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Location: MN | Does anyone use just sand in their stalls? If so, how does it work with horses that pee a lot? My horse is costing me a fortune in shavings with all that I'm stripping out everyday and hes only in a stall for 8 hours..if that! I will add that my stalls are dirt and we live in a very sandy area if that helps anyone!  |
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| we use sand in our stalls and it works great. Except just make sure that they have a mat or where they are eating has no sand since there is the chance they can sand colic after a while. |
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 Warrior Mom
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| I have dirt in my stalls, not really sandy, they call it arena dirt.. I also have large rubber mats set down under their hay nets and under their feeders... I'd prefer shavings but my stalls are really large and I probably couldn't afford it! When it gets a little dusty in there I just wet it down and it's good to go. |
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| We use masonry sand in our stalls. Makes for easy clean up and cost a lot less then sawdust. Also helps keep our gray horse cleaner.We get a truck load at a time, usually $5 a ton. We have concrete floors and use no mats. Never had issues with colic, however they almost always have hay in front of them. |
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | We use sand with lime under it. Ours stay dry... but if I have a spot trying to get wet I sprinkle cat litter on it and it does the trick! |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: MN | Thank you all!! Iām thinking sand jams the way to go. How does the sand do with the ammonia smell? Also, regarding the lime, how much did you put down? I just want to do this right! |
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Location: California | We did felt, rock and then sand in stalls/runs and then mats in stalls. Worked well but was a lot of work having to replace the sand often. If I still lived at that place I would just concrete the stalls and lay down mats and good bedding. Would have been much much easier
Edited by *almost there* 2017-10-21 1:59 PM
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  Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Ā How long does the sand last in comparison to sawdust? I'm building and want to use sand on the barn when it eventually gets done. A load of sawdust will run around $250 delivered but the same amount of sand runs twice that at least. If it lasted longer though the sand might be worth it. |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Dig an 8 inch Chinese drain where he pee s ,fill with rock cover with sand. About 3 ft deep.
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Location: MN | cow pie - 2017-10-25 12:42 PM
Dig an 8 inch Chinese drain where he pee s ,fill with rock cover with sand. About 3 ft deep.
Can you enlighten me on what a Chinese drain is?? |
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