is one haynet a night enough for horse?

Well it depends on the size of the haynet, the size of the net holes and how fast the horse eats!

If it's a small net with large holes and the horse has eaten it all by 8pm then it's not enough! But a slow eater might take all night to eat a large net.

The other factor is what you call 'enough'. There can be a difference for the amount of hay required to keep the horse at a satisfactory weight and the amount needed to satisfy their need for fibre overnight. For a good doer, a small net might be enough in terms of maintaining condition, but perhaps not enough to ensure he can satisfy his need to chew fibre.
 
is there any left in the morning i always tried to feed enough hay so there was a little left in the morning on the floor that way i knew my mare was full.
 
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is there any left in the morning i always tried to feed enough hay so there was a little left in the morning on the floor that way i knew my mare was full.

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I agree, I hate it if I'm late to leave the yard and little faces are looking over the doors at me at about 9pm with no hay left and b is tucking in to a haybar full.

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I give 2 stuffed large small holed haynets every night and usually have a small amount left in both in the morning- but I have been trying to increase BW and now I want to maintain it, so 1 wouldn;t be enough for me.
 
It depens on the horse - and as TGM the size of the net.

One was certainly enough for AmyMay - because she was always on a diet.

It wouldn't be enough for Thumper - although he is fed from a rack.
 
Bossy has about 2 slices a night when he was in, and there was at least 1/2 slice left. Ruby on the other hand would eat 4/5 slices a night, so depnd entirly on the horse.
 
I go by weather your horse has any left in the morning or not, and if they need to put weight on, maintain weight or loose weight. Alot also depends on the size of the net.
P (shes a TB so she needs to maintain winter weight.) gets one big hayledge net a night with small holes (She just pigs out on it) and gets a small amount on the floor. It is all gone by the morning. On the other hand, the Connie x next door to me does "too well" and gets a smaller medium holed haynet a night and he still has a bit left in the morning.
 
It would depend on the horse and workload, if they had been in field all day etc.

In the winter my horse can eat about 4/5 sections of hay a night but at the moment as we have got the spring grass through he is barely eating 2 sections a night.
 
Mine each have 2 wedges in a small holed net and 3 on the floor or in a bucket. The mare has always eaten every scrap but she is a good doer and prone to fat and the gelding always has at least a wedge left, if he ever eats it all then the next night he gets extra as I give him as much as he will eat as he needs to gain weight. See conformation critique post further down
 
Mine gets 5kg a night on the floor. That would equate to a largish net a night. It is not as much as I would like to feed, but any more and he gets fat!!
 
ok well horse has a large holed large haynet filled with haylage. complete pig and just eats it until it is all gone. then nothing to eat from about 8 or 9 at night until he is turned out at about 8 in the morning. Not on a diet or overweight, not much spring grass in field
 
They say you should be aiming for approx 12-15lbs of hay, depending on the size of the horse & other forage & condition & work etc, so allowing for hayledge being heavier, depending on how damp it is you could get a spring balance and aim for 18-20lbs of hayledge per night in a large net with small holes so it took him a longer time to eat it.

I personally think that from 9pm to 8am is too long for a horse to be stabled with nothing to eat.

You can get spring balances cheap from saddlery/hardware shops.

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I weigh mine and at the minute my 500kg horse is having about 8kg per night (1 big and 1 medium net). It depends on the horse size, workload, hay or haylage quality etc but I would always weigh nets as the weight of a section can vary greatly between bales.
 
Fly has one haynet at 7pm at the moment (med size, small holed) and nothing until 7am the next morning when he will get another to last ALL day. He scoffs both nets in around 2 hours but I do not give him more. He is a foodie and a natural fatty! He is fine, I used to worry about his gut not turning over etc but no matter what I gave him he would scoff it in the shortest time ever recorded!
 
Axel gets 14lb of hay overnight, any more and he doesn't eat it all and any less and every last bit is gone. He normally has a small pile of hay under his net in the morning when he has this much.
I conducted an experiment a while ago to see how much he actually eats and decided 14lbs was just the right amount for him.
 
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just wondering opinions....

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Haynets will cause all sorts of problems with teeth and neck development,put it on the floor,depending on how big the horse is and what you are doing with it???My lad is a 16.3 tb,in lightwork and he will eat half bale of hay a night!!
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ok well horse has a large holed large haynet filled with haylage. complete pig and just eats it until it is all gone. then nothing to eat from about 8 or 9 at night until he is turned out at about 8 in the morning. Not on a diet or overweight, not much spring grass in field

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small holed net then!!
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My lad is pig with haylage,however he has now calmed down now he been having it for a month!
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