
He was a pretty manky horse though, I’m sure he’d have been able to turn anything disgusting!

 

[MuddyMonster]

If they are barefoot, I'd go for a hay pillor or slow feeder on the floor.

If shod could you use the haynets that hang horizontally? Like these
https://www.viovet.co.uk/Hay-Net/c7...0_1660937953_da8d31ffa79768474833d2e4b3529927

 

[ycbm]

None of those. Fix a sheep hurdle, they're dead cheap, across each corner stood on its short side. Line it with wire grid if you need to slow them down. Both corners have them here.

 

[poiuytrewq]

None of those. Fix a sheep hurdle, they're dead cheap, across each corner stood on its short side. Line it with wire grid if you need to slow them down. Both corners have them here.

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I get overcome with green eyed jealousy every time is see your barn! What a perfect set up.

 

[ycbm]

I get overcome with green eyed jealousy every time is see your barn! What a perfect set up.

Sadly it doesn't belong to me any more and Ludo's in a standard stable tonight ?

 

[poiuytrewq]

I’m sure he’s still very happy!
I do strive to have a barn one day but it’s highly unlikely.

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

Hay cubes are fab

 

[Prancerpoos]

I had hay bars with swedish haynets fixed inside. It slowed down the munching and stopped the horses from pulling all the hay out and trampling it.

 

[Ratface]

One of my Arabs managed to get stuck upside down in a haybar! Previously, he'd been starved and was one of my (many!) rescues. He had his hay in small-holed haynets after that, and order was restored.

 

[Barton Bounty]

One of my Arabs managed to get stuck upside down in a haybar! Previously, he'd been starved and was one of my (many!) rescues. He had his hay in small-holed haynets after that, and order was restored.

My god! That sounded dangerous…

 

[Ratface]

Fortunately, apart from seeing witches and hobgoblins behind every dandelion leaf, he was very sensible when the chips were down.
One of the yard staff heard him crashing about, called for help and someone calmed him whilst the haybar was unscrewed and he and it were parted.
He was a bit sore and anxious about going back in his stable, but once the Killer Bin had disappeared, he was fine after a few days.

 

[BSL2]

If its field shelter, and there is additional grazing, I would say a properly tied haynet. Haynets are a problem if not tied properly and/or if used 24 hours aday. If the horse can stretch and eat naturally in the field most of the time, in my opinion, a haynet with small holes will be OK.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

I like haybars but I only use Haynets for travelling

We actually use Easi-Graze bins, we have 3 between 2 horses and also put out trugs with chaff, in the shelter. Our haybars are in the stables