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[kriss10]

[quote="Joan Deutsch
Kriss, Why did you stop using the feeders -- because you have to hang them high? The vets also told us that they've seen horses with a foot caught in the hay nets so we hung those pretty high.[/quote]

I only use the feeders when I board the horses. I like them and next time I bring horses to town we will use them again. At home we have wall mounted metal feeders, but the horses usually pull the hay out and eat off the matts. Even though we have one feeder per horse, they seem to like to put the hay on the ground and group around piles to eat together.

[EasyGoin]

Easy Goin, We had good luck with Nibble Nets. How high do you hang them?

We hang them so that the top of the bag is about eye level for the horse. I would prefer to hang them lower but that would be more difficult for the horse to eat.

[Joan Deutsch]

We just got new Nibble Nets with mesh on both sides. We used to have the one-sided net model anchored at the bottom but Cody broke the twine and then the net flipped around with the solid side facing out so he couldn't eat.




Anyone have thoughts on the height to hang this? It looks low to me. We found that it needs to be high enough that they can't get their head in the opening at the top where they can freely pull out hay.

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How's everyone else feeding hay?

[EasyGoin]

We use nibble nets, have done so for about a few years now.

We don't have much trouble with them putting their heads in the top of the bag because the ones that we use have 8 d-rings across the top 4 on each side and the support clips hold them together. I know that they made some at one time that just had two places where the top was held closed. The bottom of our bags are about belt buckle high.

[gntlmnrancher]

Our Nibble Nets are hung high enough that I have to tip-toe to un -hook them from the eye bolt.

[Joan Deutsch]

GR, Are you the only one at your ranch who can use your nets given they're so high? We just started using Cody's new net. Do folks think this looks too low to be safe? This is definitely too low for Joe who might try to paw at it. Cody is not interested in playing with it -- just eating.

[gntlmnrancher]

My wife can reach ours on her tip-toes. I would hang that a little higher though Joan..I know we all feel that the natural way for them to graze is with their heads down, but the nets work just fine if the are level with, or even a little higher then their normal standing reach. We have 4 at our place and in the middle of the night it sometimes sounds like a professional boxing gym with all four horses working on their hay bags (banging them against the walls, spinning them, etc.) Love them though!