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Location: Stillwater, OK | Has anybody used the slow feed hay nets with round bales? I've been looking at them and they look like a pretty sweet deal! I have one super fat horse and one super skinny one and I would really like to be able to put them out together but I don't want my fatassasaurus to get even bigger! Has anybody tried these with a skinny horse? Do you think it would discourage her from eating? All input would be appreciated!! |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| I have two friends that bought them and love them. They said it really cuts down on the wasted hay. |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| LopinOkie88 - 2014-03-28 9:46 AM Has anybody used the slow feed hay nets with round bales? I've been looking at them and they look like a pretty sweet deal! I have one super fat horse and one super skinny one and I would really like to be able to put them out together but I don't want my fatassasaurus to get even bigger! Has anybody tried these with a skinny horse? Do you think it would discourage her from eating? All input would be appreciated!!
Hahahaha!!
Personally, after watching horses nibble on a slow feed hay net, I can't think it would be good for a hard keeper. I don't own one, and I have 2 of those fatassasaurus'. I do think it would slow down the chunky one though. It would save wasted hay. All it really does is allow them to eat throughout the day by keeping them from gobbling it all up in a short amount of time.
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I keep my change in my pockets
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Location: MN | We have cinch Chix for thr round bales and two smaller size when we go trail riding/camp over nite. Love them!!! Almost zero waste. We do keep our round bales in a round bale feeder. We figured that it paid for itself after feeding 2 large round bales. You horses will hate it at first but once they figure it out they will be fine. They have to graze off it, they eat slower. They can't throw the hay around or outside the feeder trying to find the choice pieces of hay.
I love the smaller bags for when we are camping. They don't waste hay, it is slow feeding so the hay will last all nite.
Get the original size holes when you order. We have 2 large round bales nets and the 2 for camping. Wished we had bought this years ago. The hay that is saved over winter is amazing. Just remember in certain weather conditions that they don't work very good, like freezing rain. They are a 10 in my book. |
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 Certified Snake Wrangler
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Location: North MS | Make sure you have a willing participant when netting the bales. If I wasn't present, it didn't get done. I also recommend setting the bales on something that won't allow it to get mushed into the ground when it gets low (gravel, concrete, solid pallet). My harder keeper made it through, but didn't get fat of course. I seperated the skinnies to another pasture for them to have an open bale. The donkey managed to take advantage of both worlds tearing up fences. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Our older horse holds his weight better with a slow feeder because it forces him to take smaller bites and he can chew them better, so there are less barely chewed wads pooped out. |
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Location: Washington | I really like them...but my two chewed holes in them on the first road trip  So how paitent are your horses lol? I suggest the cotton slow feed nets, they seem to last way longer than the other material.
But they do cut down on the waste, and slows down a fast eater stretching the hay longer. |
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