Haynets

[Hormonal Filly]

Sat watching my mare eat out of her haynet tonight while waiting for a friend, they’re at her chest height and she was really yanking it at each mouthful. Haynet was flying around.

I decided to empty both nets onto the floor, immediately she ate calmy and less stressy.

Those tiny holed nets must be even worse but suppose they serve a purpose.

She’s on straw, so if she makes a mess she can just pick the hay out I just hope she doesn’t gobble it all too quick.. usually she has some left each morning.

 

[Sossigpoker]

My cob would attack his haynets with gusto and stuff his face until the net was empty. Even 1 inch holes didn't slow him down.

I discovered by chance that he pretty much eats at the same pace if I put the hay in a manger. And he doesn't gorge on it but actually takes breaks.
He now has all his hay in his manger and I let him set his own pace

 

[scats]

Interestingly, I always put some hay in the girls hay bar/cube and then hang a greedy feeder net. The idea being they get their gorging hunger out on the loose stuff and then can pick at the net overnight.

Guess which one they always choose first?

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

Interestingly, I always put some hay in the girls hay bar/cube and then hang a greedy feeder net. The idea being they get their gorging hunger out on the loose stuff and then can pick at the net overnight.

Guess which one they always choose first?

Mine are the same! Both have a haycube & a net, its always the net that goes first!

 

[Peglo]

Interestingly, I always put some hay in the girls hay bar/cube and then hang a greedy feeder net. The idea being they get their gorging hunger out on the loose stuff and then can pick at the net overnight.

Guess which one they always choose first?

One of mine has a normal haynet and a big holed one in her stable. She eats out of both even when there’s still hay in the big holed one and stuff all over the floor. Very odd.

 

[Landcruiser]

Mine are the opposite - loose hay is inhaled and gone in no time. I have to slow them down and the only way is tiny holed haynets. I hang a selection around the yard, and a couple which are double netted ie a small hole inside a "normal" hole. Interestingly they go for the double ones first. They seem to use their lips rather than their necks to tease out the hay, so I'm not worried about using them.

 

[pistolpete]

I used tiny holes haynets double netting etc. never really managed to slow the highland or the cob down!

 

[criso]

Mine isn't keen on eating off the floor. He tends to leave it, stand on it and poo on it or drag it into his bed which is pellets.

He gets his haylage which he loves in a large holed net, then a small holed with hay to pick at slowly.

 

[Hormonal Filly]

Well this morning she still had some left and stable was no different than normal!

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

Ours both eat from hay nets. The nets are tied to a tie ring in their stable . There is a lower ring fitted to the stable wall about 2' under the first one. Attached to that ring is a piece of baling twine to a lead rope clip and that is clipped to the bottom of the net. That stops the hay net from moving around much, it keeps the hay net still.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

I tie my nets quite low as neither are shod it works fairly well as they don't seem to yank the head back to pull hay out.

Why don't you get a hay bar?

 

[Hormonal Filly]

Why don't you get a hay bar?

She had a haybar start of the year, bur started to wind suck on it. It was also very high for her size, she was almost lifting her head/neck to eat out of it so think on the floor is probably best.

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

She had a haybar start of the year, bur started to wind suck on it. It was also very high for her size, she was almost lifting her head/neck to eat out of it so think on the floor is probably best.

You don't want her doing that fair enough you can get a hay sling type thing that hangs up its like a bar but made of material so they can't grab hold of it, I think I saw them Ebay.

Or I've used a very big trug tub to put hay in before in the field years ago, but I suppose you could put them in the stable.