Half Your Horse's Hay Ends Up on the Stall Floor — and You're Paying for Every Wasted Flake
Ground-fed hay gets pulled, scattered, stomped on, urinated on, and mixed with shavings before your horse eats even half of what you put down. At $250 to $450 per ton, that waste adds up to hundreds of dollars a year per horse.
The Hay Hoops Original Collapsible Wall Feeder eliminates that waste by keeping hay up, contained, and accessible — while slowing consumption to improve digestion at the same time.
Ground-Fed Hay Waste Is an Invisible Drain on Your Feed Budget Every Single Day
Horses are inefficient ground feeders by design — their natural foraging behavior involves grabbing mouthfuls and moving, which scatters hay constantly. In a stall, that scattered hay ends up mixed with shavings, soaked in urine, and ultimately forked out with the muck. Most owners dramatically underestimate how much of their hay investment gets wasted this way because the loss happens gradually across every feeding.
Ground Feeding Also Creates Digestive Patterns That Slow-Feeders Are Proven to Improve
Beyond pure waste, horses fed from the ground tend to eat at a faster rate than is optimal for hindgut health. Rapid consumption of large hay meals leads to less complete fermentation in the hindgut, more digestive variation between meals, and — in horses prone to metabolic issues — larger glucose and insulin spikes from faster forage breakdown. Slow feeders address the waste and the physiology simultaneously.
- ✗Ground hay mixes with shavings and urine, making entire flakes unpalatable waste
- ✗Horses fed from ground eat faster than optimal for hindgut fermentation and digestive health
- ✗Scattered hay increases stall cleaning labor — more shavings waste mixed into the muck pile
- ✗Hay tossers pull entire flakes out before eating, multiplying waste with every feeding
Wall-Mounted Net Feeder Eliminates Floor Waste and Slows Consumption Automatically
The Hay Hoops Original Collapsible Feeder uses a hammer-finished steel frame that holds the included 2"-hole hay net open for easy loading, then folds flat against the wall to keep hay contained vertically. Horses graze through the 2" net at a natural slow pace — extracting hay strand by strand rather than grabbing full mouthfuls — which eliminates the floor scatter and slows consumption to a rate that supports better digestion. The frame holds three to four flakes, providing hours of continuous access from a single loading.
Eliminates Floor Hay Waste
Net and frame contain hay vertically — nothing falls to the stall floor to be soiled and discarded.
Slows Consumption Naturally
2" net holes require horses to extract hay gradually — supporting better digestion without frustrating them.
Easy Load, Fold-Away Frame
Frame holds net open for quick loading, then folds flat to keep hay against the wall between fills.
Holds 3-4 Flakes at Once
Full capacity provides hours of continuous grazing access from a single feeding stop.
What Riders Are Saying
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I have four horses and was going through nearly a bale more per week than I should have been. After I installed Hay Hoops in each stall, I immediately dropped hay consumption noticeably — they eat slower, more completely, and nothing goes on the floor. I calculated the feeders paid for themselves in under two months in hay savings alone. The slow feeding benefit for their digestion is a bonus I hadn't even planned on.
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My mare was a confirmed hay tosser — she'd pull out a full flake and then stand on it while eating the rest off the ground. The Hay Hoop changed that completely. She grazes through the net slowly and calmly, and there's almost no hay on the floor at the end of the day. Her manners at feeding time have improved dramatically too — less anxious, less grabby.
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I'm a barn manager with thirty stalls and converting to Hay Hoops was one of the best decisions I've made for both the horses and the hay budget. Loading is fast once you get the hang of folding the frame to fill the net. The fold-away design keeps the aisle and stall wall clear when not in use, which matters in a busy barn. The 2" net size keeps the horses engaged and slows them down without frustrating them.
"How We Stack Up
| Feature | Schneiders Hay Hoops Original Wall Feeder | Hay Chix Wall Feeder | Kensington Slow Feed Hay Bag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steel frame holds net open for loading | yes | partial | no |
| Folds flat against wall when empty | yes | no | no |
| Hay net included | yes | partial | yes |
| 2" net hole size for natural pacing | yes | yes | partial |
| Holds 3-4 flakes per fill | yes | partial | partial |
| Hammer-finished steel durability | yes | no | no |
| Eliminates all ground hay scatter | yes | yes | yes |
| Stall wall mount (no floor footprint) | yes | partial | no |
| Under $50 | yes | partial | yes |
| Schneiders 78-yr quality guarantee | yes | no | no |
Simple Engineering That Solves Two Problems at Once
The Hay Hoops design addresses hay waste and digestive pacing with one wall-mounted system. The hammer-finished steel frame is robust enough for daily loading and the regular pulling pressure of horses grazing through a net — it doesn't flex or pull away from the wall the way cheaper plastic feeders do. The included 2" net is the correct hole size for most horses: small enough to slow consumption meaningfully, large enough that horses don't struggle or lose patience. Installation is simple, the feeder folds flat when empty to keep the stall wall clear, and the single-unit solution replaces multiple ground feedings that scatter hay across the stall floor throughout the day.
- ✓Hammer-finished steel frame mounts to stall wall and folds flat when empty
- ✓Frame holds net open for easy 3-4 flake loading at each fill
- ✓Included hay net with 2" holes for natural, gradual consumption
- ✓Eliminates hay floor scatter — keeps hay clean and off the shavings
- ✓Slows consumption rate to support hindgut fermentation and digestive consistency
What You Get
