Dearest readers,
What does your barn do with hay? I'm curious how other barns handle feeding hay, both inside and out. Currently, I'm not a huge fan of how the new barn feeds hay, simply because my horses are pigs and waste a lot of their gorgeous hay. I'm not sure I want to be that boarder, though - the one who has an annoying list of requests for their horse. So, what do?
Here's my current/past situation:
Dakota-
Inside: At our previous barn, my horses had their stall hay fed in a Prefert stall manger (outside door). While I know having heads down to eat is best, I was happy because while Foxie pulled her hay out of her manger a lot, it ended up under her manger and not in the middle of her stall to get peed and pooped on. Bailey's stall was also a lot tidier, hay wise.
The girls were fed 3ish flakes by the good barn worker, and 1-2 by the shitty barn worker.
Outside, the mares had net-covered round bales in various feeders. I didn't love the safety feeder that they put in towards the end (I mean, I'm all for safety, but Bailey was too tall for it so it rubbed a spot in her mane.
Woodloch-
Inside: the horses get their hay on the floor of their stall, currently. I watched Bailey pee on some beautiful hay the other day and that makes me unhappy. I also noticed B didn't have a speck of hay in her stall last night; pretty sure she got forgotten (not a big deal) but it would be nice not to stand there and wonder if she got fed and porked it all, or if she got forgotten.
Both girls get 2 flakes, which isn't something I LOVE (I'd prefer there to be more, but I get it) but it's good quality, so they tend to eat it up pretty fast.
Outside: The horses get fed round bales, netted, in feeders. Yay! My only :( is that there is only one bale, and quite a few horses.
Tell me internet... what do? Secondary to that question, has anyone seen these odd contraptions ("Hay Hoops") in use?
What does your barn do with hay? I'm curious how other barns handle feeding hay, both inside and out. Currently, I'm not a huge fan of how the new barn feeds hay, simply because my horses are pigs and waste a lot of their gorgeous hay. I'm not sure I want to be that boarder, though - the one who has an annoying list of requests for their horse. So, what do?
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| Funny human, hay is for sleeps! |
Here's my current/past situation:
Dakota-
Inside: At our previous barn, my horses had their stall hay fed in a Prefert stall manger (outside door). While I know having heads down to eat is best, I was happy because while Foxie pulled her hay out of her manger a lot, it ended up under her manger and not in the middle of her stall to get peed and pooped on. Bailey's stall was also a lot tidier, hay wise.
The girls were fed 3ish flakes by the good barn worker, and 1-2 by the shitty barn worker.
Outside, the mares had net-covered round bales in various feeders. I didn't love the safety feeder that they put in towards the end (I mean, I'm all for safety, but Bailey was too tall for it so it rubbed a spot in her mane.
Woodloch-
Inside: the horses get their hay on the floor of their stall, currently. I watched Bailey pee on some beautiful hay the other day and that makes me unhappy. I also noticed B didn't have a speck of hay in her stall last night; pretty sure she got forgotten (not a big deal) but it would be nice not to stand there and wonder if she got fed and porked it all, or if she got forgotten.
Both girls get 2 flakes, which isn't something I LOVE (I'd prefer there to be more, but I get it) but it's good quality, so they tend to eat it up pretty fast.
Outside: The horses get fed round bales, netted, in feeders. Yay! My only :( is that there is only one bale, and quite a few horses.
Tell me internet... what do? Secondary to that question, has anyone seen these odd contraptions ("Hay Hoops") in use?
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