shavings!

[lucy5]

ok people who use shavings

whats your routine with them? they are so expensive so want to put the least amount i can in per week

i was thinkin skipping out durin week then do big muck out on the weekend?????

help please xx

 

[pfarrugia]

that's what I do! I only then put 1 bale a week in my bed and it's still huge (banks past my knees!)

 

[Loopy_laura]

we gat shaving at £4.35 per bale. delievered. thay are really good, same as snowflake but bigger bales! i use 1 a week on both my smaller horses and 2 in my big lad and they all live in24/7. i skip out in the morning earlu about 8am, and then muck out properly about half 4 and then skip out at bed time about 11-11.30.

 

[mad_egg]

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skip out at bed time about 11-11.30

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You are at the yard at 11.30?!

To the original poster, the horses at my yard are all deep littered during the week, with rubber matting underneath shavings. They are then fully mucked out at weekends, and each stable gets 1 bale of hunter woodchips a week, which I think are about £6.50 a bale.

 

[Loopy_laura]

i keep my horses at home! i always go out before i go to bed!

 

[Peanot]

I use shavings. I have an oblong stable and at the front to 3/4 of the way to the back, I have rubber mats but I put shavings to just over half of the stable. I throw the bed up every day and get all wet out. I use about 2 bales a week.

 

[sunny123]

When we used shavings (now use Miscanthus) we just to just skip out through the week then do the full muck out at the weekends. If we had more money then would have done a full muck out every day.

 

[jess_asterix]

mine live in virtually 24/7 and they get mucked out properly every morning and then get skipped out at about 12, then 5 then about 10.30. and i use about 2 bales a week

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

How do you guys only use one bale??? I'm moving yard next weekend so being very strict and his bed it tiny compared to what I like but still get through min 2 bales and if i wasn't moving be much more! I take the worst out *Half a wheelborrow to 1 1/2* Then every few days take a bank down and replace it so the beding gets rotated.

 

[dressagespain]

OMG, How do you guys have time to skip out 4 TIMES A DAY!!!!

I only have the time to muck out once a day!! But I only use 1 BALE of shavings per week for 3 HORSES!!!

They get very very little and it all gets swept out every day.

 

[Stinkbomb]

I poo pick once a day and take wee out once every two weeks. I only use 1/2 bale a week!!!!!!! but he is only 27inches high!!!!

Its more like mucking out a hamster cage!!

 

[lucy5]

thanks for your help

ive got rubber matting bed is quite thin any suggestions so a routine thanks x

 

[lucemoose]

We have the same system as you, horses have half a bed on the mats, with banks. If the bed starts of big enough then you can don the marigolds and take out poop and visible wet thru the week, and when you get the time dig out the wet, bring an old bank down and replace it with the new bale. That help?

 

[mitchellk]

Ours are mucked out daily on a full bed, we get through 1-2 bales of Hunter woodchip (mad_egg I only pay £5.65 for mine hehe!) for the big boys and shetland has one a fortnight.

 

[Bex7]

I put 3 bales in at the begining of the month, skip out daily and top up with a bale each week. Once a month a full muck out and start all over again.

 

[nomini]

Skip out during week, then full muck out at the weekend. Use 1 -2 bales a week

 

[TLL67]

I skip out during the week, and do a full muck out on friday and i only use one bale of shavings as a rule. Sometimes put in 2 as they are only £4 a bale

 

[pottamus]

I have rubber mats but on an earth floor, so I have to have a reasonable thickness to his bed as the mats are a bit bumpy in places! But I muck out properly every morning and put in 1 new bale a week spread over a few days. I don't deep litter because I have to lift the mats regularly to scoop the shavings that get trapped underneath.

 

[debbielinder]

i get my shavings direct from the woodyard so cheaper and i muck out every morning and bed down in the afternoons and top the bed up with fresh every day i have rubber matting to but have a huge bed on top

 

[JessPickle]

Pickle is on a deep bed but is fully mucked out every day (he is on full livery monday-friday) I go through 2 bales a week but do have a big stable so one bale doesnt go very far.

Oh and our horses are skipped out at lunch (around 12-12.30) the again around 4-5

 

[Kate_13]

I muck out each day fully and use 2 bales a week. Mine lives in pretty much 24/7 at the moment. Roll on summer!

 

[K_T]

I skip out each morning and do full muck out once a week and use one bale easibed (£5.50), horses in overnight only!

 

[xxcharlottexx]

Mines on deep litter and I take out as much poo as i can during the week or any stuff that looks too dirty, then i will take a little bit of the wet out at a weekend before i but a fresh bag of shavings down
Hes pretty easy to muck out though as he does all his poo's in one place so half his bed only needs his hayledge sieving out lol.
I use roughly 1 bale a week and they are £3.50

 

[gothdolly]

I obsessively take out all the poo every day going through with rubber gloves and take the wet out on Sundays and replace that with between half a bale and one bale. He is out during the day and in at night but I like him to have a deep clean bed.