Your mucking out routine/methods

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So, how do you all muck out and what are the timings?

I have been forced by my own laziness onto deep litter in the yard I am keeping Buster at…I could either dig out the entire bed or use it, and chose the latter. I am now utterly converted!

Currently, his bed is white (!!!!!) , which I have never had with the full muck out once a day method I am used too! I basically, take out all the poo and any wet I see on the surface…so my routine goes like this.

Get to yard
Put pony in field
Skip out
Pull banks down, either re build banks or add shavings if needed
Water
Hay
Feed
Get pony from field
Give pony breakfast
Brush (flick) pony off.
Make feeds and refill water

It takes me 1/2 hr max. He is then in for a couple of hours till the others go out (I get to yard at 5.45)

What are your mucking out routine methods and how long do they take?
 
I have two on box rest and its goes something like this....

Get to yard,
Tie both up on the yard
Muck both out
Do Water
Do Hay
Sweep yard
Take PJ's off and hang up in stables
Put Coryn's legs wraps on
Put ponies back to bed (wish I could go back to bed!)
Give them both their horsey footballs
All done in about 1/2 hour.
 
Arrive at yard 6.20- feed breakfast x3-

Horses on shavings (2) take big trug in stable and pick poo/hay up whilst they are eating their breakfast.

Put horses out-

Finish shavings beds, sweep up, haynets and water

Muck out horse number 3 (rubber matting/straw) leaving matting to dry off during day.

Dash home- shower and work.

After work - put Straw bed down, haynet and water that stable.

Bring in/groom/feed- make up haynets and breakfasts for morning etc

Go home- open bottle of wine.
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My morning routine is:

Get down yard
Feed stable block - 4/5 horses.
Tie horse up outside stable while he eats breakfast
Empty and clean water bucket and leave at tap to refill
Take poos out of straw bed and any obvious wet on top
Remake banks
Level off and flatten bed - add any more straw as necessary
Sweep front of stable and outside stable area
Put water bucket back in stable
Make haynet and hang in up
Clean feed buckets and leave to one side
Change horse's rugs
Turn him and another horse out
Go home to get changed for work.

This normally takes me 45min in the morning. I skip out all week and do a big muck out once a week at the weekend - that can take me half hour alone to do.

ETS I do everything in the morning so when I come down the yard after work I only have to ride, make feeds and tuck Bane up for bed
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(He is already bought in from field for me by a friend)
 
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Moonwalker, thats a bit unlucky having 2 on box rest...are you superwoman at mucking out?!

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Haha, that made me laugh! Maybe I should change my user name!!
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Its VERY unlucky having two on box rest, all I seem to do is muck out!! I did teach last night, which was a very welcome break!
 
I have mine at home, so my normal routine for my two is

get up at 6am
fed the girlie her breakfast
change rugs
put both in field
skip out both boxes (only skip out during the week and do a full muck out at weekends)
fill water
empty wheelbarrow
fill haynets and hang up for evening

normally takes about 30 - 35 minutes depending on how dirty they are, if it is a crappy day I keep them in and they get skipped out morning and evening.
 
Get to yard
Say morning to horses and retrive feed skips out of stables
Make up feed and give them to two hungry mouths.
Take off stable rugs and put on turnout rugs / omars boots.
Put Omars headcollar on and pick out feet
Put hovis' headcollar on and pick out feet.
Lead out hovis.
Persuade Hovis to stand still whilst undoing Omars door
Lead the two of them out.
stand for a minute trying to get them on the correct sides of me.
walk down drive.
Reassure Omar the hedge isn't going to eat him
walk down drive.
Stop hovis eating the hedge
Walk down drive.
Convince Omar the gate isn't going to kill him
Open gate
Convince hovis I haven't got treats
Try to shut gate.
Put hovis back into field after he trys to follow me out.
Go back to stables. Look at mess. Swear.
Muck out hovis, remove all poo and wet bedding.
Pull banks down and build hovis a new bed.
Empty barrow
Open Omars door.
Cry.
Muck out Omar, remove all poo and wet bedding.
Pull banks down and build Omar a new bed
Empty barrow. Drink cup of tea in hot mug that is now cold.
Go home and start work.
Takes me about an hour door to door.
 
Morning routine - up at 5.45, quick cup of coffee and amble out to yard.

