Haynets

[Furry_footed_TB]

A rather random question but what do you guys do to identify/personalise your haynets?
I keep my horse on a big livery yard and with limited colours and designs of nets, they are often going missing and getting picked up by others by mistake and then they’re lost forever.
I’ve tried various tapes but they’re not hardwearing enough and end up coming off.
Thanks in advance

 

[Zuzan]

I bought some decent rope and re-roped mine.. not so much to id them but because the rope supplied with them is a nightmare to tie knots in.. but they are now v distinctive.

 

[rabatsa]

Plastic identity tags. Something like this would work on more than just haynets. https://www.amazon.co.uk/SwirlColor-Adults-Disposable-Wristbands-Bracelet/dp/B07KP7WN2T/

 

[Surbie]

I bought some decent rope and re-roped mine.. not so much to id them but because the rope supplied with them is a nightmare to tie knots in.. but they are now v distinctive.

I did the same. A previous yard, which mainly ran part livery, used the same green haynets I had, and it was getting confusing.

I now have green haynets with red rope from B&Q - very Christmassy!

 

[Alibear]

Coloured cable ties on the ropes? I've also seen people use cattle/goat ear tags that attach in a similar manner and you can write your name on as well.

 

[Sussexbythesea]

I use insulating tape wrapped around the drawstring. Some has been on for years without falling off.

 

[Birker2020]

I have a ridiculously long lunge line so cut it down by half and I'm using the bits I cut off to tie to my nets like a neckerchief lol. I also use to stop my haynet pulling towards my horse from above the haybar and him lifting his leg and getting his leg stuck in it!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

A rather random question but what do you guys do to identify/personalise your haynets?
I keep my horse on a big livery yard and with limited colours and designs of nets, they are often going missing and getting picked up by others by mistake and then they’re lost forever.
I’ve tried various tapes but they’re not hardwearing enough and end up coming off.
Thanks in advance

Don't need to here,

but you could use a dog tag or one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284252277456?_trkparms=ispr=1&hash=item422ec18ad0:g:BewAAOSw6yxfPnlK&amdata=enc:AQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%2B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsSwcmzw5CLtzTE60FqHcnq2PDGd%2BqIcP%2BubyZZzleZJCnSnrHppelsGUQJIOtF3ietIfQdFJl%2BnypvatA6j3Q1BP5OuJFM0QAFWC%2BbLHzU0AxdfBcPVaBn7brbd5nHd41qmgkGVwAc2sIfygh2xeJ%2BiBCX%2FnQMKmlkMNF8zxAWOQXf71JR1Eorpwho1R5tL02TJjUB8wXVNoHfvSy9d7OCoiCryI%2FWRdFXrFlq%2BWB%2BtjvnW0GIe5ijcpoL9b%2FKhpY%2BKhszXnqK%2BvgAPgCmenoa41%2FlRnLi4bZgXJ7XOTd2oaXOvYntEsZ0qdW%2Fh3TryY1oFoYVxyP38K5YICmkSNA65MPynFNmDC7neJG9BPHDwDTMO2Wr0ugnbnnmyl5jfHwkFKNYAtTV%2FV4UDhHaf2YwVEt1c0F0j4kE7mwaYEBwujPXfwIJNfJ89G7lp288XJ876ZTR%2B1LZWpHvWDho7n3uBlCU0DJlmWoxVkCvW3tCJJLt1LxV8WEHt68n2S%2Bl9S1EblXXVWCdOIPAVzUsY2Zc1R43TmAE2SKJuhzWkvH%2BeTITtRfoktxW01h%2BnxzmgTJBvUh4t2JGill5LaP8nnDAdLw%2FIeudpYS3YENlrsRiedc1uW8XaZHx3Tdw8U%2BXw%2FwegpGneZism4JqSsYju12VzbgVnbGPemzRkcyVDVILxN3VT42F30GHr%2FNEaN8%2FBYa%2BDY4EpkDK1bvvchBPPPlt0uj6lgtAHJWg1WWhAw%2Brih%2BG%2FIZUkr7FucWqjH29755PE2YJTDgUOYjmMC6hFLS4rS1bNozreg5BDRwjmX1g%2F4c4KzHTAMyWo8E5Ne7gMDoV|clp:2334524|tkp:BFBMipCohvNf


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302007277776?hash=item46510958d0:g:lXQAAOSwomJan~zy



lastly buy some coloured string like this and put little knots on the string of the net https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/29456534...NW7WEFLw%3D%3D|clp:2334524|tkp:BlBMUMTEuYbzXw

 

[Otherwise]

I use those personalised name labels that you used to have to sew on to school uniform, just sewn into a loop around the bottom ring. I do the same round the front buckles of rugs, it makes everyones life easier if everything is labelled.

 

[Furry_footed_TB]

Thank you everyone for your ideas! Hopefully will mean that I'm not buying new nets every couple of weeks now! X

 

[Pinkvboots]

I used to use the plastic key fobs used by car dealers they are thick plastic you can write on and have a loop like a cable tie to attach to things.

 

[holeymoley]

A little bit of baler twine tied through one of the holes.

 

[KittenInTheTree]

I don't understand how haynets can go missing. Surely they're either hung up in the owner's stable or similar when in use, and put away neatly when not? And who goes around lifting nets from places they hadn't left them?

 

[Surbie]

I don't understand how haynets can go missing. Surely they're either hung up in the owner's stable or similar when in use, and put away neatly when not? And who goes around lifting nets from places they hadn't left them?

In my experience, if you're on livery the haynets are collected, dumped in a pile and filled all at once for the yard. Depending on who does it, grooms are more/less bothered about who gets which net and more focused on getting the right amount in and getting the job finished. So the nets can get mixed up.

I was on DIY with hay off the yard, but wouldn't always fill my net straightaway. I changed mine to red rope when I found someone had swapped my nets (by accident not intention) for manky ones with holes in.

Labels/tags/ties can fall off. The rope change was the easiest thing I could come up with to make it instantly obvious.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

A little bit of baler twine tied through one of the holes.

This is what we do.

 

[Furry_footed_TB]

I don't understand how haynets can go missing. Surely they're either hung up in the owner's stable or similar when in use, and put away neatly when not? And who goes around lifting nets from places they hadn't left them?

I’m on a livery yard with 30 other horses. The girls who work there will go round taking all the haynets down to fill them after horses have been turned out, and throw them in a big pile instead of doing them individually. So it’s easily done.

 

[Green Bean]

I understand your frustration. I had bought the odd haynet over time and they always seemed to be used for other horses. I had a look at everyone's nets and noticed that no-one had orange ones! I now have a set of 4 orange nets of varying sizes, and after one slip up of my horse being given the wrong net and me pointing it out, my horse now only gets my nets. I was thinking of having dog brass name tags done, but was worried about my horse accidently including it in a mouthful of hay.