Tying up hay nets in the stable - daft question..?

[ChestnutConvert]

I was wondering what different ways and with what different materials do you hang up your hay nets in the stable??

Just a random questions as looking in to changing how i do it currently (twine bit old fashioned)and looking for ideas on how else to put them up!

 

[ccolouredccob]

Twine with a metal ring hanging from it then tie the hay net up in the metal ring

 

[ChestnutConvert]

that's what i do at the mo but can't help thinking it looks messy, maybe just me!

 

[Elsbells]

The cord from one of those tounge twister stable lick thingies.

 

[Mark Gilbert]

chuck the haynet and get a hay rack!

 

[ccolouredccob]

Think it depends, mine is hanging from the bar at top of the stable so out the way and doesn't look too bad. Il have a look at the yard tomorrow and see what anyone else is using, not something I've payed much attention to before lol

 

[1rocky1]

sash window cord , very strong ! from local ironmongers .

 

[ChestnutConvert]

Think it depends, mine is hanging from the bar at top of the stable so out the way and doesn't look too bad. Il have a look at the yard tomorrow and see what anyone else is using, not something I've payed much attention to before lol

I don't think i could jump high enough to put each hay net up every day!
I hadn't thought about it too much either but was curious!

 

[Nightmare before Christmas]

Mine is tied to a hay rack in one stable (hate hay racks they eat too quick from them and all the hay falls on the floor) and the others are all tied to the bars that protect the windows

 

[MileAMinute]

Just a tying up ring

 

[ChestnutConvert]

I should add that i have monarch style stables so top bar is high, top of wood is too low and solid wall is on the wrong side!

 

[9tails]

Tie ring with a carabiner attached. Filled and tied net gets clipped straight onto the carabiner.

 

[YorksG]

Agree with loosing the hay nets Feed from the floor, then there is nothing for them to get caught up on, nothing to look messy.

 

[littlemisslauren]

We tie the nets to the top bar of our monarch boxes. And im very small!
Other boxes we tie to twine on a ring.

 

[RutlandH2O]

Tie ring with a carabiner attached. Filled and tied net gets clipped straight onto the carabiner.

Me too. You're the only other person I know who does it this way. I actually don't use rings at all. I use the clips that attach to the wall just like the rings, and act like carabiners. Actually, I do that in our field shelters. When the horses are in our polebarn in the winter, I now use a sheep ring feeder with weld mesh all the way around the feeder so feet can't get caught.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

Better to put the hay on the floor or in a hay bar. Nets are extremely dangerous, no matter how they are tied up. I heard recently of a horse who got the net caught round his wolf tooth and dislocated his jaw. That horse had to be pts. I also know of a horse which was strangled by a haynet.

 

[emma.is]

Tie ring with a carabiner attached. Filled and tied net gets clipped straight onto the carabiner.

ditto this

 

[happyhacking:)]

Tie ring with a carabiner attached. Filled and tied net gets clipped straight onto the carabiner.

i use some leadrope clips but actually on the nets not the ring.

 

[Queenbee]

If I use a haynet, I use a small holed haynet (never large) with a metal clip

 

[barehoofhannah]

I chucked hay shaken out into a yellow folded down rubble sack when I had to stable. Horses head then is down and in a more natural position and don't have to deal with haynet filling.

 

[tallyho!]

I just to the tie ring or loose on the floor. I imagine twine would be quite dangerous.... what if it breaks and the horse gets its legs tangled up the empty net?

 

[paulineh]

Use Hay Bars

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

I rarely use a haynet due to inherant dangers. If I use one then I am always with the horse, I will not leave them alone with one. I use haynets to carry haylage to the stable but then empty onto the floor for them to eat.

 

[pansymouse]

I put mine in a giant tub trug wedged into a tyre for stability. Hay nets give me the hump. My mare is a neat and non greedy eater so I have no need to slow her down with a hay nets thank goodness.

 

[Kat]

I tie a small hole net to twine which is through a tie ring on the wall. The prospect of a horse getting caught on a net really worries me so before she comes in for winter I'm buying a haybar/ezehay.

I put the net through twine so it will break, I appreciate that if it breaks the next will be on the floor and she could get her feet stuck in that but I think it is the lesser of two evils. Getting a foot caught in a net attached to the wall and it not coming away seems worse.

 

[Foxtrot Filly]

I use climbing rope/string you can get it from most outdoor/camping etc type shops its must nicer than twine and dosn't fray like twine does and easier to pull through metal ring

 

[misterjinglejay]

I use a carabiner, but make sure its up really high to stop stupid pony getting a hoof caught. If my brain is engaged (not often) I'll use a small piece of baler twine between net and carabiner, so that it will break if necessary.

 

[MissChaos]

What Kat and misterjay said - the whole point of twine or a few strands is that it should break and a caught foot is a lesser danger than caught head. I'd continue with this or look at a total alternative as others have suggested. I use nets but only because I have a 'starving' native whose intake needs to be slowed - if I didn't have to for this reason, I'd have forage on the floor where the position is naturally preferable.

 

[Ali2]

tied to a tie ring which is securing a massive tub trug to the wall at ground level - means they're eating from a more natural position but are slowed by the nets (double)

 

[Cortez]

Only use nets for soaked hay (but I don't think they're "dangerous" as such), and tie them to rings above the door so they can look out whilst eating, and the drip goes out the door, not into the bed.