Horse barn question?????

Question

I have a nice farm with big stalls for my horse and other animals. the problem is the stall floor is just dirt and it makes clean up hard. I was thinking of getting rubber flooring put down, but with all the stall i have it would cost a fortune. Is there any place i could get it for cheaper, or anything i can do to keep the stalls cleaner.

Answer 1

I know people who've gotten long rolls of good rubber matting for free from factory conveyor belts you just have to cut it to fit but I'm not sure how they found it. You could look into it or look into moving sales at stables or barns that are downsizing their herds. Other than that, buy a few at a time and do your worst stalls first, the geldings who go in the middle or the ones who turn in circles and mix the bedding into the dirt. Good luck mats are expensive,

Answer 2

Sorry not sure where you can get it cheap...I know you can get it by the role, but this would help you alot. There is a bedding out called woodypet that clumps the urine and is really easy to pick manure out. For a 12x12 stall you need to start w/ 8 to 10 bags at 5.00 each and then add a bag every week. I did not need this many and only used 1/2 a bag a week. Depends on the individual horse. You may want to put screening down as well before laying the matts down. I'm lucky..I have mares that are very clean stall keepers. LOL

Answer 3

Rubber mats are expensive in the beginning, but will save you money in the long run in terms of bedding and labor. Maybe only do a stall at a time as you can afford it, starting with the piggiest horse. Tractor Supply Co usually has pretty affordable prices on stuff like that. To keep the stalls cleaner, just turn your horses out longer.

Answer 4

What i did in my stalls is make a slight slope from both walls toward the center of the stall under the wall between the stalls I dug a hole about the size of a 5 gallon buket and about that deep iI filled the hole up with gravel larger rocks in the bottom and smaller gravel on top after you have the floor raked and clean and they slope to the center you can buy crushed lime from any rock quarry pretty cheap its almost powder i put about 3or 4 inches of of lime on the floors it will pack down nice and hard for easy cleeaning but isnt so hard a horse will bruise his feet

Answer 5

What I would suggest is buying wood pine shavings. They are easy to clean with and they offer cushioning for your horse. You will most be likely to get shavings from your local feed store. Depending on the size of your stalls you will probably need a bag per stall, and you will need to change them every 3-4 weeks if you clean them properly. About every few days take a scooper or rake and scoop on the manure.

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

stall mats are the way to go your ground needs to be level and save up for enough to do one whole stall at a time then cover with shavings your horse will be a lot easier to clean but if you put them down on uneven ground your horse will tear those expensive mats up in no time until you can afford them start with shavings good luck

Answer 7

when you say you can't get it nice and clean,you mean the urine soaks in and the like?try sprinkling agricultural lime over the floor (kind of like dusting icing sugar)should help with odours at least and keep the germs down.

Answer 8

try using shavings. it's easy to clean up and you only ahve to change it about 2 or 3 times a week. all you have to do i clean up the droppings, and your done!!

Answer 9

id recommend that you pay for the rubber matting, its save you a fortune and loadsa time

Answer 10

Concrete base, then a product called F-601, its rubber like composit that is used in water-parks... once you pour your base, you spray the F-601 coating on the concrete. It keeps cool and eliminates dirt. (That does add expence up-front, though.)