Tack up horse and tie up outside whilst full muck out, make up haynet for evening etc. Have to tie horse up outside as stable so tiny can't muck out with him in there!!

Ride by 6.20. Back home by 8ish. Rug and turnout with breakfast. Leave for work at 8.30!!
 
Well mine is on 5 day livery as I'm only there at weekends.

While he's out during the day my routine goes something like this:

8am arrive at the yard, put Dibbs in corale area, scrub out buckets, muck out (fully muck out woodchip bed, takes about 15 mins) leave bed up. Do hay/haylege and fill up water. Groom and ride, rug up, turn out.

5pm get back to yard, bring in and pick out feet, change rugs if nec, pull bed down. Make and give dinner. Done by 5.30, later if I spend time cuddling/fussing him and talking to my friends at the yard.
 
I get there and THE most important thing to do first, by mine and more importantly their standards, is their food. It's already been made the night before so I just mix and chuck it in.

So I get there, feed them.
Remove both stable rugs while they are eating, and replace with T/Os if necessary, fastening as many buckles as possible while their heads are down!
I put G's hay in a cattle manger (without plug) and rinse it with the hose.
I then get L's hay and stick that in his haybar.
Then I pull out their water buckets and empty them, put them by the tap.
Then I get all my mucking out tools, barrow etc.
I then sweep the yard quite thoroughly.
By now they should have finished their food so I put G out first, then come back and put L out.
As I am walking back from the field, I put the tap on to fill the first of 3 buckets.
As that bucket fills, I make a start on G's stable (aquamax), throwing the bed up against the walls so that compacted wet and the poos all fall down and I remove it all. I usually have to make trips to the tap to swap the buckets round while I am doing G's stable. I then pull his bed down, and as he is on mats, I sweep anything at the front to the back.
I then pull G's bucket into his stable. His stable takes in the region of 20 minutes because it cannot be deep littered at all.
Then I make a start on L's stable - straw! I pull all the manky stuff to the front, including poos and visible wet (I deep litter the rest), and then scoop it all up into the barrow. The straw only takes about 5 minutes to muck out.
I scoop up the stuff I'd swept up into a pile off the yard, and put that in the barrow, then off to the muck heap.
On my way back, I fill my big barrow with fresh straw and take it to L's bed, flick it around a bit and fluff up his hay.
I then drag both his water trugs at the same time, to his stable.
I make sure both their doors are hooked open to allow them to air.
I then pick up the feed buckets and go next door to make up their night time feeds.
I run through all the jobs in my head to make sure they are done, leave any notes for my husband who usually does the night routine, and then I go.

I am there about 90 minutes if I am not lunging or riding. So I am not the quickest, but I am very thorough and Lanky can take anywhere up to half an hour to eat his feed!
 
Get to yard at 07.30 after 12 hour night shift,feed 14 horses,change my boys rug put him out in field,muck him out,leave bed up,do hay,water,dinner,sweep yard,home for 08.00 walk dog bed by 09.30 and then to sleep phew!!!
 
the girls turn tabs out for me in the morn so
about 4 30pm get up yard
fill haynet/water
make feeds
muck out
bring tabs in
check her for cuts etc
put her to bed and throw her feed in
and go!
takes me about 30mins (without riding) on a good day but usually 45 mins if i chat a lot
with riding add another hour to that
 
Wow you guys are quick.... by comparison I take forever.

morning routine (which takes me well over an hour!)
Get down to yard
rug up and turn out mare (whilst turning her out, I take the wheelbarrow and her feed with me to field)
Give feed and poo pick
start to muck out box
Soak one haynet! (1hrplus)

evening routine
Bring her in and brush off
Put her on horsewalker
Finish doing her bed
soak over haynet
make evening feed
get off her horsewalker and tack up (ride/lunge)
brush off again
give haynets/feed
sweep/pic school
rug up
make evening feed = this all takes me about 3plus hours
 
I get to the yard by 8am

Make Vay's brekfast and give it to her in the stable
while shes eating I will change her rugs and put her T/O boots on
Turn Out
Rinse out feed buckets
Muck out - Shes on mats and shes filthy so I usually end up taking out most of the bedding, sweep the mats and then pull down what tiny amount of clean bedding is left and add some more clean shavings.
Get her evening haynet ready.
I dont need to do water as she has an automatic drinker.

