Hi Tara, Interesting product (just had a lookie...) sound a little expensive. I would be a trifle worried if the horses should paw at or chew the plastic, leaving sharp edges... let alone when empty I can just picture one of my NF's running up the field with one round his head! Tried galvanised cow rings that's exactly what happened!
It's working out for me at the mo' using a large bale round haylage (so not affected by rain etc.) at the ratio of 4 horses per bale per week. The local farmer will go out with tractor and plonk it wherever I want... easy!
Even the babies have learnt to eat the bale from the centre outwards... so leaves little mess behind.
Perhaps for those that have 1 or 2 horses that get stabled overnight, might be worth looking at one of the small/ medium size ones? But I know my lot would try and get at it from the top... and unfortunately the lid would be in the way!
Just a bale on end - remove wrap and net to 1/3 way down - then they eat without making a mess but can still curl up against it etc. Then take rest of wrap away after a few days. Our 2nd winter doing this on a windy field and no mess/waste. Ring feeders scare me
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i have problem in the stable my mare is a pig and i want to bring her haylage off the floor as she eats is so quick haynets she wind sucks on cannot put manger up on wall so any ideas!!!! have looked at the corner feeding manger but this too would be a problem in the stable as i would only have one corner to put it in as other corner has water the front of the stable is wood and we are not allowed to drill into this the other thing i have looked at on the net is a metal star thing that you put into a black bin cant remember what it is called!! i know nature prefers we feed off the floor its just that she goes through what i put down so fast i feel bit horrible as she then stood all night with no hay the free corner is where she wee's
I invested in a couple of hay hutches a few weeks ago. They've been a great success so far. Much easier and safer than filling haynets and tying them to the fence and much less waste than just putting the haylage on the ground. No problems so far with heads or legs getting stuck inside, though one of my horses (grey boy Haj - typically) has worked out how to unscrew the lid so he can just stick his head in the top, which is much less eating effort. You can screw the lid in place though to prevent this... so no huge issue.
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Posted - 21 Feb 2009 : 09:49:37 AM
