Hay Net Helpers
I'm a big fan of slow feed nets for my horses. Not only do they slow down my hungry hippos, keep them busy and their bellies full until morning, they also help reduce waste. I used to simply hang a net or two in each stall, but filling them got to be a chore, so I fixed half the net to the bars to make them easier to fill and then tied the pull-rope off to close them. That worked well for a while until I saw a neat idea on another site and decided to give it a try. Someone had woven two poles through either side of the top of the net so it could be opened and closed like a sandwich bag. I bought a few Freedom Feeder nets because of their size and square shape, got some dowels from the hardware store and made some up. I used the big sturdy snaps I normally hung my hay nets with, which have a 1" ring at one end, to slide over the ends of the dowels. They were secured to the wall with some screw eyes. Then all I had to do to fill a net was unsnap two snaps, drop in t