Stop Wasting Hay — And Start Protecting Your Horse’s Gut
The Easy-Up® Slow Feed Corner Floor Hay Rack slows consumption to a natural pace, cuts hay waste, and encourages the head-down grazing position your horse is built for. Backed by an industry-leading 5-Year Warranty.
Your Horse Is Eating Too Fast — And Paying for It
Every horse owner who manages stalled feeding knows the routine. Loose hay is easy to serve, but it is also easy for your horse to scatter, stand on, and push around the stall. A conventional elevated rack may contain it, yet it changes where your horse reaches to eat. A small hay bag can slow access, but it may require frequent filling and extra handling during an already crowded chore schedule. You are left balancing containment, feeding position, capacity, and convenience.
That balance affects more than the appearance of a clean stall. Wasted hay means buying forage your horse never consumes, using additional bedding around the feeding area, and spending more time separating clean stems from stall debris. If your horse finishes a small serving quickly, you may also find yourself planning another trip down the barn aisle. Multiply that routine across several stalls, bad-weather days, or an entire winter, and a simple feeding problem becomes a persistent drain on your hay budget and your time.
The frustrating part is that none of this means you are feeding carelessly. The setup simply gives your horse too many opportunities to pull hay out, spread it around, or consume the accessible portion before you intended. What is missing is a feeder designed to keep a useful quantity contained at floor level while controlling access from the first bite to the last.
Fast Eating Is Not Just Wasteful — It Is a Real Health Risk
Loose floor feeding offers a low eating position, but nothing keeps the hay in one clean, defined space. Open racks improve containment, yet unrestricted access can still let your horse lift and pull out large mouthfuls. Small-hole bags control access differently, but they must be filled, lifted, secured, and checked. Depending on the design and placement, a bag may also swing or encourage your horse to reach and twist while extracting hay. Each option solves one part of the problem while leaving another part for you to manage.
That is how the cycle keeps repeating. You sweep scattered hay back into a pile, discard what has become soiled, and add another flake because you cannot tell how much was actually eaten. On cold nights or during bad weather, you may return to the barn simply because the original feeder did not hold enough for your schedule. If you manage multiple stalls, every extra refill, knot, clip, and cleanup step compounds. The feeder may have looked economical, but the daily process still costs hay, bedding, and time.
Eventually, you are trapped between choices that all feel incomplete: leave hay loose and accept the mess, hang it higher than you prefer, use a smaller feeder that needs repeated attention, or keep replacing forage your horse has scattered. You should not have to choose between a more natural floor-level setup, slower access, useful capacity, and a cleaner stall corner. A well-designed feeder should address those needs together.
- ✗Hay scattered and soiled across the stall floor — money wasted every single day
- ✗Your horse bolting through a flake in minutes, head elevated and neck strained
- ✗Digestive stress and ulcer risk from eating too fast with no forage buffering
- ✗Chiropractic and bodywork bills from an unnatural head-up feeding posture
Ground-Level. Slow-Feed. Built to Last 5 Years.
The lid is not simply a fixed cover. It drops farther into the rack as your horse eats, maintaining access to the hay underneath as the quantity decreases. Left and right stand-up bars help prevent the lid from tilting over, and the bars are plastic capped. For a horse whose behavior makes the exposed stabilizing-rod area a concern, the product instructions recommend placing a slit tennis ball over the top as an added precaution. That practical note lets you evaluate the installation for your individual horse rather than assuming every stall and temperament are identical.
Capacity is another part of the design. The rack is listed to hold 6–8 flakes of hay, depending on flake size, while still functioning with as little as one flake. Its front panel measures 30 inches high by 42½ inches wide, and the lid measures 27½ by 27½ inches. Because it uses the stall corner, it contains the forage without requiring a freestanding bin in the middle of your horse’s space. The package includes assembly and mounting hardware; setup involves joining the front panels, adding the flat floor plate and stabilizing rods, and securing the unit to the stall corner.
