We’ve all seen the posts, anyone done this? I’ve heard hockey nets, tennis nets, etc. Is DIY the best way to go or just buck up and buy a prefab one.
Are you talking about the net portion being do it yourself or the feeder the round bale in the net goes into?
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There’s no way I’d try to make the net myself.
But I like this set up for a homemade feeder.[/QUOTE]
That set up scares me on so many levels! Let’s start with the wooden pallet they can step on, bust through, & get torn up on… A terrified EEEEEEKKKK over the 101 things I see wrong with that set up does not even begin to cover it for me. JMO
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That set up scares me on so many levels! Let’s start with the wooden pallet they can step on, bust through, & get torn up on… A terrified EEEEEEKKKK over the 101 things I see wrong with that set up does not even begin to cover it for me. JMO[/QUOTE]
I’ve always put a pallet under my round bale, no ones lost a hoof yet! (knock on wood)
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That set up scares me on so many levels! Let’s start with the wooden pallet they can step on, bust through, & get torn up on… A terrified EEEEEEKKKK over the 101 things I see wrong with that set up does not even begin to cover it for me. JMO[/QUOTE]
I am glad I am not the only one that cringes at that set up.
This is my set-up.
The structure is home made. The bale is in a Cinch Chix round bale net. The floor is structurally sound enough that the horse can stand on it and not have an issue. I am glad we did that too, one day that appy mare climbed inside the hay hut when it was low on hay.
We used trubandloki’s feeder as inspiration for our feeder (more of a close up shot - please ignore the muddy horses, this was taken after days and days of rain). One side lifts up, and we can roll the bale in. We also use a Cinch Chix round bale net.
The horses have not tried to climb in ours (yet, knock on wood), but we did make the walls a bit higher to discourage it. There is spacing between the side boards to encourage air flow. We have used it with both round bales, and small squares. We can get 8 or 9 small squares in the large net. I have loved the set up, and it’s worked really well.
Ok, I’m NOT going to post a picture of my round bale feeder made from wooden pallets 
because you’ll all laugh at me, but for netting, you can’t beat West Coast netting. A round bale net will run you about $100, and I’m on my 3rd year with mine.
DesignerLabel - did you order a custom net from them or did you make make one using their netting? What demisions did you use?
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We used trubandloki’s feeder as inspiration for our feeder (more of a close up shot - please ignore the muddy horses, this was taken after days and days of rain). One side lifts up, and we can roll the bale in. We also use a Cinch Chix round bale net.
The horses have not tried to climb in ours (yet, knock on wood), but we did make the walls a bit higher to discourage it. There is spacing between the side boards to encourage air flow. We have used it with both round bales, and small squares. We can get 8 or 9 small squares in the large net. I have loved the set up, and it’s worked really well.[/QUOTE]
Yours looks great, muddy horses and all.
One wall of ours comes off so we roll our bale in too. It works so well. Mr. Trub did such a great job building it.
We intentionally made the walls a little lower knowing the one mare was likely to get herself into it one way or the other so might as well make it so she will not injure herself in the process.
