In my last few posts I have talked about both keeping my horses busy and keeping them full of hay to stay warm. Well, here I am going to do both. I decided to make "slow feeders". A slow feeder is just a device to slow down the intake of feed. These are commercially available but I decided to make my own for half the price.
In this case I made a bag with small holes that makes it more difficult get a mouthful of hay. They still get the same amount but it takes them twice as long to eat it.
I started with 2 inch nylon webbing and cut them into strips of 18 and 22 inches. I chose these measurements because they are approximately the dimensions of a flake of hay.
I pinned them together in this grid pattern and sewed where the pieces overlapped.
I sewed each section in a box pattern then across the middle in an X because these areas are going to take a lot of abuse.
I cut pieces for the back, sides and bottom out of duck canvas. (Again, I chose the canvas because it will take a lot of abuse.) I cut the sides and bottom to be 6 inches wide (not including seam allowances) so I could fit more than one flake in the bag.
Sewed them together...
then added the nylon webbing and some handles.
I was able to get 2 1/2 flakes in each bag.
I hung them from an eye screw with a double ended snap to the inside of the dutch door to each stall. That way I could use them at night as well.
Happy Horses!
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