Haynets or Haylage nets?

[Pidge]

Ok just wondering after reading other posts, if you don't use a haynet in the stable in case horse gets caught in it would you use a haylage net instead?
Pidge is sooooo messy anyway he has haylage nets but tied to baler twine rather than straight to the tie ring.

 

[bex1984]

are haylage nets the ones with the smaller holes?

 

[Pidge]

yes

saw your photos of Murphy schooling yesterday but didn't get chance to reply, he's looking really good and you both look like your having fun

 

[Chestersmum]

I don't use haynets or haylage nets as a rule, as horse tends to pull them down however they are tied!

If he's in the stable and he's supervised (e.g. mucking out or grooming) then I'll tie a large holed haynet up, but it's always removed before I leave.

 

[Tinkerbee]

We have haybars or just chuck the hay on the floor.

 

[bex1984]

awww thank you! we were having fun

Now I know that they are the small-holed ones I can confirm that I only use haylage nets for my hay!!! Mainly to slow the fat pig down so he doesn't eat so fast!

ETA - I'm not allowed to feed hay from the floor and if I fed it from a rack/hay bar it'd be gone in 2 minutes!!

 

[Pidge]

same as Sunny then, though out of the two of them it is Pidge that stuffs his face

 

[emilyw]

One horse has his on the floor but the other hay a haylage net as I feel its safter - he cant have it on the floor as he poos on it and we end up throwing way to much away and wasting a small fortune of money on it!

 

[CleverHorses]

I use a haylage net, i'm the same can't feed hay/haylage to my horse on the floor as he will just put it into his bed and then won't eat it.
There will always be a slight risk using nets, but I think there is less of a risk with a haylage net.
Though I think if you've got a horse that your strugglying to keep weight on use a haynet you want to incourage it to eat.

 

[tabithakat64]

I only use haylage nets too

 

[cyberhorse]

I use a haylage net and tie it on the door just below wither height. I tie it so it cannot drop and get near the feet by looping through the bottom of the net and then tying the bottom to the door aswell. Hence the top and the bottom are attached to the door so when empty it does not drop at all.

 

[Chestersmum]

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There will always be a slight risk using nets, but I think there is less of a risk with a haylage net.
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I have the opposite problem if I use a small holed haynet or haylage net, my horse gets very agitated as he struggles to get any hay out of the net and is then more likely to get himself caught as he'll start tearing at it and striking out at it with his front feet.

So, if I use a big holed net, he's much happier as he can easily get his hay without the need to tangle himself up in it out of frustration.

I still don't trust him entirely to not catch himself on the nets unsupervised, so overnight or during the day if he's in I just chuck it on the floor!

 

[ester]

Ours are in between, they get very frustrated with haylage nets and just give up so that we get lots of wastage. Never had a problem and never known anyone who has. I often replace the ropes on them for tying up to better ones though.

Am assuming issues caused if net comes down and horse puts foot through them? Mine would never get his foot up that high otherwise!

 

[Ranyhyn]

I always feed mine loose, its just one less thing to cause themselves harm on really

 

[meandmyself]

Haybag

 

[Kate260881]

My old pony used to get annoyed with her haynet then strike with her front feet, get it caught and then just stand there till someone found her. No panic, no struggle - strange mare. So yeah, we put up a rack after that happened the second time!

 

[kellyeaton]

i use both but the little [****] bites holes in them to make bigger hole4s so he can eat it quicker. I would put it on the floor but he drags it into his bed and wastes half of it!

 

[Theresa_F]

Before I got the haybars, I used haybags - best solution for me - hay off the floor and the bag is far safer than nets.