poiuytrewq
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Horse had a cough on dry hay. He is fine on soaked, so its not a severe allergy but having been at the end of a really horrible dust allergy horses life before I'm keen to start now to avoid that from happening, or minimise it as much as possible.
He will have to come in, I can't leave them all out 24/7.
My plan though is as my yard is really small and I've done this before for box resters etc is to screw isolators into the stable and put electric tape "fence" across the yard to the post and rail fencing boundary and leave the door always open and tie a net of hay onto the fence So the horse will have a stable to shelter in but also an open pen right next to the others stabled.
The floor is dirt, with well fitted mats but wee does tend to mostly, not all but mostly drain out, apart from a nasty patch at the front which seems to do the opposite and bubble liquid up through when the water table is high.
I will of course give the stable a really good cobweb and scrub but wonder bedding wise whats going to be least dusty. I could put a really good thick bed down covering the whole floor- There is a slight step down into the stables so they lend themselves well to being bedded up that way, It doesn't all fall out the door or need sweeping back in all the time. Then to disturb it as little as possible.
Or, would a bale of something to wee on and the floor swept out every day work out better- I'm not so keen on this idea as I quite like a big bed but the priority in this case is air quality.
I'm sure Ive also seen some kind of really thick springy rubber matting system that required no bedding and the wee just drained away- anyone know what I mean?
He will have to come in, I can't leave them all out 24/7.
My plan though is as my yard is really small and I've done this before for box resters etc is to screw isolators into the stable and put electric tape "fence" across the yard to the post and rail fencing boundary and leave the door always open and tie a net of hay onto the fence So the horse will have a stable to shelter in but also an open pen right next to the others stabled.
The floor is dirt, with well fitted mats but wee does tend to mostly, not all but mostly drain out, apart from a nasty patch at the front which seems to do the opposite and bubble liquid up through when the water table is high.
I will of course give the stable a really good cobweb and scrub but wonder bedding wise whats going to be least dusty. I could put a really good thick bed down covering the whole floor- There is a slight step down into the stables so they lend themselves well to being bedded up that way, It doesn't all fall out the door or need sweeping back in all the time. Then to disturb it as little as possible.
Or, would a bale of something to wee on and the floor swept out every day work out better- I'm not so keen on this idea as I quite like a big bed but the priority in this case is air quality.
I'm sure Ive also seen some kind of really thick springy rubber matting system that required no bedding and the wee just drained away- anyone know what I mean?