Haybar help

[Ruthy]

I have bought Haybars for my new stables but not sure which corner to fix them in. The stables have rubber floor and wall mats and the obvious place would be front left hand corner (door front right) but this is under the window. As the horses are only in during the winter and unfortunatley the stables face the prevailing wind (there is a 6 foot overhang) I am concerned that this corner will be draughty when the horses are eating. It would mean however that bedding could be put down at the rear for sleeping and poo, leaving the front clear. The Haybar could be fitted in either of the back corners but this would leave less room for sleep/poo but would be much warmer. Any suggestions, does it matter or am I just being over protective and fussy!!

 

[pottamus]

So long as your window does not have a howling wind blowing through it with gaps in it...they will be fine. My horse prefers his haynet on the door side so he can nose out of the top door whilst eating and he has suffered no ill effects from it. I have never known the wind to blow directly through his stable door like that anyway so I can't see it being a problem on the window side.
If you put the haybar at the back of the stable it will make a mess of your bedding too as they always spill it whilst eating!!! Or is it just mine that makes a complete mess of his stable??!!!

 

[Perissa]

Could you make a wooden frame and buy a clear perspex sheet and make a sliding window. During the winter you can keep it closed and then open it again for the summer.

Personally I wouldn't want it at the back if the stable as they might stand in the poo making mucking out take longer and my boy is messy enough as it is.

 

[Nikiolola]

I have to have my hay bar in the front, because otherwise my mare will rush from the haybar, across the stable to the door, dropping hay and messing up bedding all the way, or she will fling all of her hay out of the haybar, so she can eat and be nosey at the same time!

I'm sure they will be fine by the window.