What bedding do you use? *poll*

[Coffee_Bean]

 

[mrgoop]

Hemcore for me, deep littered, 1 bale a week, great stuff, warm, dry and cosy
Remove some wet daily so not fully deep littered

 

[miss_c]

I use Aubiose which is hemp I believe

 

[amc]

I use shavings & rubber matting but am going to try LWP's when I get round to ordering them

 

[Chestnutmare]

plain old shavings on matting...deep bed and usually 1 a week

 

[Maizy]

Bedmax by choice and nice clean straw for the other.

 

[sarahrees]

Paper just started using in and by word of mouth we get newspapers left outside the house and we shred ourselves

So free
Also rubber matting underneath

 

[Chico Mio]

Shavings/sawdust on mats. Coudn't vote on price as you don't have 'Free'

I collect it in those big square bags they deliver sand in (metre cubed?) and one bag lasts me about ten days. Bear in mind it is not compressed like bales are.

 

[JenHunt]

2 winters ago we were on straw, last year on shavings, and this year on wood pelllets.

will be interested to see how the pellets get on as one of ours is a filthy monster in the stable!

 

[Gorgeous George]

I put straw and other, as I have straw over rubber mats. Don't know how much a bale is as it is all included in my livery.

 

[mrgoop]

ooops forgot to say he also has mats somewhere underneath lol

 

[golddustsara]

Shavings at the moment but just changing to Bedmax

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Wood pellets - one has laminitis so no straw for her and the other is a minger so much easier to manage on pellets. With shavings between 6 - 8 quid a bale versus 2.34 a bag of pellets its no contest.

 

[saddlesore]

Wood pellets becuase he is seriously wet! Sadly I don't have any storage this year so having to buy them in 10 bags at a time so £5.75 a bag

 

[MochaDun]

Aubiose - hemp based. On rubber matting.

 

[Maesfen]

Wood pellets which I used for the first time last year from LWP, so pleased with them have had 4 tonne delivered but from my local feed merchant this time in loose bags and at a great price too!

 

[DW Team]

Straw for all mine. Big round bales £15 each.

 

[the watcher]

One on Hemp bedding over mats (for COPD) at £8.50 a bale, the other on straw which is included in livery price.

 

[Selkie]

I paid £8 per bale of shavings last winter with 3 stables it was getting quite expensive so am going with staw this year.

 

[millitiger]

big straw beds- not sure on price as i have ad-lib bedding included in livery.

 

[BSJAlove]

£1 per straw bale.

 

[ester]

straw, not sure what paid this year, poss 1.50 delivered. The thought of £8+ for bedding brings me out in a rash

Thankfully have a nice tidy horse, I deep litter through the week and use max 2 bales a week normally less.

 

[GinaB]

Shavings on matting. As she is an older horse, I give her a good deep bed. Shavings are £6.90 per bale and I use one per week. They are lovely quality. Smell really fresh and clean and no dust!

 

[Chestersmum]

I chose 'other'. I deep litter, mainly using straw but I use Aubiose as a 'base' layer. It really works for me as I can have a very deep, warm bed (I have to step up onto it

) but the Aubiose absorbs more than just straw would and the bed remains very stable because it is so deep - my chap is prone to box-walking and weaving, so it works out great.

My horse is a very, very mucky chap but this way means that I just take out th base once a week and take out any small sections of dirty straw daily.

I pay £10 for a big bale of sraw, that lasts about 8 weeks and about £8 for a bale of Aubiose, I use about 2 a week.

 

[BBs]

Bog standard straw thrown on rubber matting.
Straw is part and parcel of the livery price.

 

[Theresa_F]

Farra and Chancer are on stablelite rubber matting with half beds.

Farra will start on megazorb as I have some left and then join Chancer on LWP which I am trying this year as I need a bed that stays put and is very good at soaking up piddle.

Will be interesting to see how it compares to megazorb but it is half the price which will help the pocket.

 

[christi]

I use 1 bale of aubiose per week in winter @ £10.00 per bale.

 

[_Rach_]

Straw for me, i didnt put how much a bale becuase i pay £5 a week and can use as much as i like
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