Shires Equestrian Haylage Net
$16.95
Price: $16.95
(as of Oct 23, 2025 02:21:38 UTC – Details)
Product description
The Shires Haylage Net is designed specifically for haylage, providing an efficient way to manage your horse’s forage while reducing wastage and encouraging slower feeding. Ideal for stables and during transportation, this haylage net is made with durable materials to withstand daily use and help extend the lifespan of haylage.
Durable Construction: Made from tough, high-quality materials designed to hold up to daily use. The net can endure the weight of haylage without tearing or stretching.
Fine Mesh Design: The fine mesh holes are perfect for slowing down your horse’s grazing, reducing the risk of overeating, and helping to improve digestion. This design also minimizes wastage, keeping more haylage in the net and off the floor.
Encourages Slower Feeding: Slower, more natural feeding is encouraged due to the small mesh holes, which prevent the horse from eating too quickly. This helps with better digestion and reduces boredom in the stable.
Perfect for Haylage: Specifically tailored for haylage, the net allows for easy storage and feeding of this moist type of forage, without the worry of it becoming too wet or dirty in the stable.
Sizes and Capacity: Available in various sizes to suit different needs:
Small 30″: Suitable for up to 8lbs of haylage. Medium40″: Suitable for up to 14lbs of haylage. Large50″: Suitable for up to 20lbs of haylage. The size capacity may vary slightly depending on the density of the haylage.
Easy to Use: The large opening makes it easy to fill the net with haylage, and the secure closure ensures the haylage stays inside.
Versatile: Suitable for stables, paddocks, or transportation, this haylage net is a versatile choice for keeping your horse fed and content, whether at home or on the move.
Reduces Waste: The net ensures that your horse consumes the forage more effectively, reducing the mess and waste often found with loose haylage.
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Customer Reviews
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Size
40″ 36″ & 45″ 30″ & 40″ & 50″ 40″ 30″ & 39″ & 47″
Capacity
14lbs 14lbs & 20lbs 8lbs & 14lbs & 20lbs 13lbs 7lbs & 12lbs & 54lbs
Hole size
2.25″ 1.75″ 2″ 1″ & 1.5″ & 2″ 1.25″
Extra strong haynet
2.25″ holes
Metal rings at the bottom and around the top
Easy tying
Hole size reduces mess
Easy to fill
Customers say
Customers find this hay net to be well-made and durable, with strong poly cord construction that prevents tearing. Moreover, the net effectively slows down horses’ eating, holds up to two string bales of hay, and is easy to fill. Additionally, customers appreciate that it reduces hay waste and works well for various animals including goats. However, opinions about the size are mixed, with some finding it large enough while others say it’s smaller than expected.
Judy Lynn –
A MAJOR HAY SAVER!!
I was recently told that my 2 horses should have access to hay 24 hours — never knew that after all these years! But how do I assure they have hay through the night? I gave them 2-3 flakes late in the evening but so much was wasted. They scatter it around, urinate or poop on it and more than half of it was trashed. The hay nets were recommended to me and they are the greatest! I purchased two, then bought two more. No more worrying they’ll run out during the day while I’m at work — or overnight! They eat the small amount of hay that drops from the bag — and they enjoy pulling the hay from the nets. It gives them something to do, less time standing around looking bored because they are in a dry lot. I love these bags — very inexpensive — very, very durable, easy to use — couldn’t be more pleased.
Lindsay K. –
I own so many of these
My mare is in a dry lot and I swear I collect these bags like Pokemon. I have so many of them. They’re good and durable. If she chews a hole in a spot, they’re easy to just retie the strands to themselves or use baling twine to patch it.These are so popular at my co-op barn that a lot of boarders use both this purple color and this brand of net. Highly recommend getting or making name tags to prevent confusion on whose bags they are!
HMSL –
I really like these hay nets
These are outstanding hay nets. The holes are small, to promote slow nibbling as opposed to fast gobbling. The other advantage to small holes is that a horse cannot get a foot or leg caught in the net.I have used other small-hole hay nets, and this one from Shires is made of much heavier poly rope than the others. This makes them sturdier in the face of hungry horses, but it also makes them easier to load with hay. The poly rope is a little springy, so it is easier to keep the mouth of the bag open while loading.I really like these hay nets, and would not hesitate to purchase them again. I got the 40″ size, and it will hold a flake or two of hay nicely, but could also be loaded with probably 5 or 6 flakes (about a third of a 50 lb bale). That’s a guesstimate, since I do not feed my horses that much at once.These are excellent hay nets!
lexi –
Better quality than I thought for the price.
