Need ya help please

[sallyandruby]

Ooo tough one

dya know them coffee things that you push down ?? what bout something like that , that goes down as the hay goes down ? so horse can always reach the hay.. but it will slow him down!

hmm *thinks*

[Honor]

I saw a design for feeding hay to sheep and goats which could be easily scaled up for horses.

For sheep and goats, a box was made to take a small bale and a piece of 4" x 4" meshsize weldmesh was cut to the inner measurement of the box and place on top of the bale. As the hay was eaten through the mesh, so the mesh went down. Also, it meant that any hay being dropped fell into the box instead of on the ground to be trampled.

How about those huge potato boxes and 6" x6" meshsize weldmesh ?

[malikariverbaby]

I used electric tape and would like something that would help me get one horse out without the there horses getting out. Theye are attacted with thoses handle things and one horse always seems to sneak up the outside edge a slip though as I get one horse out.

[gillmcg]

gailsmith said:

A haynet filler sounds good to me!
It is so hard to fill a haynet from a big round bale and so last year I pinched my clothes horse and took it out into the barn. It is a three sided affair made of plastic covered wire with hinges on the two joining sides. I hooked the haynet over the four corners so that it was then standing with the top open. Then it was easy to fork hay from the big bale into the haynet. Unfortunately it broke quite quickly as I used it twice a day for several haynets.

If it was made of a better quality sturdy plastic? or maybe wood? The best thing was that when I had finished with it I could fold it up and stack it against the wall ready for the nest time.

My hubby was a CDT teacher in the UK and so I'll chat to him and see what he can come up with.

Gail

www.hoofheartedequestrian.co.uk/folding-haynet-filler-i416.html

Got one, it's brill!!!! Has to be screwed to a wall/back of a door though.

[sallyandruby]

I really like that idea honor..

[Honor]

Of course, if you have shetties, a potato box is waaaayy too deep but I'm still trying to get one organised for my biggies. Potato boxes aren't lightweight to move but they don't knock over easily either.

[gypsycob]

we have something similar Gillmcg, ours is a metal barrel with blunt ended srews around the outside at the top, it is brilliant one of the hubbies made it and all your haynets comeout thin and long (but full) so all the nets look uniform

[gypsycob]

Jes I would like something like that - would love a haybar for him but he would eat it all in about an hour, he has it double haylage, but I would like the same effect (slow release) with the lower head position

[sallyandruby]

I dont think i would be able to use the hay box type thing as it doesnt fit into any of the catorgaries whereas if i used the rug idea it would fit into weather.. although i do love the idea

keep em coming

[Loulou]

Oooh Gill that looks good. Is it strong though? I use the big haynets and they take about 10 kilos of hay at a time. Would this take that weight?

Gail

[sallyandruby]

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