Washing haynets

[Ceriza]

Does anyone wash their horses haynets? I have just put 12 into the washing machine as I regularly soak my hay and they looked and felt so grubby ?

 

[PurBee]

Yes, i did when i soaked hay in them. After a while they’d get a residue build up in the fibre,which would stink to high heaven if you dare bring them up to your nostril and take in a lungful of the ‘aroma’!

i washed them in a large trug with v. Hot water and resulted in a deep reddish brown liquid. I’d run them through a couple of water changes, until clear. I was amazed how much gunk was in just 4 nets to be honest!

Horses sense of smell being superior to ours, made me wonder how horrid it must have been to eat from them.

 

[meleeka]

If I wash them it’s only because they are used as hay pillows in the field and get muddy. I usually just soak in a trug overnight and rinse.

 

[cauda equina]

Yes, mine go in the washing machine too
I hate the slimy feeling that you get with soaking hay

 

[chaps89]

Yep, I just chuck them in the washing machine when they start to smell iffy then run the machine on a hot cycle to clean after

 

[milliepops]

Yes, i did when i soaked hay in them. After a while they’d get a residue build up in the fibre,which would stink to high heaven if you dare bring them up to your nostril and take in a lungful of the ‘aroma’!

i washed them in a large trug with v. Hot water and resulted in a deep reddish brown liquid. I’d run them through a couple of water changes, until clear. I was amazed how much gunk was in just 4 nets to be honest!

Horses sense of smell being superior to ours, made me wonder how horrid it must have been to eat from them.

I used to do similar when I soaked hay. they do get pretty gungy then. now i only do if they've managed to pull the net down and poo on it

 

[PurBee]

I used to do similar when I soaked hay. they do get pretty gungy then. now i only do if they've managed to pull the net down and poo on it

that’s quite the talent theyve got to mess with hay nets! Im always amazed how they undo a double tied knot.

Yeah, the gunkiness from soaking builds up on the nets. i didnt wash weekly...probably once a month. Glad i dont bother with soaking anymore, winter was the most tiresome, pulling nets out at midnight, freezing wet cold fingers...i loathed it. I get low sugar mixed haylage now and worth the huge extra cost not to have to bother filling barrels and soaking hay constantly.

 

[milliepops]

tbf with my thugs it's more likely that they break the net,one used to get her rug buckles caught on nets periodically (she now only has velcro fasteners like kids who can't do up their shoelaces !)

 

[holeymoley]

Yes, i did when i soaked hay in them. After a while they’d get a residue build up in the fibre,which would stink to high heaven if you dare bring them up to your nostril and take in a lungful of the ‘aroma’!

I laughed way too hard at that ?

Yes I fling mine in the washing machine. Everyone thinks I’m nuts. I have one that has a peculiar smell off of it even after washing so thinking that may go to the land of bins shortly.

 

[Ceriza]

I’ m glad I am not the only one. They do look like new coming out of the machine ?

 

[HufflyPuffly]

...(she now only has velcro fasteners like kids who can't do up their shoelaces !)

I am laughing way too much at this

, Skylla isn't even allowed a haynet now after one to many stringing her own legs up in it incidents!

 

[brighteyes]

I am going to check mine - I also use flexible plastic baskets and have done all summer - might be that I have very clean hay as I haven't noticed any smell, although I do wipe them and my soak tub daily for the slime....

 

[PurBee]

I am laughing way too much at this

, Skylla isn't even allowed a haynet now after one to many stringing her own legs up in it incidents!

Lol! I did opt for small holed nets after one night feed incident, where i would throw one horses soaked hay net on the ground so he could start munching, as i took the other horse to her area - (i separate them otherwise mare inhales both nets way too fast). When i returned to gelding to tie up his net, i see him, in my headlight, walking backwards with his head raised as high as he could manage and the ENTIRE heavy wet hay haynet hanging off his nose!
SOMEHOW he had managed to wrap 2 loops of the net around his nose tight!! ? never did it before or since, but small holes reign now after that..erm...’impossibility’!

 

[dogatemysalad]

Yep, I wash mine by hand in a weak solution of washing up liquid, rinse well, then leave to soak in very dilute sterilizing fluid for an hour. Hang out on the line to dry.
Horses noses are so sensitive, I don't want to leave any traces of soap powder on the nets.

 

[dreamcometrue]

Yes I wash mine every so often. Not in the washing machine though. I use dilute Hibiscrub in a big trug, give them a good bashing around and then rinse several times.

 

[Equi]

My nets stink after a summer of soaking. I don't even bother with them anymore and a large ikea bag in my new fave lol

 

[Micropony]

I am a clean freak about most things connected with my horse but can honestly say it had never occurred to me to wash a haynet! Having said that, I have never fed soaked hay.

 

[Red-1]

It had not occurred to me to wash them either. I took a big sniff at Rigsby's tonight and they seem to be very fresh. I do change the water twice a day though, I wonder if that makes a difference?

 

[Surbie]

It's never occurred to me. I will be sniffing haynets tomorrow, which is only going to add to my reputation for being odd!

 

[Tiddlypom]

I’ve never washed a haynet ?.

I used to soak hay loose and then put it into the haynet after draining, maybe that’s why I’ve never needed to?

Steamed hay is much less messy .

 

[tallyho!]

Rats eat them if you don’t.

 

[atropa]

I never have but now reading how many stick them in the washing machine I think I'll try it. Just started soaking hay 6 weeks ago and haven't noticed a smell yet but I do give them a good rinse post-soak