Let's see your haynet alternatives....

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I'm keen to establish ground feeding this winter when they're stabled at night.
I'm not willing to pay for a Haybar, so what else have we got?
 
ah, i was about to say...haybar!! - have seen rubber matting used instead though with two batons on the wall securing it - like a haybar
 
Mine just has it on the floor, Not aloud to eat anything from high up as neck muslces have developed in the wrong place, Had thought about a piece of wood with wooden batons securing it(like post above but with wood instead of matting) but he's the type of horses which will climb in it:)
 
I have foals, so got to play it as safe as possible. I just put it on the floor (rubber mats) in the corner. I seem to have got the quantity just about right, its not dragged all through the bed in the morning, there are just a few strands left, they rest they have eaten.
 
I use to use a large tubtrug with my last horse as if I left it on the floor he'd waste it and mix it in with his bedding, the biggest one i found was from Wickes.
 
my OH is making me a haybar this weekend!! We are using wooden posts either side and then attaching a rubber mat with small holes in to these. Much better than haynets and easier!!
 
Genie has her own alternative to using haynets... get rid of them!

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(The haynet WAS tied up tightly when hung up and full I promise!)
 
Mucky Shavings said:
^^^id still worry that they would get a leg over the top bag/net.
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Well my horse isn't a baby and doesn't jump about in the stable or scrape her front leg when eating, plus I plan to hang the net high enough that at 16.3hh she isn't likely to do this. Even in the worst case scenario, it wouldn't hurt her. The 1.5" square holes in this net are too small for her to get caught up in even if she stood on it. I'm actually planning on hanging these inside a Haybar to stop her pulling her ad-lib hay out all over the floor like she normally does. But actually, I've heard worse stories about Haybars and ponies getting stuck in those and horses getting their front leg stuck over the top. Same with those wall mounted corner mangers. And how many people hang their un-used rugs over walls and string in their stable. I always wonder what would happen if their horse pulled the rug down and got tangled in the straps or fillet string. But I guess anything, except laying the feed and hay directly onto the floor surface, is going to come with some minor risks.
 
I'd be interested in any suggestions. My mare is too messy to be fed from the floor (nad I'm sure she'd empty a haybar all over the floor), but I am terrified of her getting caught up on a haynet. Not only does she like to wave a foreleg about, she is also quite good at untying haynets so that they and the hay end up all over the floor......
 
Hi - I just use the Gorilla size Tub Trugs for feeding mine hay in. They are portable and easy to carry and clean out.

I also soak my hay in these and drain it in big tubs with rope handles which I have cut a hole in the bottom.

Much cheaper than the haybars and alternatives.:)
 
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