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Post by greydales on Jan 14, 2008 8:34:15 GMT -1
Gill, think of all the calories you will be burning off LOL! That's the only thing that makes it bearable LOL!! |
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Post by harveydales on Jan 14, 2008 8:42:35 GMT -1
LOL Gill, that's what I tell myself every morning when I'm forking all the poos from the quadbike trailer onto the muck heap. ;D
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Post by jec248 on Jan 14, 2008 16:12:49 GMT -1
I love straw beds, but I use easibed which I find easier!
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Post by harleydales on Jan 14, 2008 19:43:59 GMT -1
Jenny and Monty take great delight in hiding their poos - then the hens go in and kick them about a bit more!! It is a nightmare trying to sort it all out by torchlight after work! Sometimes I just bung a load more straw on top I'm afraid, very naughty but it is a shelter not a stable so lots of fresh air.
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Post by valerie n scout on Jan 19, 2008 14:24:40 GMT -1
we use shavings, is aubiose, better or is it the same thing and is it easy to get hold of AND is it more expensive than shavings we pay £5 give or take x
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Post by taffydales on Jan 19, 2008 17:03:30 GMT -1
I have never tried aubiose is it like shavings, I muck out two stables a day with rubber matting and straw, I have tried shavings and hated it, I never felt the bed were really clean I love doing a straw bed.
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Post by harveydales on Jan 20, 2008 15:28:14 GMT -1
Aubiose is not really like shavings at all. It is more expensive per bale but, after the initial outlay, you don't have to top up nearly as much so i find it works out more economical.
It doesn't absorb wet as quickly as shavings but does absorb far more liquid in the long run. So you mustn't take out the wet daily because it wouldn't have reached its maximum absorbancy and it would be wasteful. I guess it depends on how you like to mange your beds, how your stables slope and how your horse is in the stable. Ones who churn their bed up a lot would not do well on aubiose. I find it is brilliant for my lot and by far the least labour intensive of beds. I take the droppings out daily but remove the wet once a week. The wet tends to sink to the base of the bed so the surface is nice and dry and doesn't smell at all.
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