Love that Eco Net
February 8, 2015
I had the pleasure the other day of meeting Hardy and his owner, Brandy. Brandy had many questions. Probably the most pressing one she wanted answers to was, was it going to ever get easier with Hardy? And she wanted to know more about where he came from.
It’s been over three weeks since I placed that Eco Hay Net over the round bale and left it to the horses to figure it out. It took some time. Flicka the mare figured it out before the boy did. She enjoyed pulling the hay out of the netting while Hobo my gelding cleaned the ground up before he tried. He did tell me that he hated the hay net but I find his personality to be somewhat resistant to new things. Once he tries them out then he is more than willing to participate.
I walked out today to check the net for holes that the horses may have made in the net. I am happy to report that the entire net is intact. No holes yet. I do see Hobo paw the net every so often in an attempt to pull that hay out with his hooves. It does not work.
These days my horses spend more time at the bale pulling the hay out instead of spreading the hay out and peeing and pooping on it. That is one thing I have always despised about winterfeeding. There is always a lot of mess to clean up in the spring. Using a hay net eliminates the waste and clean up is only all about the poop. I like to bring the skidsteer in when I am plowing the path after it snows. I take the time to clean the frozen poop around the bale taking away most of the mess right away.
My horses are slimming down. Yay. Inventions like the hay net help our horses’ health and I always give thanks to the people who take the time to figure things out like this. It is nice to know that someone is always thinking of something we horse owners can spend our money on. The nice thing about the eco net is that you save money on hay. It takes the horses a lot longer to work through a bale than if you free feed. There is less mess like I said and the horses feel so much better because they are not standing around stuffing their faces with huge bellies.
Today Hobo told me that he is slimming down. To my eye he still looked a bit rotund but I agreed with him and said, “Now doesn’t that feel good?” Can’t wait to ride this spring!
I had the pleasure the other day of meeting Hardy and his owner, Brandy. Brandy had many questions. Probably the most pressing one she wanted answers to was, was it going to ever get easier with Hardy? And she wanted to know more about where he came from.
It’s been over three weeks since I placed that Eco Hay Net over the round bale and left it to the horses to figure it out. It took some time. Flicka the mare figured it out before the boy did. She enjoyed pulling the hay out of the netting while Hobo my gelding cleaned the ground up before he tried. He did tell me that he hated the hay net but I find his personality to be somewhat resistant to new things. Once he tries them out then he is more than willing to participate.
I walked out today to check the net for holes that the horses may have made in the net. I am happy to report that the entire net is intact. No holes yet. I do see Hobo paw the net every so often in an attempt to pull that hay out with his hooves. It does not work.
These days my horses spend more time at the bale pulling the hay out instead of spreading the hay out and peeing and pooping on it. That is one thing I have always despised about winterfeeding. There is always a lot of mess to clean up in the spring. Using a hay net eliminates the waste and clean up is only all about the poop. I like to bring the skidsteer in when I am plowing the path after it snows. I take the time to clean the frozen poop around the bale taking away most of the mess right away.
My horses are slimming down. Yay. Inventions like the hay net help our horses’ health and I always give thanks to the people who take the time to figure things out like this. It is nice to know that someone is always thinking of something we horse owners can spend our money on. The nice thing about the eco net is that you save money on hay. It takes the horses a lot longer to work through a bale than if you free feed. There is less mess like I said and the horses feel so much better because they are not standing around stuffing their faces with huge bellies.
Today Hobo told me that he is slimming down. To my eye he still looked a bit rotund but I agreed with him and said, “Now doesn’t that feel good?” Can’t wait to ride this spring!