Is deep littering on bedmax cheaper in the long run?

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Or is is still cheaper to use straw and do a full muck out every day, do you think? I've not used any bedding other than straw before but was hoping to be able to deep litter this winter as I'll be a bit more strapped for time.. suggestions welcome :cool::)
 
I changed to wood pellets from Bedmax as it was too expensive. I needed a deep bed as my boy had laminitis but at the same time needed it clean so ended up putting 2 bales in a week. Once he improved I changed back to straw but hubby kept saying I smelt of horse pee (nice of him!) so that lasted a week before I changed over to pellets and wouldn't go back. They take less time to muck out and absorb the wet really well.
 
deep littering is a hard one. no i wouldnt deep litter on bedmax as it is a big flake and hard wearing shaving which is not overly absorbant. i would deep litter on a base of wood pellets with a bed max top! but you have to think deep in a deep litter routine! so in a normal 12 by 12 stables i would be thinkinking 15 to 20 bags of pellets and 2 to 3 bed max on top to start. then dig wet once a week if showing and adding 1 bale of bed max per week into banks. a no no if you have a horse with resp conditions or feet isues. and a big dig out 2 to 3 times a year!
 
I deep litter on pellets with shavings on top - use 2 bags of shavings and 1 bag of pellets a month but I permanently deep litter so no big muckout - I just skim the top few inches of wet layer off so it doesn't get huge.
 
I used to deep litter with a pellet base & then bedmax,littlemax or hemcore on top ( depended which shop was nearest when bedding was needed!) was a brilliant bed.
 
Our horses live out 24/7 but with communal boxes into which they can go at any time they choose. We deep litter on Bedmax Large Flake and find it very cheap and very efficient. You get a lovely deep bed and with warmth in it, plus it is raised off the ground by several inches. We just hoick out the really wet stuff.

We used to use straw but the horses were always walking it out into the yard, which they don't seem to do with Bedmax. It rots down very well in the manure heap, is less bulky than straw and overall we're very pleased with it. Been doing it this way for 4-5 years now, and wouldn't change.
 
Our livery boxes with no rubber matting are deep littered, like others on here we find a combination of bedmax and aquamax works best.
 
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