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Hay ring vs hay rack feeder

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Graveyard1984

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Ive got a couple of horses and I have a actual horse hay ring. It works great. Ive noticed that my local feed store has a free standing hay rack for round rolls of hay.
Has anyone ever used one and how does it compare to the hay ring feeder? Every one says you save hay cuz of less waste.
Will it work ok with horses? According to tarter it works with horses and cows.
I think its neat please share your thoughts
Thanks
 
Rack works great; far better because wasted,trampled hay isn't a problem & won't leave a hay pile on the ground to kill grass. Better for cows because they want to play with a hay ring & will upend it & roll it over the hill. The rack is on skids so 4 wheeler can skid it anywhere or pick it up with loader forks & move it empty or loaded with hay.
 
The best set up I ever seen was at a horse boarding farm. They used a regular bale ring and had the bale inside a NET. Kept the horses busy pulling hay thru the small squares of the heavy netting. No waste at all.
 
I prefer the ring over the rack. Unless you got a horse that's bad about pulling hay out of the feeder and not eating it. Racks are not good for low quality bales, or bales that contain alot of trashy weeds. Any bale like that, livestock needs the ability to nose around in it. They do not have the ability to do that in a rack. No matter how good of hay you feed, you gonna end up with some trashy hay somewhere along the line. When one of these bales hit the rack, livestock will eat down so far and quit eating. Might be some good hay left in feeder. They just can't get to it because of whats not good and can't nose around in it.
 
I've used rings over the past 40 years. Was on Cattle Today, haying section and a visitor said he finds the feeder better. Might want to check it out.
 


Can anyone provide a picture of this rack? I checked Tarter and can't find anything. I'd love to find an affordable roundbale rack I could lay a bale in. Rings don't work for snot with sheep.
 
(quoted from post at 10:42:15 11/14/18)

I have one similar to this. I welded a cut up cattle panel in it to decrease hay loss.


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I have horses, and feed with horse hay rings. I have looked at the racks but think they would be more work to fill, and move. How would you dump the last layer of old wet hay? I don't see how they would actually save much hay and look to horse be much more prone to breakage or injury. Simple is better in my opinion.
 
(quoted from post at 12:14:15 11/14/18)
(quoted from post at 10:42:15 11/14/18)

I have one similar to this. I welded a cut up cattle panel in it to decrease hay loss.


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Thanks, that's what I want. Can't seem to find a source outside of a very expensive local welding shop.
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(quoted from post at 23:39:29 11/14/18) I have horses, and feed with horse hay rings. I have looked at the racks but think they would be more work to fill, and move. How would you dump the last layer of old wet hay? I don't see how they would actually save much hay and look to horse be much more prone to breakage or injury. Simple is better in my opinion.
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I gave up on standard cattle rings for horses. You get 15-1800 lbs drafters pushing from 2 or 3 spots trying to get to the hay they want and they break pretty easy.
 
The better stands save a lot of hay, but with only 2 horses I'm not sure you would ever be able to save enough to cover the cost.
 
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