Ideas to put hay in. In the field

[exracehorse]

Thinking ahead to the winter. Can’t find any local brick boxes which I usually use for hay. Plus some are full of nasty nails. Some people are selling for silly money. Would a wooden small baby cot work? Or too high ? What do folk use in their fields to put hay in ? I can get cots for free. Or really cheap on market place.

 

[millitiger]

I wouldn't trust my boys with something like that but they are thugs!

I have IBCs that my partner cut the tops off and then heat sealed the edges so they weren't sharp.
Then we used ground pegs to pin them down.
They're brilliant as won't rot, don't move and are fairly indestructible!

 

[Jenko109]

Absolutely not.

 

[HopOnTrot]

A cot will rot and fall apart very quickly.

 

[MuddyMonster]

After looking at 'cheaper' alternatives, I bought a Hay Hutch. Zero regrets.

 

[BSL2]

Hay hutch or floor.

 

[HufflyPuffly]

Travel cots have been working super for my three, two years in they’re a bit battered but still standing!

 

[cauda equina]

I love these, they are easy to fill and clean out and seemingly indestructible

The Hay Saver (slow feeder) | Parallax Plastics

www.parallaxplastics.co.uk

 

[exracehorse]

Travel cots have been working super for my three, two years in they’re a bit battered but still standing!

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How do you stop them from blowing away ? They might work though. Thanks

 

[exracehorse]

After looking at 'cheaper' alternatives, I bought a Hay Hutch. Zero regrets.

I have four horses in different fields. So can’t sadly afford them all one each

 

[Follysmum]

Dolavs are great for this
Got Mine from eBay approx £60 each
They are solid plastic

 

[HufflyPuffly]

How do you stop them from blowing away ? They might work though. Thanks

Just put a couple of bricks in them, don’t tend to blow away but the horses have thrown them about a bit! But they were cheep, not sharp edges and have made two winters so I’m pretty pleased!

 

[94lunagem]

Travel cots have been working super for my three, two years in they’re a bit battered but still standing!

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I like this idea! My little one on a bare paddock has a haycube and I don’t normally have to put hay out for the bigger one, but she’s out of grass already. I don’t trust her one bit with anything solid plastic she could put a foot in. I’ve just been throwing small amounts out at a time in the hope she eats it and doesn’t kick it around.

In winter when they’re in together I just chuck it in piles on the floor, when they need it.

 

[HorseMaid]

I use one of these, it's a pallet box - I paid about £20 for it secondhand off FB and it is very sturdy!

 

[exracehorse]

Just put a couple of bricks in them, don’t tend to blow away but the horses have thrown them about a bit! But they were cheep, not sharp edges and have made two winters so I’m pretty pleased!

They are about ten quid second hand on market place

 

[exracehorse]

I use one of these, it's a pallet box - I paid about £20 for it secondhand off FB and it is very sturdy!
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