Stubbs hay roller

[Leo Walker]

I have a parallax hay ball and its genuinely been the best horsey purchase I have ever made. Now I've got 2 ponies I wanted another one and stumbled across the hay rollers. I've ordered one from rideaway and it can always go back if its no good, I just wondered if anyone had one and what they thought of them? And how much hay can you get in them? I cant find that info anywhere.

 

[MrsMozart]

Never heard of them! Off to Google...

 

[Leo Walker]

Never heard of them! Off to Google...

i found them when I was looking for a second hay ball. They look a fair bit bigger to me

 

[MrsMozart]

They look quite interesting.

 

[ElvisandTilly]

I like the look of the Stubbs hay rollers. Might,have to get one of those before winter!

 

[canteron]

They have a place .... they are heavy, relatively annoying to fill and I did find that when I used them everyday the horse got a rub mark. But they don’t roll out of the field and a lot less wastage and slower eating when leaving hay in a wet field.

 

[Leo Walker]

They have a place .... they are heavy, relatively annoying to fill and I did find that when I used them everyday the horse got a rub mark. But they don’t roll out of the field and a lot less wastage and slower eating when leaving hay in a wet field.

I want to use them on my mini track. Its pretty much bare now and I feed hay in a crate, but they just stand there stuffing their faces! I'll post back once it arrives and I get chance to have a play with it.

 

[ElleSkywalker]

Canteron where did the horses get rub marks? I have a hay ball and love it but would also like a bigger one to use on a track

 

[Leo Walker]

The older ones dont have lid, so I can see if horses were constantly pushing their face in the big hole, that they could end up rubbed.

 

[canteron]

Canteron where did the horses get rub marks? I have a hay ball and love it but would also like a bigger one to use on a track

Around the muzzle - not bad and it took me ages to work out What was causing it .... my horses tend to have big faces, I think smaller horses wouldn’t have that problem?

 

[Leo Walker]

It arrived today and its a hit! Its enormous and holds probably 6kgs of hay if you cram it in. I've just ordered another one so they have one each

 

[Squeak]

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but did you find that the rollers ended up just going around in one circle and would therefore cause poaching?

I like the idea of a hayball or similar to help stop poaching and wastage but I'm not sure the balls look big enough or if the rollers would cause poaching..

 

[canteron]

No - not if you put it in a different spot every time.