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Slow Feeders
Horses are designed to process roughage 24 hours a day. As Jessica Jahiel says, horses are grazers, nibblers, trickle-feeders.
Jaime Jackson points out that wild horses expend time and energy finding their food. He calls unlimited lush grass a "founder trap."
Slow feeder designs permit horses to eat a controlled amount of feed, constantly. The hay never runs out. Mealtime
anxiety disappears. (Note: this concept works best with grass hay)
Some choke-prone horses can eat dry hay cubes or concentrates from feeder toys in place of requiring soaked feed.
Horses seem to enjoy the puzzle! Some prefer to eat from a restricted free-choice hay feeder even when loose hay is available.
Check out all the options -- see menu at LEFT!
Horse owners can save up to 50% on hay cost, compared to feeding loose hay. (Or about a 25% savings over feeding in a hay rack or open bin.) Horses eat the same amount of hay from slow feeders but with no waste, which also means less work to clean up!
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Convinced? Then be sure to avoid these mistakes when building your own slow feeder.
Jaime Jackson points out that wild horses expend time and energy finding their food. He calls unlimited lush grass a "founder trap."
Slow feeder designs permit horses to eat a controlled amount of feed, constantly. The hay never runs out. Mealtime
anxiety disappears. (Note: this concept works best with grass hay)
Some choke-prone horses can eat dry hay cubes or concentrates from feeder toys in place of requiring soaked feed.
Horses seem to enjoy the puzzle! Some prefer to eat from a restricted free-choice hay feeder even when loose hay is available.
Check out all the options -- see menu at LEFT!
 Bearcat's barrel/net feeder |  |
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| | Destiny and Maggie trying out their small mesh hay net. |
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| Pasture Pal feeders in NY. Ally in foreground. | |
 Joanne's Corner Hay Feeder |  Angela's net doesn't swing around and can't be flipped over the gate. |
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| | Cinderella's weighted hay pillow |
 Jewel and Stella paw through the snow -- Mother Nature's slow grass feeder? | |
Stella with JoAnn's Amazing Graze feeding toy. Dispensing hole is sized for alfalfa cubes, but also dispenses the smaller ODTB timothy hay cubes | |
 Available at freedomfeeder.com |  Maria Siebrand's fence-mounted hay feeder |
Horse owners can save up to 50% on hay cost, compared to feeding loose hay. (Or about a 25% savings over feeding in a hay rack or open bin.) Horses eat the same amount of hay from slow feeders but with no waste, which also means less work to clean up!
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Convinced? Then be sure to avoid these mistakes when building your own slow feeder.
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| tangledmanes | grazing muzzles (page: 1 2) | 20 | Nov 6 2009, 1:16 AM EST by luvmytwh | ||
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Thread started: Mar 28 2009, 3:01 PM EDT
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When I need to use a grazing muzzle to prevent Jewel from getting any grass at all, I will tape the grazing hole closed with duct tape. Actually, I have two muzzles for Jewel -- one that is taped closed and one that has the open grazing hole. I just make a big 'X' over the outside of the hole, bringing the duct tape almost to the edge of the rubber. Before putting the tape on, I use a small piece upside down to cover the sticky part of the tape that will be directly under the hole. I figure that helps keep gross stuff from sticking inside the muzzle...
But with a little luck we won't need it this year on the turnout track at all -- just for playtime in the center field. :-) ~JoAnn
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| Anonymous | Lorna's hockey net feeder | 1 | Mar 13 2009, 5:10 PM EDT by tangledmanes | ||
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I love the idea of Lorna's hockey net feeder. Is it tied to the barn? How does it close? I'd love to hear how she made it! Thanks!!
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| tangledmanes | interesting hay rack - would need a lid for horses | 1 | Mar 9 2009, 10:49 AM EDT by SpottedTApps | ||
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I thought it was worth a look, though -- what do you think? ~JoAnn |
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posted by horsesofcourse Sep 1 2009, 3:04 AM EDT
Friends sharing a Freedom Feeder small mesh hay net
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posted by Camille'sMom Apr 5 2009, 7:01 PM EDT
homemade slowfeeder haybag
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