I find it mind boggling how much hay my horses can consume, and the speed at which they do it! We decided to feed round bales this winter. Great idea, it's much healthier for horses to have constant food in their stomachs and to graze slowly. However, the first round bale did NOT get consumed slowly. My four adult horses had it gone within five days. I'm talking gone as in even the muddy parts on the ground pretty much cleaned up. Over a thousand pounds of hay gone in less than a week, so we were back to feeding square bales two or three times a day. 
These pictures are after TWO days of eating. Look at that mess!!
SO I bought my piggies a Cinch Chix hay net: http://www.cinchchix.com
Today I went out to check on it, and these pictures are after four days of eating:
These pictures are after TWO days of eating. Look at that mess!! SO I bought my piggies a Cinch Chix hay net: http://www.cinchchix.com
Today I went out to check on it, and these pictures are after four days of eating:
My husband and I had no problem moving the round bale. We untarped it, rolled it into the pasture, removed the twine and put the Cinch net over it. It was quite easy, the entire process probably took us fifteen minutes. Not too bad, fifteen minutes to feed my horses for a week! Then of course we got a boat load of rain, and 50+ mph wind gusts all weekend. I have no hay wasted, and they are still eating. YEA!! So far so good, I'm loving round bales with Cinch Chix nets.
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