Shavings - how much do you pay?

[cheekywelshie]

I'm moving yards and the stables only use shavings - what's the cheapest you can buy - can you buy in bulk? And how many bags do you need starting from scratch to do a deep litter bed?

If anyone knows a good supplier need Milton Keynes that would be useful

 

[Boxers]

I use equi-bed which is £6 per bale.

I would use 6 to start a bed off and then probably use 1 or 2 per week after that. I never take out the wet - only the poops - or at least I take out the wet hard base probably around Xmas time - which is 3 months after the horse moved into it.

You need to leave the wet to make the 'base'.

 

[Holly831]

I pay £5.50 a bag and i buy by the pallet load (30 + bags)

I dont deep litter but I do like a nice depth to my beds so usualy put down 6 bales initially in a 12' x 12' box with rubber matting so I only bed the back 2/3rds of the box (if that makes sense!) I only top up with about a bale a week except when I have mares + foals in when its loads and loads.....

Not near MK tho - soz!

 

[tasteofchristmaschaos]

For 'pure' shavings, the cheapest I can buy is £8 per bale.

 

[T_K]

£7.48 for 'cheap own brand' white shavings.
£8.09 for Easibed.

I use Easibed as a base layer for my shavings bed with 'normal' shavings over the top - it would take about 2 bags of each to start off with I reckon - possibly more in bugger stables though

I think you can get discounts if you buy pallet fulls(25-30 bales).

Millbry hill would deliver to you and they do pallet deals.
http://www.millbryhill.co.uk/

 

[mickey]

£7.35 for Allspan

 

[spacefaer]

£7.99 for Countrywide ones - they do bulk deals for pallets and deliver nationwide
£6.49 for equibed - new range stocked by countrywide

 

[smac]

I pay £8.20 for normal shavings but loads in a bag and decent bed with banks above hocks in 15x12 box we put 5 down to start then 1 bale every 5-7days depending on horse

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

I use something similar to Cushion bed from a local manufacturer. I buy a pallet of 25 each time & pay £4.00 delivered.

 

[Coffee_Bean]

£7.50 for bedmax from the yard.

 

[Tiffany]

Try your Arnold Laver branch because I heard from a friend the other day that they were selling sahvings at £5.60 a bale?