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[SusanO]

And even if you are using small square bales a lot of them are coming in 21 bale bundles these days. It sure would be a lot easier and faster to pick...

[SusanO]

I tried to feed Tifton 85 once years ago. My horses ate it for a day and said "No way". I don't see it advertised for sale much around here...

[SusanO]

2. (Forestry) a group of cultivated trees or plants

There is more than one definition for "plantation". Around here in the South...

[SusanO]

I don't think you will have a problem with interlocking mats being smaller than than 12x12. When I built my barn I told the builder that I wanted the...

[SusanO]

I agree with ayrabz - interlocking good quality mats all the way. I have one stall with thinnner plain mats and they are almost not worth the trouble....

[SusanO]

Can you look on the bag and see when it was manufactured? I would save the tag even if you discard the feed.

[SusanO]

You won't save on bedding but they sure make the stalls easier to clean. No ever growing hole in the middle for geldings and you can sweep/ shovel all...

[SusanO]

They are kind of pricey and I don't see the advantage to a slow feed hay net. However I really like the ones that go in a trailer especially since my...

[SusanO]

I've known too many horses that have blown out their suspensories in deep sand never to be sound again. Maybe it might be OK with gradual conditioning...

[SusanO]

There have been a bunch of threads on this. I HATE concrete floors even with mats. When I built my own barn I put down crusher run/( screenings), watered...

[SusanO]

I miss having a hay loft. I really don't like storing hay on ground level in this climate. Hay never got that musty in the loft where we co-opped and...

[SusanO]

These ideas might be cost prohibitive but here goes: Buy a roll of matting ( thinner and lighter weight than stall mats) and roll it out in the aisle....

[SusanO]

Once a year is probably best. I just had somebody come by and get all my old hay to feed to their cows and I am cleaning out that side of my hay area....

[SusanO]

Before you offer it to a landscaper or nursery you need to find out if it has Grazon on it. If it doesn't then advertise on CL as mulch hay. If that doesn't...

[SusanO]

We had one of those boarders back when I boarded. She was usually snotty but every now and then when you came to the barn suddenly you were her best friend....

[SusanO]

Hey Xanthoria - the horse probably didn't load and the barn manager knew that.

[SusanO]

I had two horses for a couple of years. Two horses + small farm environment = BAD horse dynamics. Especially if one is a mare. Now I have three. It is...

[SusanO]

Been there a long time ago. The boarding barn was turning horses out at night because of the summer heat. But we kept getting the late afternoon, early...

[SusanO]

I do prefer UPS. I get the notice that they are delivering and I get to see where the truck is in relation to my house. It always gets delivered before...

[SusanO]

TMares that is weird. We live in the same rural Alabama but I think I am more in the sticks. My drivers are coming from Tuscaloosa so that might be the...