Horse slow feeder ideas

I’ve been wanting to have a hay feeder built for the horses and took advantage of the good weather, as well as hubby’s recovery, to have him whip this up. The grid is a 2′ x 4R…

Here are five ways to save hay, money and improve the health of your horse. Every equestrian knows horses love to eat and eat to live. While it may seem gluttonous, numerous studies have proven their digestive systems are designed for grazing. In an ideal world, horses would chew 16 to 17 hours a day according to Kentucky...

My riding buddy has been using small-mesh hay nets to feed her horses, which is working very well for her. However, she wanted a box type slow feeder that would be free standing and could be moved to different locations. We looked at a lot of different feeders and there are some interesting designs out there, but we were both appalled by the price tag attached to them. The other thing that I did not like about all of the feeders I saw is that they have solid walled construction that does not…

Hay Nets and DIY Slow Feed Hay Feeders

Sometimes life happens and you can only feed your horse once per day. Check out our tips for using hay nets as slow feeders to help your horses hay last him through the day.

So, we had a dilemma in regards to how we fed hay. Pendleton needed to free feed all day, and Willow & Rowdy needed to be forced to slow down or they would inhale their day’s worth of hay…

You may have already heard how haynets can cause damage to horse's gums, and metal grates on slow feeders can cause damage to tooth enamel. Well I'm going to share my experiments of using both over the course of 7 years with my herd of 11 horses, varying in age from foal to 16 years. Along with some recent research that's come out of Europe. I started off using hay nets combined with slow feeder boxes with 2x2-inch metal grates: I checked the horses' teeth regularly and everyone was fine…

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