Tools for mucking out - which do you use?

[arwenplusone]

following on from how you muck out post really.

Everyone thinks I am a bit mad but I have a straw bed and don't use a fork - I just use a spade - I shake the poo onto the spade - works a treat!

What does everyone else do?

 

[rara007]

I clear out the whole bed, I just use a broom and a snow shovel!

 

[the watcher]

I have a fab heavy duty american shavings fork that doubles up as a rake, it has outlived all the other shavings forks I have ever owned, and a broom. For the straw beds a normal fork and a broom.

 

[custard]

Got straw over rubber mats so muck out with long handled pitch fork and scrape up everything else with a plastic snow shovel/broom.

 

[GinaGem]

I use shavings on rubber mats and use a snow shovel and broom

 

[Marnie]

I use willow sawdust over rubber mats - sounds really dusty, but as it is willow which is quite a 'damp' wood, it isn't, makes a great bed that is easy to muck out. I use a 'multimucker' which is between a shavings fork and pitchfork - it is brilliant, I've had it over 2 years and is still like new! I have got a rubber mat fork which doesn't catch in my mats, but doesn't 'dig' easily into the bottom of the bed when I want to shake it up!

 

[SouthWestWhippet]

there is an amazing shavings fork floating around at the moment which all us shavings people love, it is very narrow but has a bucket shape with high sides. We think it belonged to someone who has now left...

Just use that (when I can get it

) and a broom.

 

[Persephone]

I have litelift shaving fork and shovel, since I knackered my arm, and a normal ancient brush.

 

[tagalog]

I use a pair of heavy duty rubber gloves for the poo and then fork the wet patches at the weekend

 

[Super_Kat]

I have flax on concrete so I just use a norman shavings fork, a pink broom (

) and a poo scoop thing.

 

[JustKickOn]

If it's straw then I use a fork and broom.
On shavings I use a poop scoop, shavings fork, plastic shovel/spade and broom

 

[Christmas_Kate]

For skipping out I use either rubber gloves or (even better) two dustpans.

for mucking out i use a normal four pronged fork, and a broom. I have just purchased a rubber broom as they're so fab.

 

[WFL]

I use staff.

 

[lucylemon]

i use a woodchip fork, a snow shovel, a broom and sometimes a poo scoop

 

[zoesophie]

Drjames - good answer!!

I use rubber gloves for the poop and then sweep up with my brush to make it tidy. At the weekend for the full muck out I use the good old shavings fork and shovel and again sweep for tidyness.

 

[RachelB]

Straw - fork (long handled), broom and shovel
AquaMax - shavings fork, broom and shovel
Paper - gloves, TubTrug or similar bucket, fork, shovel and broom

 

[Gorgeous George]

I have a lovely light pitch fork for the poo and really wet stuff and fluffing up the new straw, I also have a heavy duty pair of rubber gloves so I can pick out the small bits of mess without wasting too much straw, a broom to sweep the floor and a light totally plastic shovel to pick up those last few bits of cr*p!

 

[__Annie__]

Full bed of shavings on rubber matting

I use rubber gloves for the poop and a shavings fork to sort out wet from dry.
I sweep any remaining little dirty bits into a poop scoop and all 'dirties' go into the wheelbarrow.

 

[JessPickle]

I use a shavings fork and rubber gloves

On a shavings bed on deep litter

 

[happyhack]

I use rubber gloves, a flexi bucket, pitchfork and broom.

 

[Ottinmeg]

i use rubber gloves ,flexi bucket ,broom

 

[RobinHood]

I have a full straw bed on rubber and I use a future fork which is a plastic shavings fork. I use a normal straw fork to shake out new bedding.