I already owned a fancy expensive hay bag and one cheap hay net before purchasing this net. Not as easy to load as bag, though I can’t imagine any net that would be. This net was about $6-7 more than the cheap net I recently purchased. The mild winters recently have really lengthened mud season year and although I like to feed hay outside in my paddock, I hate to see it wasted in mud or trampled in moist ground. The net is a decent enough size so I can fill it with at least 10 pounds of hay. The string that is used to hang the net is a decent thickness. I’d love the rest of the net to be that thick, though it is ok. The openings are too small for my 15.2 h horse to get his hooves into if it’s slipped low enough for him to paw at. I never felt as if nylon nets were very secure when using quick release knot and this holds true for this net although I wouldn’t say that it’s any worse than any other nylon net. I throw this over a tree branch on non windy days. I use a carabiner attached to the tie string and clip it onto part of the bottom of the net. I know quick release knots are recommended to tie it with though I honestly feel my horse is safer with the net secured so I can’t come down for him to get caught in. I also have numerous things nearby that can cut through it in an emergency, including something that would easily grab and cut the net with no risk to cutting him. I do like that the net fairly easily pulls down over the sides of a clean muck bucket to make filling it much easier. Think of the hay net being a trash bag liner and the muck being the trashcan. I liked rope hay nets because they felt secure an attached with a quick release not, though they seem to retain a lot of dirt. as of right now I would purchase this again and even considering purchasing another so I can leave one full ready to go.
Darcy –
Simple Solution for Fast Eaters
I really like the small hole size. My horses eat too fast with the slightly bigger hay nets I’ve found at the feed store. The net is heavy duty and is showing no signs of wear after several weeks use. The quality is excellent. I wanted my horses to eat in a head down position, so I put a large eye bolt in the bottom edge of their feeders, then I attach the hay net to the eye bolt with two heavy duty carabiners that are hooked on the tie cord. I use two carabiners hooked in opposite directions because the horses have figured out how to unhook the net when only one carabiner is attached. It keeps the hay net in their feeders, and they get to eat in a natural position. If they do somehow get the nets unhooked, there is no way for them to get caught in the net itself, and if you tie the cord in a daisy chain or something similar there is no way even for them to get caught in the tie cord. I think my horses are feeling more satisfied with the longer grazing time the nets provide.
Anonymous –
Very nice! I Highly recommend
I’ve ordered other nets (for like 2/3x the price of these) and they’re either bulky or flimsy, or a boring color. These are very nice nets! I was expecting them to be a littleee wider in dimension. But, they hold a good amount of hay. And they seem to be holding up well with my horses that like to rough house their hay nets. Will be buying again.
Kevin V. Sheedy –
Very small, Low quality
I had ordered from this company before and got the blue and black hut. They were awesome, big with a ring on the bottom.When I ordered the colored ones, they were about half the size with no ring on the bottom made much cheaper very disappointed, but by the time I used them, I missed the return window.
cat s –
Sturdy, efficient, relatively easy to use
I use this to feed my two standard donkeys. It holds plenty of hay and the small mesh keeps them occupied longer and with less waste than other hay nets I have used. It is well made and sturdy, and outlasts other nets. I bought a second net so I can rotate them. Swapping a full net for the empty one makes feeding quick and easy. It’s shape and stiffness make it easier to fill than most nets, but I still like to use a 30 gallon can to stretch the opening while I stuff the hay in.
Kel –
Purchases really disliked it after one use went broke
Donnie –
Is sturdy and working as expected
Mrs. C. E. Phillips –
Nice and big and feels strong, good price
Lucy V –
Perfect size for our pony! Has lasted well and nice colour! (Pink/purple)
isa –
Muy práctico, fácil de llenar y resistente. Las mallas de un ancho perfecto para que coma el caballo y no se escape la hierba.