Monday, December 6, 2010

Learn basics on how to clean a straw stall

The basics of cleaning stables, regardless of the type of bed you choose is pretty much the same. You start by drawing water buckets, clean and get your tools. For straw stalls, use a pitch fork with only three or four branches. These are usually made of metal and is slightly heavier than the new plastic chip forks available. The straw pitch forks are designed to be able to choose through the straw, dung cakes as there will be scattered. When using straw bed, you have dirt floors in the barn, no cement or black top. If you have rubber mats in horse stables, be prepared to bed down in these sheds very strongly not to cause hock sores. If the stalls do not have a sufficient quantity of straw, if the horse gets up from lying, he or she will scratch their heels on the mat, put wounds on them, sometimes very serious infections. You also need a good sturdy metal rake, you'll have to rake every day after moving house the arms of a good hay and straw will be stacked in the corners.
Bring your wheelbarrow on the front of the stall with the handle toward you. Start on the right or left, go around the outside of the house, picking through the straw and put the straw right into the first corner you just passed. To continue and keep the good piling straw in the same corner. Some people just take all in the middle of the barn and throw it away. It's ok if you can afford. I could never, so I would get through and save as much as possible. If your first turn is full of good grass, you want to save, select a different angle. The next day, use the other corner, so you can tear at the corners that you were unable to this day. After getting all the bad straw, really tear the position and get as many cookies as possible friction and fertilizer. More than likely you will be one or more large wet spots in the cradle. The old timers used dry lime and sprinkle with a relatively large amount of the wet spots. It is said that calcium can produce breathing problems, but there is no hard evidence to prove it. There are other products you may find it a bit more expensive, but will kill the smell of urine and moisture. Take all the good that you have stored straw and spread it evenly throughout the barn. Take a bale of straw, put it in the entrance of your booth or in the middle of the house and break it open. You can buy your straw and shake it out in the middle of the barn and spread it as you go. I want to shake the straw and pull it out by hand instead of using the pitch fork. Level stall as much as you can. I love my boxes of the knee-deep in bed. Remember, it will reduce down to about half that size if the horse comes in and walk around. I always say, the deeper the better.
There are different kinds of straw. There are wheat straw, hay, straw and rye to name but a few. You should note that there may be some wheat or oat straw still attached to it to be. If you have a horse that an unusually strong appetite (suckling pig), there is a chance that your horse can be colic. This will sometimes interfere with the way they eat their grain or hay, and they can not get the nutrients you want, if your horse is consuming too much grain. It would be difficult for the amount of grain that your horse is time consuming checks. Personally, straw was not my first choice, but there are many horses today that are bedded on straw. A horse that is on a very good maternity beds of beautiful soft yellow straw is a feast for the eyes. They look so comfortable. The truth is that the price of straw is very high, if not of high quality and has a good volume, you need between one and two straw bales in one day, if your horse stay in most of the day. Straw has been around a long time and will probably be used for centuries to come. Some of the greatest horses in history were bedded on straw in their lives. Personal choice, finances and location are all important factors in what bed works best for you and your horse.
When buying straw, take a handful of a bale and smell. If it smells moldy or even a bit moldy, especially passing. If the straw is very shiny and appear to be short pieces, more than likely will not have much volume and would be a large amount of straw to take enough to fill the barn. At the same time as the pieces of straw is too long, it will be difficult to shake off and be a bit difficult for your horse to move around the bay without major pieces of straw mats around their legs. Purchase and use of straw, learning the pros and cons are just another part of a horse owner. My advice to you is to try it, you just might like it.

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