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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | I need to invest in some bags/nets that will slow my horses down. They only get fed hay 2x a day and it only lasts an hour or two. They are in runs so there's no grass. This obviously isn't ideal and I believe it may be causing issues especially in one of my horses. So I need something durable, easy to fill, and will hold a large volume of hay to last about 12 hours. Any suggestions?
Edited by cavyrunsbarrels 2015-02-17 7:54 PM
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Meanest Teacher!!!
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Location: sunny california | I like my nibble nets they costed more but they were worth it |
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| I wish my mom was on this board because she has about 14 different types of slow feeders, but if I remember right, she likes the quality of the Nibble Nets the best. I think that she likes the closure on the Cinch Chix nets, but I might be wrong on that. She also has some barrels, but they can be hard to get the top off to get they hay in. |
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 My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | Nibble Nets sure make them work for it, so they can't rush right thru |
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Location: Ohio | I also agree with the above replies. I have multiple nibble nets that are very durable. |
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 New Baseball Convert
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Location: stalking Gail... | I bought 2 Hay Low Hay nets this fall for two of my pastures. They have the PVC rings around the top and bottom so they are easier to fit over the bales. They fit large round bales. One pasture has 5 horses and the other has 4.
I am currently going thru one large round bale every 10-14 days with the pasture with 4 horses and every 7-10 with the 5 horses. I used to feed one large round every 4-5 days/per pasture.
I can safely say that they have already paid for themselves. I have gone thru HALF of the hay I went thru in years past. AND ABSOLUTELY NO HAY WASTE YET!!!!
All the horses look great, seem happy, and did I mention NO HAY WASTE!!!!
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 Banjo and Baby
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Location: South of Canada and North of Mexico | Hay Low Haynets or Cinch Chix. :) |
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I just read the headlines
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| I bought some hay pillows. I should have got the bigger holes because the my two get frustrated and walk off. If I put alfalfa in them, then they'll stay and work with them. I like that they can mimic grazing. But I also like the cheap small hole hay nets you get at Big Dee's. They have lasted over a year and still going strong. |
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Location: Texas | I have three of the Porta-Grazers I am no longer using and want to sell. Check them out at http://porta-grazer.com/ PM me if interested. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I have plastic trash cans with holes cut in the bottom and netting over the hole in the bottom. I bungee cord the top of the trash can and just unhook it to fill it. Pretty simple. I only have two horses now tho so I'm not sure how it would work with multiple horses in multiple runs.
I thought Cinch Chix changed their name to Hay Chix?...  |
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Red Bull Agressive
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Location: North Dakota | Holy crap those nibble nets are expensive.  $170 for the big one. I haven't paid more than $5 for a hay net... We have some of those big round bale nets but after at least 2 other horses got them caught on their shoes and were stuck for at least a few hours, I won't use those with an shod horses. His pen also isn't big enough to fit a round bale. |
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My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-02-18 10:38 PM
Holy crap those nibble nets are expensive. $170 for the big one. I haven't paid more than $5 for a hay net... We have some of those big round bale nets but after at least 2 other horses got them caught on their shoes and were stuck for at least a few hours, I won't use those with an shod horses. His pen also isn't big enough to fit a round bale.
Lord I don't remember paying that much! |
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Elite Veteran
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| GLP - 2015-02-18 8:46 AM I bought some hay pillows. I should have got the bigger holes because the my two get frustrated and walk off. If I put alfalfa in them, then they'll stay and work with them. I like that they can mimic grazing. But I also like the cheap small hole hay nets you get at Big Dee's. They have lasted over a year and still going strong.
This. I have a couple hay pillows that successfully slow down (and irritate!) my horses that used to eat like pigs. I also have bought some cheaper slow feed nets for their stalls (through Amazon, I think?) and they've held up way better than I thought that they would and hold quite a bit of hay. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | I use nag bags :) got rid of all my hay bags and replaced them with nag bags... better for my iad case and keeps my busy bee ottb from chewing everything in sight! |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | Look on BisMan Online and see if you can find a tractor tire turned inside out. Thats what hubby and I use and I really like them. they are safe and easy to move when we bring in the tractor to clean the pens. They are perfect for hay and you can put a ton in them. We too only feed twice a day, due to working in town, and we can stuff enough hay in there so that its like "free choice" and they nibble all day. |
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