Advantages: Cheap. Disadvantages: No nose or throat adjustment.
strong that they don`t break if a horse gets caught, the link is more likely to break, or the horse to sustain an injury. I have only seen one injury when the horse was left in the stable (not mine) for a very short length of time. The horse managed to catch the headcollar on something on the stable door resulting in a visit from the vet and stitches in the face of the horse. So, whilst it is unlikely for the horse to sustain an injury from the headcollar, it does happen, so for this reason I tend to remove it unless I am leading or tying up.
CottageCraft Standard Headcollar.
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The CottageCraft Standard Headcollar can be bought for around £4.99 to £6.49. It is made from webbing and is available in black, green or navy. I had a black one but I finally threw it away as it was ...
Advantages: Come in several colours and sizes. Very Useful. Disadvantages: None
After my experience with the cottagecraft hay bag! I decided I needed to try something else to minimise wastage which was costing me alot of money!! I have the normal sized haynets and the ones with the very large holes but I needed something a bit smaller.
After searching the internet I came across these nets which werent badly priced so I thought id give thm a try.
They come in three colours, red, green and blue and two different sizes small and large which is a great idea!
I bought 2 in each size as i thought they would be useful.
When I got them and got them out of their packaging they seemed really hardwearing and durable which is needed as they dont half get a battering by hungry horses!!
So far my horses have made less mess which is what I wanted and i have also noticed that it has slowed down their eating which is ideal ...
Advantages: Minimises wastage Disadvantages: Horses manage to pull all the hay through the hole!
On deciding that both my horses waste soooo much hay during the winter when they eat through standard haynets I decided to have a look around in catalogues to see if there was a solution!
I came across the cottagecraft feed bag and thought it might solve all my problems!!
It opted for the large as both my horses are over 16.2hh! and eat alot of hay and hayledge and it seemed to be ideal.
The price wasnt too bad for something which was going to be an experiment so I bought two, they only came in green which was a bit poor considering cottagecraft have been going for years and yet you had a choice of one colour!
It is certainly hardwearing and durable considering they get tugged at alot and they werent hard to fill which saves a bit of time as normal haynets can get knotted.
However, my horses managed to pull out their hay all in ...
