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What do you all soak your hay in? The yard I used to keep my horse at had two baths and as most people soaked their hay, they were needed. However I am now keeping my horse at a friend's place and I am the only one stabling (need to get some weight off her). I am also the only one who wants to soak my hay so a bath would be a bit unecessary IMO. I have a large bin but I'm not sure I'd be able to haul the hay out again as we have no fixtures/fittings to use as a pulley. I could use the large Tub Trug (about 80 litre) I give her the hay in in the stable, but I was wondering if anyone had any bright ideas?
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My husband managed to put a little tap on the bottom of a wheelie bin, it was great as you could wheel it to different areas which I found reduced my mess whilst filling. I used to open the tap and leave it for a few mins to drain.

We have a too many now to do that so we use haylage, even the fat pony does well on this without getting obese!
 
I picked up a couple of the rubbery feed/water tubs from Frogpool. One small one for breakfast hay, you can get 2 sections of hay in them and a huge one for tea, you can get 4-5 wedges in at a push and no need for hay nets
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I used a dustbin, and just tipped it over when I had finished, so the hay ( in a net ) would float out - it was too heavy to lift!
I then went over to steaming, and used the dustbin with a lid on.
 
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I picked up a couple of the rubbery feed/water tubs from Frogpool. One small one for breakfast hay, you can get 2 sections of hay in them and a huge one for tea, you can get 4-5 wedges in at a push and no need for hay nets
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O/T but noticed your lovely Sec D? in your sig. What line is he?
 
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I used a dustbin, and just tipped it over when I had finished, so the hay ( in a net ) would float out - it was too heavy to lift!

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I'd do that but we don't have a drain so our field may get a bit wet!
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I then went over to steaming, and used the dustbin with a lid on.

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Why do you steam as opposed to soak?
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You can get speacialist hay steamers if you google hay steamer it may come up, or there ae now special hay baths in glittery blue and pink or how about a long flower pot or oil drum cut in half?
 
I soaked in a large tub trug all winter.
You just have to be careful when emptying as you can really pull on your back.
I ended up using a bedding bag with holes cut in the bottom so when I lifted the hay in the bag out of the tub the water drained out quickly from the bottom - worked really well
 
I got a water butt from B&Q for £9.99 it holds two large haynets and has a tap at the bottom and a lid. The nets get totally submerged and you just open the tap to drain it.
 
Well I've stuck a few sections in a haynet this morning and put them in a large bin. The bin is positioned under a tie ring so I can haul the haynet out using the ring. I hope that works!
 
I spotted in B&Q a black plastic water tank (the type you would stick in your loft) and it was £35 (tehre were bigger and smaller ones) - not sure the volume of water it holds but was bit enough for me to soak 2 haynets in - plus really robust, the plasticy stuff wont become brittle.
 
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