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Post by butterfly on Dec 30, 2007 12:23:06 GMT 1
Im thinking of investing in some munch stations for my pones.
Has anyone got one???
If so what do you think of them???
Have you ever had any problems with one???
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Post by sarahfox on Dec 30, 2007 12:54:02 GMT 1
Butterfly,you should know I have loads of them!
Depends what you want them for really.
They do slow them down a bit,they also stop them trampling their hay,they dont cause the muscle problems that haynets do and are far safer.
I havent any hay bars,but would think that the munch stations are better at keeping the hay from being trampled and it def takes them longer to eat.
I have only had one problem with the munch stations,that is izz,who takes his manger off the top and eats from inside,which I dont mind,but then he kicks the crumbs out of it,which firstly I dont find amusing being woken at 3am every morning,and secondly Im sure it cant be good for him to kick metal for ages!He now has his on the floor.
However,out of the 30 or so horses and pones that I have used them with izz pig is the only one to do that!
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Post by lolamae on Dec 30, 2007 13:30:59 GMT 1
I had no idea what these were so googled. Now I see!
The wheel re-invented.
I haven't seen these since I was a child, they are based on the old fashioned mangers that were in cattle stalls. Ours were made of wood but exactly the same design, they were filled directly from the hay loft above, and some were positioned at the front of the cart horse stables and could be filled from the aisle, I had forgotten all about those, great idea.
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Post by butterfly on Dec 30, 2007 15:18:29 GMT 1
Thanks .... Anyone else?  |
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Post by mellymoo on Dec 30, 2007 15:57:19 GMT 1
Oh, I got all excited there thinking it was something for using in the field! Doh!
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Post by butterfly on Dec 30, 2007 20:05:12 GMT 1
Sorry Mellymoo!!! Anyone else? |
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Post by horsey123 on Dec 30, 2007 21:12:02 GMT 1
i have use a haybar but never one a munch sorry
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Post by lizziee on Dec 30, 2007 21:24:53 GMT 1
It looks like something you could make quite easily and much cheaper?
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Post by Margaret D on Dec 31, 2007 0:16:46 GMT 1
I've just recieved one for Christmas, Arcos seems to like it. Keep the bucket in once the hay/hayledge deposited other wise he just eats straight out of the top. Now go in with his feed in the scoop at the appropriate time. Hoping tio get a couple more for the other two.
Due for about a month rent free for all the electrical work Mal has just completed at the yard so will purchase then.
I usually have DH anti vice nets for no other reason than they are excellent quality and really small holed and two of these are just slightly cheaper than the munch station, and I was needing to buy replacements.
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Post by Catrin on Dec 31, 2007 0:24:02 GMT 1
I used to feed haylage on the ground and found it very expensive bedding! I decided against haybars as I thought my horses could probably lift the haylage out and still bed down in it, so invested in munch stations.
I have used them for two years and they are fantastic. There is also a bonus that a corner manger fits on top, so my TB who likes to pick up the container and chuck his food around, can't. He has to eat it instead.
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Post by jen1 on Dec 31, 2007 2:26:27 GMT 1
im not sure what they are but i use the cattle hay feeders the square ones modifued so they dont have to put there heads through any bars, seems to be working
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Post by Donnalex on Dec 31, 2007 10:30:37 GMT 1
The munch station would be much improved by making the top half of the bars solid so that they have to take from the bottom of the grid, not the top end.
I have my own which are made from a cement mixing bath and some bars, they are fitted on the outside of the stable so I dont need to go in with arm fulls of haylage which is much easier.
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Post by lolamae on Dec 31, 2007 12:13:20 GMT 1
im not sure what they are but i use the cattle hay feeders the square ones modifued so they dont have to put there heads through any bars, seems to be working Munch station.  |
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Post by jen1 on Dec 31, 2007 12:59:49 GMT 1
ahh thanks loalmae, much too small for my mob i can see 10 getting round those,lol
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Post by suewhitmore on Dec 31, 2007 13:11:39 GMT 1
I use unmodified cattle feeders in the field and I never, so far, had any problems with them hurting themselves when they stick their heads through, not have the foals ever got caught up on them. My worry is that the bars on the munch station are far enough apart for a foal to get it's foot stuck.
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