Yeah, I'm not sure why it took me so long to realize I can just use a coffee can to feed hay in. 
I already use them for water. Sure they take up some floor space, but I think they're worth the sacrifice. Way less waste than trying to let them pull it through wire, or a wire rack, or leaving it on the floor, or rested on top of the cages...
It's something like $20 a bale here, and I already go through a bale a week on one horse, so hay isn't something I'm cool with wasting. Plus my dad doesn't like excessive hay in the manure.
No pics of it, but a gallon ice cream bucket works well for alfalfa, too. With two feedings, I only had about a small handful of alfalfa sticks as waste, and with the coffee can hay feeders, most of the waste seems to come from filling them, which isn't a whole lot. Definitely less than anything else I've tried.
The taller cans, nicer to tilt them so the buns can get to the back of them. We go through about 1 of the smaller cans a week in coffee, so they're easy enough to replace. Would be nice if they were all metal though. :hmm:
I already use them for water. Sure they take up some floor space, but I think they're worth the sacrifice. Way less waste than trying to let them pull it through wire, or a wire rack, or leaving it on the floor, or rested on top of the cages...It's something like $20 a bale here, and I already go through a bale a week on one horse, so hay isn't something I'm cool with wasting. Plus my dad doesn't like excessive hay in the manure.
No pics of it, but a gallon ice cream bucket works well for alfalfa, too. With two feedings, I only had about a small handful of alfalfa sticks as waste, and with the coffee can hay feeders, most of the waste seems to come from filling them, which isn't a whole lot. Definitely less than anything else I've tried.
The taller cans, nicer to tilt them so the buns can get to the back of them. We go through about 1 of the smaller cans a week in coffee, so they're easy enough to replace. Would be nice if they were all metal though. :hmm:
