3equines
Posted : 9/6/2011 2:39:25 PM
tried all kinds of hay nets, and these are cheap, work, outlast all the others. Use them on all my horses, now but bought them for my overweight Halfingers to make their short rations last longer. For the 'big horses' I can load up 3 or 4 flakes at a time and not have it get stomped into their bedding and pottied on.
http://www.smithbrothers.com/product.asp?pn=PK-27293&sid=pricegSALE&CATALOG_CODE=SX833&EID=X3833001&zmam=1460880&zmas=2&zmac=26&zmap=PK-27293 here's my horses playing with them
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I bought some large carabeener clips and run them through the same part where the string runs, and put large eyebolts in the corner of the stalls so I can clip the nets onto the eyebolts, makes it easy to hang. To load them I fold the top half back (like rolling down the top of a sock) and then slip the whole thing over the bottom corner of a flake, form there it is easy to load - like putting a pillowcase on a pillow. They are stiff for the first few days then get broke in. I have had mine for almost a year, they get neglected at times and sit around on the dirt barn floor, occasionally get knocked down and stomped around in the stall, and they are still as good as when I bought them. I ordered a 2nd batch after I found out how well they worked, so I can load 2 feedings of hay at once. Makes it easy if you ever have someone else take care of your horse, for $10 a bag you can have several pre-loaded with the right ration for somebody else to put up in front of your horse. The best thing about these bags is I think they mimic the horse's natural way of eating. They get to pick a few pieces at a time with their lips - which they do naturally when grazing. Gives them more tactile stimulation and mental interest when stalled during the winter.