Wood pellet bedding

[Spyda]

If Five Star is advertising then it's not worked. HOW much for 70 bags????

Now I know where to avoid

 

[YasandCrystal]

I certainly wouldn't pay over the top prices for bedding that looks a bit lighter it does the same job whatever the color! And as for dusty... Never had that problem, with all these bedding types you get dust, because that's what they are... Compact wood dust, so saying f s is less dusty is funny lol I use the pellets and spray water on top layer when needed. Rather do that than waste money on whiter dust free pellets that are made from compacted dust, but hey, whatever floats your boat

I agree with this - what rubbish who cares what colour a horses bed is for goodness sake?!!! What a silly comment from sgeventing - it's a stable not a living room!

As for the dust - the whole point of this type of bedding is that it is slightly damp and therefore dustfree, unlike shavings.

LWP for me all the way thank-you.

 

[Milkmaid]

If Five Star is advertising then it's not worked. HOW much for 70 bags????

Now I know where to avoid

But i`ve found they do sell Verdo as their economy pellet far cheaper than you will find it anywhere else :wink:

Personally I think their premium pellet is more on a par with Aquamax which is more expensive again?

I do fork out & use the premium for my soggy wet ned as I was getting through bags of other pellets (tried Corley, LWP (which are apparently the same?) and Verdo)
Waste amount is a very important factor to me as I keep the neds at home so can`t have a huge dung heap.

And actually I have to say, I find it works out no more expensive although the initial outlay is a bit

 

[3Beasties]

What size bags have you got? 2 bags of 10kgs when they are in a lot over winter is not too bad.

I only take the really wet(when it goes real dark) out and put the just wet back down where the wee patch is and mix it in with a bit of dry.

I think they were 15kg bags. Horse was in overnight (approx 12 hours) and out during the day. 2 bags was what I aimed for but some times it was 3 or 4 to top it back up to a decent size.

I think I probably wet them too much as always slit the top of the bag and poured a big bucket of water in but I think it wet the majority of them more then they needed, will try a different method this year and hope they go a bit further.

 

[Bennions Field]

3B, hopefully the description below may be of help with regard to initial wetting / mucking out

i've tried lots of makes over the last 3 years and have 4 horses on pellets. i currently use corley wp, they are 10kg bags (£245/tonne) and i use 2 bags a week on the cleanest ned and 4-5 on the wettest (17h WB who pees for england !!!)

i find if i lay the bags flat on the floor and slit them open in a cross open i can put the hose on them enough to cover them in the bag, I then leave them all day to swell, there is still the odd pellet that remains whole but this then helps with the absorption of the wee. mine are all on rubber matting underneath so dont have huge beds around 4-5" deep and across 2/3 of the 12x12 stable. (the 17h has a huge stable so takes more bags to fill)

to take out the wet each day i scrape the dry from around the wet patch and take out the worst of the wet, then leave the bed / floor to dry during the day. raking the dry bedding back into the hole left means the bedding soaks up any slightly damp bits.

i couldnt go back to any other type of bedding and i've tried lots of different types, this method above takes around 5 mins per stable to much out and bed down each day so saves time / money/ the horses love it too and means i dont pay a fortune for the muck heap to be removed at the end of winter too so happy result all round!!

Just thought i would add i've also had ok result with LWP but the premium ones, the economy ones were rather too 'dusty' and broke down too quickly with the drier horses, good value for money though for wet horses !

 

[CinnamonChristmasCookie]

LWP no longer do the economy pellets. My issue is a narrow lane to the yard: I think even the 7.5 tonne lorry would have an issue getting down then back out although there are several horse boxes there which must be 7.5...? Dunno.

I could get them delivered to the house, but I dunno where I'd store them.