I got a water trough, drilled holes in the sides and clipped a hay net in, came back the next morning and the trough was upside down.
The next time it was dragged halfway way out in the paddock. What’s the secret to keeping them under the shelter where they where they were intended.
Anchor them. I fed in a trough minus the hay net. I drilled holes in the back of the trough and tied it to the back wall. Seems like they should be heavy enough but no….
Susan
No, nothing is strong enough with hungry hippos.
Like the mobility too. Thanks
Yeah, I anchored mine too. Ratchet strap to a fence.
I used baling twine to anchor mine at 2 points. My filly still manages to break one of them regularly and flips it out of the paddock under the fence… But at least the second twine tie keeps it relatively local to her.
You have to anchor it to something unmovable to keep it in place.
I feed hay ( unnetted) in a 100 gallon water trough in the Winter so my 3 can get at it from all sides. I find it all over the dry lot the next morning.
It serves a dual purpose. Not only does it hold hay it is a play toy for my young gelding.
there was a second benefit for us as the yearling was being kept at that time with one of our minies who did not need the high quality hay we were feeding the yearling
@clanter how did you manage to keep the hay and trough in the cart and the cart upright with a yearling who had free access to it?
My boy at 4 years old now, would still have great fun with it all and the mini would be chowing down at liberty…
he was a very good boy, he never tired to overturn it after-all it was His chuck-wagon, the mini would try to eat out the trough, standing on his tippy toes, the yearling at times would share giving his buddy a mouth full
The four wheel cart is very stable, I suspect it could be tipped but we have used this for about four years with others, none have flipped it …I guess we have respectful horses who rather eat than play
I used to anchor my hay nets to a cinder block. They still got dragged around a bit, but they didn’t tend to travel as far. Eventually I gave up and bought a poly hay ring and attached the net to that. No more travelling hay nets for me.
Tie trough to fence. We even have one tied to the inside of a round bale feeder. Whatever works.
I attach mine by chain at the top and bottom to fence posts that are set in my dry lot. The nets are attached to chain secured to the bottom of the troughs.
This would first become a toy, then a vet bill with my crew.
well maybe get Morgans as each of ours has been trained for harness work, it comes naturally for them …a cart or wagon is not a toy for them
A toy for them is a gate latch
might need to add since some one thinks every post I make is an offer to sell a horse and flags it for the mods, none of our horses are for sale…None
Also we do not sell troughs or carts/wagons
You could also bold the trough down to a stall mat so that they will most likely be standing on the stall mat while they are eating the hay. That should prevent them from being able to move the trough.
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