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Hay OptiMizer Developed by Wishing Well Services Ltd, the OptiMizer makes feeding hay better for horses and humans

08/04/2025

Soft, knotless nets for gentle slow feeding—our hay optimizer supports natural grazing, healthier digestion, and less waste. Designed with horses in mind for safer, stress-free feeding.

25/03/2025

Optimize Feeding, Maximize Safety!

🐴✅ The OptiMizer InStall slow feeder is designed with safety first—featuring a smooth, rounded design, non-toxic materials, and a natural head-down feeding position to support your horse’s well-being. Reduce waste, prevent injuries, and promote healthier eating habits! 🌾💙

11/03/2025

It’s a myth. Having consistent access to forage does not make your horse fat.

What consistent forage does for your horse:
1. Protect their digestive system
2. Keep them busy
3. Reduce competition for food
4. Increase chewing and saliva
5. Reduce stress behaviours

What does make your horse fat:
1. Too many calories

So make sure to test your hay and use a slow feeding system. Ensure that the hay your horse is eating is suitable for their health. Slow down their consumption to ensure they aren’t overeating and their hay lasts all day and night.

26/02/2025

It’s not an illusion. There is next to no wasted hay when slow feeding using the Hay OptiMizer.

When feeding hay on the ground, there can be up to 50% waste. Horses trample on it, soil it, or it blows away in the wind. Even when netted the hay can get inedible for a number of reasons and need to be disposed of. Cleaning up old and soiled hay wastage is time consuming and costly.

Using a Hay OptiMizer to slow feed hay to your horses brings the hay off the ground and out of the mud and sand; reducing the chance of sand colic. The hay is contained inside the OptiMizer where it can’t get trampled, soiled, or blown away. Your horse has access to clean, dry, and fresh hay they can nibble and chew naturally all day. Less than 1% of hay fed in the Hay OptiMizer is wasted.

How much money and time would that save you?

10/02/2025

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01/02/2025

The Hay OptiMizer is a slow feeder for horses that allows you to provide your horse consistent forage while ensuring your horse nibbles and chews the way they would naturally. The Hay OptiMizer keeps the hay clean, dry, and off the ground out of the mud and sand. Your hay stays fresh and does not get soiled and wasted.

Our standard size net is 1.6” and works great for most equines. We also offer a smaller 1.25” net for ponies, minis, or easy keepers that need to be slowed down further. Our larger net helps harder keepers consume more hay. At 2.5”, the large net prevents big horses with big mouths from getting frustrated.

Whatever your horse’s needs, our nets can offer slow feeding for any herd.

30/01/2025

Welcome to our new dealer R Barb B in Topeka, Kansas!

12/01/2025

Comment which order you think the horses eat these 3 bales.

As interested horse carers, we pay attention to what our horses are eating. After feeding hay to horses every day for years, we think we can look at hay and know its quality.

With the unpredictable weather in spring and summer 2024 in Southern Ontario, our local farmer produced a variety of hay. We have tested the hay for the nutrient values and are feeding it jambalaya style in the Hay OptiMizer to ensure balanced forage intake.

But their preference surprised us and several other experienced horse people we surveyed. It’s important to test your horse’s hay to ensure they are getting appropriate nutrition. Your eyes can’t tell. So which hay would you choose for your horses?

08/01/2025

The OptiMizer InStall can be filled in seconds and hold enough hay to provide your horse with access to forage for over 24 hours.

You can feel at ease knowing that your horse will not be without forage while stalled. Save yourself time by filling the InStall once a day so you don’t have to continually toss a flake or fill a hay bag.

You’re free to worry about something else now 😉

01/01/2025

The Hay OptiMizer was designed with a number of important elements included. Among them, ease of use ranked very high on the list of priorities.

Not only can the Hay OptiMizer be filled with 150lbs of hay in under a minute, but it can also be easily moved around by one person.

When the paddock is getting torn up around the hay feeder, move your Hay OptiMizer out of the mud. When moving your horses to a different paddock, take the Hay OptiMizer along too. When you are cutting grass or dragging the fields, take the slow hay feeder out of the way.

There are many reasons why you would want to move your horse’s slow hay feeder. The Hay OptiMizer comes with handles to make it even easier.

18/12/2024

Using the Hay OptiMizer saves hay. Your horse’s hay will last longer and not get wasted. There is no hay on the ground getting blown away, soiled, or trampled and wasted. The fastest filling hay feeder for horses ensures that less than 1% of your horse’s hay gets wasted.

How much would that save you?

06/12/2024

How long does it take to fill slow feeders for your horse’s stall? With the OptiMizer InStall, you can cut this time to just seconds. Flip the lid open with one hand. The net moves out of the way with the swing bar. Fill the InStall with about 25lbs of hay. Swing the bar back over and the net follows. Secure the latch. It’s simple and takes seconds. No more wrestling with hay bags.

You’ll have to find another way to fill your time.

26/11/2024

At this time of year, rain can spoil your horse’s hay quickly. Keep your horse’s hay clean, dry, and out of the mud with the Paddock Hay OptiMizer.

Don’t waste hay. Save your money. Give your horse clean, fresh hay to nibble on day and night. Keep the hay contained inside the hay feeder. Slow down your horse’s consumption with the slow feed netting. Get peace of mind knowing that your horse is protecting their health by keeping their digestive tract moving naturally.

15/11/2024

It’s well known that horses need to consume about 2% of their body weight in forage daily. Best practice is using a slow feeding system like the Hay OptiMizer to ensure that your horse properly nibbles and chews their hay, ensuring it lasts all day. Protecting horses from gastric issues like ulcers and colic by imitating natural equine feeding behaviour.

But what if the horse is overweight? It is our instinct to reduce the amount of food they consume but it’s the wrong choice for horses. The overweight horse still needs 1.5% at minimum of its weight in forage. The best way to address a weight problem in horses is to ensure that their hay is low in sugars and carbohydrates. Feed them the health food version of hay rather than the fast food version.

02/11/2024

Did you know that you can get your Hay OptiMizer in almost any colour? Custom colours are available for special order.

Match your show colours. Match your barn. Match a different colour to each horse. It’s up to you.

Which colour would you choose?

17/10/2024

Do you know how much hay is in a “flake”? Sorry to tell you but a flake is not a measurement. The amount of hay in each flake varies so drastically that it could never be used as a consistent measurement.

Do you know what determines the amount of hay in a flake? The speed of the tractor when the hay is being baled in the field. No consideration for how much your horse needs.

Truthfully, your horse needs about 2% of their body weight in dry forage per day for a healthy digestive system. For the average 1000lb horse that’s 20lbs of hay! The only way to know that your horse is getting enough to maintain their health is to weigh it.

08/10/2024

What height would work best for your horse?

The OptiMizer InStall can be mounted at any height. That allows you to customize your horse’s feeding position. No more twisted neck and back. Your horse can stand comfortably in a natural position that works best for them. Ensure that your horse has a rested body in the morning without any stress or strain while slow feeding.

Is your horse tall or tends to paw while eating? Mount the OptiMizer higher. Do you have a pony or like your horse to eat at grazing height? Mount the OptiMizer directly on the floor.

It’s up to you and your horse.

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Slow Feeding. Quick Filling.

The OptiMizer combines the best of slow feed netting with the convenience of a multi-bale feeder, so you can get peace of mind knowing you always have hay available for your horses. First invented in 2004, the re-designed OptiMizer launched in 2019.

Visit hayoptimizer.net to learn more about us!