Lay Soft Horse Bedding.....

finally gotthe laysoft horse bedding down in stock shed, had used straw for the last couple of breeding seasons but by what ive been told by members who use it i decided to give it a try.......the straw i had down had only been in for approx 10 days and when i was taking it out it was damp and horrible, maybe due to it beeing wet and snowing but i never realized how nasty it was until i put the lay soft down.......one thing is for certain, i wont be going back to straw now, this horse bedding is excellent and only £6 a bag.

thanks all for the tip......


heres a couple of pics to show how it looks, not very good ones tho im afraid.......

yes david looks good and the pigeons love it only one down fall sticks to your feet put a grill at the loft door

yes true ian, good tip.....just what i was needing to know. so what do you do ian, rake over every now and then and remove droppings every so often and top up as necessary....?

Looks great David. i would rake it every couple of days, If you are finding little mounds of crap i would take them out stright away.

Another plus is this stuff is not dusty like straw.

dark_chequer wrote:

Looks great David. i would rake it every couple of days, If you are finding little mounds of crap i would take them out stright away.

Another plus is this stuff is not dusty like straw.

yes amanda your right, when i was taking the straw out it was horrible, damp, dusty etc and only been down approx 10 days too.......this laysoft is great, i wont ever use straw on the floor again, do you use the laysoft in the yb section ? and if so when do you take it out, or do you leave it in while they are racing.....? its that good im thinking of using it in all my sections all the time.

Hi david I have been using that for a few months now in the stock loft, and a sprimkle in the racing loft after a clean out, it smells nice and is very dry.

DAVID wrote:

dark_chequer wrote:

Looks great David. i would rake it every couple of days, If you are finding little mounds of crap i would take them out stright away.

Another plus is this stuff is not dusty like straw.

yes amanda your right, when i was taking the straw out it was horrible, damp, dusty etc and only been down approx 10 days too.......this laysoft is great, i wont ever use straw on the floor again, do you use the laysoft in the yb section ? and if so when do you take it out, or do you leave it in while they are racing.....? its that good im thinking of using it in all my sections all the time.

Im not useing it David im cleaning out every day.
But if i were you i would leave it down for as long as poss. When we had the horses we just added more every so often and gave it a really good raking.
I bet the birds love dont they David?

yes they do amanda, they are laying in it or just pecking around in it.......hardly any fighting too they are all knocking about with each other on the floor, all seem very calm and happy.......strange

good stuff eh david

yes great stuff ian, where do you have it ....? just stock shed or do you put it in other sections and yb section.....?