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Was just reading the post about what you use in the stable and trailer and noticed some one say about haynets being bad for muscles (which I agree with) Does anyone use one of the corner hay things? (sorry, dont know what they are called) Coz Im thinking of getting Arch one, as he is getting too much muscle on the underneath of his neck!
 
HAY BAR !

i use a self made hay bar, cost me nothing, its a water butt, cut in half, and rounded edges, with a heavy alloy wheel at the bottom, works a treat and saved £££££, sky used to just pull his hay out a haynet, then wee on it, he has not yet be able to wee in his so called hay bar !
 
We have things similar to haybars in our stables anyway. My horse has a habit of putting his atlas out so I don't give him haynets. Works really well, although he has taken to dragging his hay out of it and throwing it round his stable lol! He still eats it all - he mixes it with his straw I think to make it last longer
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Yes we have hay bars but I dont like the horrid things. Theyre too deep to be able to clean properly every day, they heat up so soaked hay goes off quickly especially on a sunny day.
We have some mesh hay racks left and they are infintely better, theyre fixed at chest height and we've never had a problem with them.
 
I use haynets as I have to limit the amount of haylage my fatties have overnight. They occasionally pull them off, but these have holes that are too small for them to do mischief to themselves.

I've had one horse that got her leg stuck in a large-hole haynet overnight many years ago. She finished her net, and was waiting patiently for someone to untangle her in the morning. The YO thought it was strange her head wasn't over the door waiting for her brekkie.

I've also never noticed a difference in their neck muscles over the summer when they just eat grass, and over winter when they have their nets. It's been correct schooling that's made the difference.
 
putting hay on the floor should also help breathing/coughing as any dust inhaled is helped by gravity to come back out nose rather than "encouraged" into lungs.
But why do they have to throw it around the stable- mine's on shavings and it's a nightmare!
 
We have haybars in our stables. When we first used them, the horses used to pull all the haylage out and spread it round the stable, so I have fixed a tied ring to the wall about a foot up from the ground inside the haybar. That way, they have to eat from a lower level but can't waste all the hay!
 
I use a Hay Bar with my girl and she loves it!!

Her topline is slowly improving and for some reason she is more chilled in her stable now......no idea if the Hay Bar has done it or if she has finally settled!

She pulls little bits out it but hovers them back up so never any waste at all, and i find them ok to clean out. Not the easiest and i am waiting for the day i fall in it but so far i have managed!

However i still havn't got out of filling haynets as i to transport the haylage to her stable in the haynet or YM would shoot me!
 
When mine are in they get the haylage in the hay racks, thankfully they were already in the stables, however the foals get theirs on the floor. Mo the tb gets his on the floor too, and it ends up all around his bed (Shavings)
 
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We have things similar to haybars in our stables anyway.

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ooo what are they jumpthemoon? am I having one?!

I need to reduce what I call my pony's tanking-off-muscle (the big one under his neck!) so can't tie his haynets too high...
 
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However i still havn't got out of filling haynets as i to transport the haylage to her stable in the haynet or YM would shoot me!

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why not use a large bag? I got a garden waste canvas type bag from Wilkinson for 50p and it carries 4 slices of hay and is really easy to fill up.
 
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