Thats it, although it does take me about 40mins because her stable is always so dirty and im not happy untill its immaculate again!
 
Oh I do take at least 2 1/2 hrs in the evening because I ride and love to faff around brushing my horse and making her look gorgeous
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Get to the yard at 5.45am.
Tack up & ride for30 - 45mins
Brush off Rocky & rug up to go out
Feed all 3
Soak haynets & fill water buckets whilst they are eating
Change rugs on other 2
T/O all 3 once brekkie is finished
S/O my 2 (they are deep littered mon - fri, and the other boy is my friends horse)
Put Hay & water in reday for the night
Make up Dinners
Sweep yard
Check water in field
Go back Home (only 2 mins away from yard)
Walk 2 naughty terriers for 20 - 30 mins
Feed said terriers
Feed myself very quick brekkie
Shower & put face on for work
Drive to work about an hour away, luckily i do not have to be there until 9.30am!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, then start the working day!!!!!!!!!
PM, i only put them to bed, friend has normally got them in i just change into jamas & wash feet & make up haynets & feeds ready for the morning shift all over again.
 
I have 3 at home. My morning routine is:

Feed J at 6.30am
Turn out the other 2
Muck out the shavings bed (5mins)
Change J's rugs and turn him out
Muck out J and Kia's stables (rubber matting and cardboard) (10mins for both)
Retieve J's remaining hay and put in the field for the daytime.
Do waters
Sweep Yard

All done by 7.15

If riding then J just gets mucked out while he is in and then I go and have a quick breakfast and then come out and ride
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I dont know how you can bear to deep litter!! I'm too set in my ways now to do it - plus leg is v clean so full muck out takes about 10 mins max!

My morning starts like this:
Get Leg out of stable
Pick out feet and comb any shavings out of his tail with my fingers!
Get Leg dressed and ready for his day in the field
As above for Rolo
Turn both out
Muck out leg
Do hay and water
Get feed ready for evening
Full bed down
Go home!

Take me about 40 - 50 mins (depending who is there for me to talk to!!) although I have done it in 25 mins when i was all lonely!
 
My morning routine... 3 horses

Up at 5:30 arrive yard at 6:20
Feed all 3
Muck out Winnie then turn him out.
Finish his bed off, put other two out and muck them out.
Hay/extra straw if needed (bought giant wheel barrow saves on time and trips)
Go fetch up Winnie to ride.
Put him back out in the field after 30 mins work.
Make feeds up and do water.

Leave yard by 8:30 or today.... 8:55 WHOOPS
 
get up 6.30
feed child and dress him oh and make cup of tea
drop husband off drive down the road to saddle club
rug horse up and put equie chaps on and head collar
bring pony in and put horse out so swap as they dont get on full muck out leave bed up for rubber matting to dry
go home do house work and shopping
go back to yard at 4 put bed down and fill hay no need to fill water as automatic drinkers bring horse in put pony out
exercise her then put pgs on put her to bed and feed her
then pick husband up and drive off barracks go home and relax
 

Up 7am
Feed two kids, two dogs and make lunches then kick kids out door.
Yard my 8.30
Feed two whilst changing pj's to outdoor coats.
Grab one pony out of stable whilst coxing other pony out of stable, hates coming out the door.
Battle with two ponies trying to get through exit from indoor stables.
Again battle through gate way and let the freeeeeeeeeee!!!
Full muck out on both ponies and leave up in banks to air
Scrub water and feed buckets
Sweep stables and yard...have a bit of OCD with sweeping so re sweep again so yard is spotless.
Leave yard, Go home (2mins away) shower, change and put a face on ready for work at 10.
Back down yard at 4
Pull beds down
Do water, feeds and haynets.
Sweep.
Get ponies in, groom and tack up
Ride for half an hour (both)
Back in tie up and groom again
Pj's on
Ponies in and fed
Sweep yard and hay/straw store again
Home By latest 7
Feed kids, dogs, hubby and pour HUGE vodka and splat!
 
Feed both horses.
Change their rugs to turnouts.
Take them to the field - I have a long way to walk and 5 gates to open/close! The joys of being on a sheep farm!
Get back - fill haynets.
Feed, water and hay my 4 calves!
Skip out both straw bedded stables - just do deep litter!
Do water buckets and sweep up mess.
Then head for home to go to work.
takes me about an hour!
Depends how much idiots they are being going to the field!
 
