Can I soak hay in the net? – We don’t advise soaking with this product. The netting is waterproof, but the nature of the weave may retain water and harbour bacteria as a result. If you do use this net for soaking, we recommend regular washing with high pressure hosepipe. Oh yes! This is the top of the range in luxury equine weight management, and your friends will want to stroke the soft silky netting whenever you're not looking! :)

Dr Tamzin Furtado of Care Equine Education and University of Liverpool believes the forage calculator will be extremely useful. Not quite. The knotless material will always have a degree of 'give' in the braid, which allows some stretch in the hole size when in use. It is a very effective slow-feeding net, but for better control, use one of our knotted net products, such as The Original or the Mini which has holes that do not stretch at all.We have created a unique resource which gives owners a good baseline to start from. Using the specific feeding goal, weight loss, maintenance or weight gain the calculator takes the numbers we know work. It then approximates on the DM requirements based on the owner’s information, and the research data. It can’t be entirely accurate of course as each horse is anindividual, but it is a very good ‘ballpark’ calculation, which is a big step forward for owners who could not easily access this important information before.” One of ours has to have ad-lib for his stomach, which is quite sensitive- he's a bit of a fatty now because of all the lush grass we've had, but on just hay in the winter he isn't fat. He has his in a small holed haynet so that it takes a bit of effort to get it out, but so that he can eat as much as he pleases (we have found a haynet so big I can fit inside it quite easily!) In place of seeing you all in person this year, we will be putting some special YHL exclusive offers online, so you don't miss out on our bargains!

Owners often ask us about the amount of forage to feed and we found ourselves repeatedly running through the same calculations when giving advice,” she said. Ellen continues: “We have created a unique resource which gives owners a good baseline to start from. Using the specific feeding goal, weight loss, maintenance or weight gain the calculator takes the numbers we know work. It then approximates on the DM requirements based on the owner’s Does anyone really do this? Ad lib means unlimited right? I would love for my horse to be fed this way despite the fact that it would be expensive but can I realistically do it? The new knotless SOFTEE nets offer you and your horse a bit of luxury in the stable, while still providing much more nibble time. The Softee Net is made with a 5mm strong braided knotless twine, with 25mm holes for very effective slow feeding. The mesh material is a silky smooth composition, and the nets are incredibly easy to use with a wide open end and plenty of soft rope for tying them up however works best for you.

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Suitable for indoor and outdoor use (-18 °C to +30 °C), this feeder is available with interchangeable feeding discs with holes of 70mm and 90mm. It has a watertight bung for soaking and draining hay, plus four fixing points that mean you can secure it to a fence post or stable wall. We’ve had a lot of interest from top riders at YHL over the years and it’s also where we met Sharon Hunt, who is now our high profile sponsored rider and a great ambassador for the brand.

information, and the research data. It can’t be entirely accurate of course as each horse is an individual, but it is a very good ‘ballpark’ calculation, which is a big step forward for owners who could not easily access this important information before.” There was a horse on our old yard who couldn't have ad-lib hay, or access to much grass because of a mouth ulcer and tooth problem- he's had it for ages and had always been hungry (they wondered why their cob wasn't fat ) but it was an undiagnosed problem, eventually the concerned tooth fell out itself and he gorged himself so much he kept getting colic. So if you are going to ad-lib, increase it slowly! Our new knotless SOFTEE nets offer you and your horse a bit of luxury in the stable, while still providing much more nibble time. The Softee Net is made with a 5mm strong braided knotless twine, with 25mm holes for very effective slow feeding. The mesh material is a silky smooth composition, and the nets are incredibly easy to use with a wide open end, and plenty of soft rope for tying them up however works best for you.

About Haynet

Owners often ask us about the amount of forage to feed and we found ourselves repeatedly running through the same calculations when giving advice. I thought it would be ideal to have an online tool for owners to do this themselves and learn more about dry matter intake (DMI) requirements. I then wanted to make this tool more comprehensive and useful for owners, so I began to look more closely at pasture DMI and started reading the research.”