For your horse, the result is a contained supply that remains reachable as the lid lowers, with access moderated by the stated spacing. For you, it means fewer loose piles to reorganize, room for a larger serving, and a permanent feeder that does not need to be tied and untied at every filling. The Easy-Up® 5-Year Warranty provides a defined term of coverage behind the rack. It is a practical, horse-first approach from a family business trusted since 1948.
Natural Grazing Position
Floor-level design keeps your horse’s head down, reducing neck and back strain caused by elevated feeding.
Slower, Healthier Consumption
2.5" slow-feed spacing on front and lid slows eating to a more natural pace, supporting digestive health and reducing ulcer risk.
Large Capacity, Less Refilling
Holds 6–8 flakes so your horse can self-regulate through the night without extra trips to the barn.
5-Year Easy-Up® Warranty
Industry-leading warranty coverage means you are protected long after cheaper feeders need replacing.
Is the Easy-Up® Slow Feed Rack Right for Your Horse?
What Riders Are Saying
"The way he stretches down to eat his hay now he has gotten a clean bill of health from his bodyworker and chiropractor! Made such a difference!"
"These have been some of the best hay feeders we have ever had! They hold enough hay to last all night when horses have to stay in for bad weather. We love that they slow the pace of their eating, keep the hay contained, and hold enough for us to be able to feed truly free choice hay!"
"These are beautiful and match the black metal touches in our barn. However it is impossible to attach these to the stalls due to a metal strip in our stalls. It would be great to have instructions and some detail prior to ordering. They are expensive to send back so we will have a carpenter build a platform to allow us to use."
A Closer Look at Three Floor-Level Slow Feeders
These products all contain forage near floor level, but their form, feeding mechanism, capacity, dimensions, installation, and published warranty terms differ. “Not listed” means the cited manufacturer page did not publish that specification as of the date below.
| Feature | Schneiders Easy-Up® Slow Feed Corner Floor Hay Rack | Haygain Forager Slow Feeder | High Country Plastics Slow Feeder Saver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder format | Ground-level rack designed to mount in a stall corner | Cylindrical floor feeder with a sand-fillable base and optional wall-securing points | Rectangular floor feeder with a solid poly bottom |
| Slow-feed mechanism | 2.5-inch spacing on the front panel and drop-down top lid | Two interchangeable regulator grids: Easy and Standard | Top grate with small openings; opening dimensions are not listed on the manufacturer page |
| Published hay capacity | 6–8 flakes, depending on flake size; functions with as little as one flake | Up to 12 kg (25 lb) of forage | Not listed |
| Published dimensions | 30 in. high × 42.5 in. wide front panel; 27.5 × 27.5 in. lid | 70 cm diameter × 72 cm high | 39.5 in. long × 28.5 in. wide × 19.5 in. high |
| Published empty weight | Not listed | 13.6 kg (30 lb) | 55 lb |
| How the top follows the hay | Lid drops farther into the rack as hay is consumed | Regulator grid remains level and lowers with forage consumption | Moving or lowering action is not listed |
| Assembly or securing details | Assembly and mounting hardware included; mounts to the stall corner | Collapsible for cleaning and travel; base can be filled with sand and the feeder may be secured to a stable wall | Assembly and anchoring details are not listed on the manufacturer page |
| Published warranty | 5-year Easy-Up® warranty | 1-year warranty; regulator grids are excluded | Not listed on the product page |
Slower Eating. Cleaner Floor. Healthier Horse.
The easiest upgrade you can make for your horse’s digestive health and your hay budget.
The Easy-Up® Slow Feed Corner Floor Hay Rack solves three problems at once: it slows eating, encourages a natural head-down grazing position, and holds enough hay to last the night — all backed by a 5-Year Warranty that outlasts every cheap alternative on the shelf.
Ready to Transform Feeding Time?
The Easy-Up® Slow Feed Corner Floor Hay Rack is $189.99 with free shipping on orders over $99. Backed by Schneiders’ Perfect Fit Guarantee and the industry-leading Easy-Up® 5-Year Warranty. If it is not right for your setup, we will make it right.