Haying field over winter

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My youngster will be living out with a buddy 24/7 this winter with a nice big shelter & hayed twice daily inside there.

How would you feed hay not 'loose' so to speak. Reason being, the one will pick & go off foraging during the day but the other wont come up for air until everything is hoovered, therefore corner manger isn't an option as hay is literally inhaled.

I could drill some tie rings up in various places for haynets or even from the beams but something makes me nervy about having nets out there unsupervised so to speak.

Any ideas to slow down the hoovering safely?
 
I use a large slow feeder net (the Harry's horse one sold by Horze). I clip it up using two double ended trigger clips, so there are no knots to come loose. Easy to fill, too.
 
I've got a hay hutch with a net in it to slow the eating down.
In the last few years I've put it on our hard standing but before that I just moved every day or so when it was filled.
 
A friend of mine used a 'Paralax Hay Saver' to feed hay in the field. I liked the look of them so much I bought one too. They are expensive but there's no wasted hay, you can move them round the field if an area becomes poached, they allow for a natural eating position and they fit a lot of hay in. There is no net to worry about either but the grill stops the horse eating too fast or pulling the hay out on to the ground.
 
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I bought a small holed hay net that takes a whole bale of hay (cant remember the brand now) and clipped it up on the fence/ yard and moved it when i refilled it to avoid poaching. Mine used to be barefoot over winter anyway and it was up off the ground as well for safety
 
I made a home made hay feeder out of a couple of pallets & a couple of dismantled hay nets ? worked great & kept them busy with all the different sized holes!
 
I just use haylage nets tied up as pillows and chuck them round the dry bits of field on calm days windy days I tie them to a fence post as low as possible and with a breakable string. All are barefoot and have never had a problem. They are double netted to reduce the speed of eating too if needs be
 
I feed hay loose as it is safer, but I feed at night when it is colder and they need it more. They all tend to stand and eat it then.
 
Won't help the OP particularly as nothing to slow down a greedy pony, but I've used these the last few winters. Breezeblock in the bottom stops them blowing away and keeps the hay in one spot.
Bought 2 with the intention of using them this winter but one is now my water bucket and the other is for her straw to eat in the stable so I need to go and buy more really.
I guess there wouldn't be anything stopping you drilling a hole in either side and clipping a haynet into it if you did want to slow them down a bit?

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