Wake up at 8am
Go to yard at 9am having been fed by hubby
Wander about, adding water to Star's breakfast
Sit on a hay bale for 10 mins while she eats breakfast
Switch on radio
Change rugs, pick out feet and turn out or ride
Have a drink
Pick up all the poos with rubber gloves while dancing to radio
Feed the pigeon
Have a gossip with any passers by
Have a sit down and a drink to recoup my energy
Put the stable straight
Measure banks
Flatten straw down nicely
Have another sit down
Find someone else to gossip to
Fill water buckets
Fill Haynets
Sweep barn
Make dinner and tomorrows breakfast
Admire my mornings work
Go home approx 11.30 - 12.00
Have a sleep
Go back to yard at 3.45 to bring in!
 
get up at 6.30am, horses are kept next door so quietly make up feed without making YO dogs bark! take T/O rugs up with me, feed both of them. full muck out on both whilst they are eating breakfast, change rugs over, turnout, do hay and water, sweep yard. Run home and shower before leaving for school.
 
Get to yard.
Put feeds in boxes and leave stable doors open.
Open field gate.
Do waters
do haynets (one in bath to soak)
Muck pony out ( she has finished b/fast by this time and has turned herself out)
Muck Thomas out when he puts himself in the field
Muck out around Rodney cos he is a slow eater
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Sweep yard while waiting for Rodney, once her has turned himself out, shut all doors and gates
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Job done....45 minutes
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If all (5) stabled overnight...

7.15ish - down to stables.
Hay all while checking them over.
Put beds up while eating.
Feed
Strip/change rugs
Change waters.
Turnout 3 (other two stabled most of the day)
Walk other 2 in hand for 15mins or so.
8.05 - leave house!

If the 3 girls are living out (which they will be again once fireworks are over this weekend) then I just mix their feed and chuck it out to them in the field, check them over and adjust rugs if necessary.


Evenings -

Work the stabled 2.
Beds down
Hay/water again
Bring others in or feed/check in field, depending.
Feed
Rug
 
Get to yard by 8 at latest.
Feed Bea and friends horse Fynn who i turn out.
Have a fag break whilst they eat.
Change Beas rug, turn her out.
Change Fynns rug turn him out.
New boy minstrel is in isolation at min so is living out so get him out of field give breakfast, take rug of check hes in one piece put rug back on.
Make his haynet and put in field
Put Minstrel back in field.
Get tools and take to Beas stable.
Put her field bowls in water bucket (large Tub Trug)
Skip out (full much out at weekend)
Put water bucket on top of wheel barrow
Stop at tap, scrub buckets and leave filling whilst emptying wheel barrow.
Put water bucket back in wheel barrow (saves carrying) and take to stable.
Fill her 2 hays nets. Tie small one in stable for when she comes in and tie second one outside stable which will be emptyed in her haybar when i put her to bed.
Sweep up.

*add random fag breaks throughout!

Take about an hour and a half with having Minstrel in Isolation and chatting far to much!!
 
Go to yard at half 8 and feed, take child to school.
9am - turn out, then muck out, 2 on shavings, 2 on straw.
Haynets, water & make feeds (tea and following days breakfast).
10am - back home for my own breakfast.
12 noon - bring all four back in
12.30 - work (luckily just 5 mins up road)
5.30pm - feed, skip out, haynets & water (approx 45 mins)
9pm - late check, more hay if necessary.

Not riding at the moment cos horsey is on her holidays for the next few weeks and I've given up trying to back my youngster in the mud!!!
 
Get to yard at 6.50am (ish!)
Grab feed, rugs, headcollar, rubber gloves from storage area and traipse over to box.
Snog beast then feed.
Grab wheelbarrow, fork + broom, load wheelbarrow with hay and take to stable.
Change rugs then turn-out.
Skip-out, sweep box, hay, water and sweep yard.
Wash feed bowls out and take them back to storage area whilst pushing barrow.
Empty barrow, then make up feeds for pm and following morning.
Take barrow, fork, broom and evening feed back to other yard.

This all takes me about an hour as everything is bloody miles away from everything else; feed and rugs are stored between field and box, then barrow and fork are between box and hay barn.

My box is also about 13 x 16 so there's a lot of bed to sort out!
 
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