Horse Slow Feeder overview

[@841577]

Ingenious! Been looking at a lot of different slow feeders. This is the best design I’ve seen. Going to build this. Thank you!

[@karlasheaves811]

Would you be able to give me rough break down on how it was built? I need to make one for my horse.

[@ShawnCFarm]

what kind of netting is that

[@zoranrabljenovic4443]

What is the usual weight of the hay bales you use? And what are the dimensions of the feeder?

[@DavidLewisJedi]

100-110lbs

[@alfonsocastillojr2823]

Do you have the blueprint for this?

[@Jennifer-]

How do you keep water from collecting at bottom?

[@DavidLewisJedi]

There is space between the floor and the walls that allows water to fall through, so it never pools.

[@Jennifer-]

@@DavidLewisJedi Just curious how much space you leave between floor and walls. I’m considering this as option, as we are getting wet hay accumulating at the bottom of older Rubbermaid water trough retro fitted with elastic and clips to hold haynet in place. Issue seems to be that the finer pieces of hay (hay dust) clog the drain holes we drilled in the bottom of the water trough, so we end up having to clean-out slightly fermented hay during wet months weekly. Looking for a few more hay feeders, would love your thoughts / opinions. FYI - Hay feeder is not under run-in, to keep horses moving around (which may ultimately be the culprit). 🤷‍♀️

[@DavidLewisJedi]

@@Jennifer- If you live in a wet or semi-wet climate, I would keep them under cover. otherwise you'll need to clean out the bottom at least weekly. I would try and leave about 1/4" in all 4 sides to let water drain through. They don't really move more or less if the feeder is under cover or not. The one downside to the feeder is that they tend to stand around more than I like, but there isn't much of a way around that unless you set up a sort of track with multiple feeders, you'll still get a lot of standing around though.