shavings beds

[jennyshadow]

i am thinking of changing my mare from straw to shavings and just wondered how you all manage your shavings beds.
do you muck out fully eacg day or deep litter?

 

[nomini]

Deep litter, take poos out mon-fri full muck out both weekend days

 

[K_T]

Hiya,

I use easibed and skip out each morning and then do full muck out at weekend to remove the 'wet spot', this works really well as only use 1 bale a week.

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

All shavings beds i've ever done have been full muck out every day - chuck all shavings up on to the sides so poos fall out and take out all the bits of wet every day

 

[_daisy_]

When all my horses are in, the 2 ponies get partial deep litter - wet taken out once in the week then fully bottomed at the weekend, the 2 horses full muck out every day as they are very wet.

 

[RLF]

i use aubiose, droppings come out daily, wet every 2/3 days

 

[Bex7]

Bedmax, droppings out daily, top up each week and full much out monthly.

 

[jennyshadow]

how many bales of shavings do you use per week?

 

[nomini]

I use one/maybe two if he has been in a lot

 

[jennyshadow]

at the moment she is stabled 24/7 however i am moving yards where she will be out alternate days. i am using straw at the moment as it is all that is availible. i currently use 2/3 bales of straw but my stable leaks through the roof so this could be why her bed is so wet. i think that shavings may be lighter and easier to muck out, smell less and the horses seem to stay cleaner (rugs etc) when on shavings. am i correct?

 

[_daisy_]

normally about 1-1 1/2 a week for each horse but as they are stabled 24/7 im using 2 2 1/2 a week each

 

[MillionDollar]

When i used shavings for a mare with dust allergies, i deep littered skipping out droppings everyday. The wet would only be removed every few months. On a big riding school/livery yard they only took thge wet out every 6 months.

Saves a lot of time and money.

 

[Stinkbomb]

I take the poo out once or twice a day and do a full muck out every two weeks. I only use 1/2 bale a week though. Mucking out my stable is more like mucking out a hamster cage!

 

[mad_egg]

Shavings is easier to muck out than straw if you semi deep litter, and it smells better imo.

We just take out poo during the week and all dirty bedding at weekends, adding 1 bale of woodchips per stable per week.

 

[mrsbloggett]

My mare has been on virtual box rest since Novemeber and I have been deep littering on shavings since then. I poo pick twice daily and only take out wet patches when they reach the surface. I use around 2-3 bales a week and it is a really big stable, bedded to the door. Once I got used to it I now find shavings really easy and inspite of deep littering the bed doesn't smell.

 

[miller]

Both on Bedmax, full muck out and bed left up daily.

Mare uses 1 1/2 bales a week on average, gelding 1 bale very 10 days

(OH says I'm spoilt with the clean one!)

 

[AmyMay]

Shaving beds should always be deep littered unless you have them on rubber matting.