Pine Shavings: Guardian Horse Bedding Swift PIck mini flake

Cleaning a working stall that is bed in Guardian Horse Bedding Swift
Pick mini flake pine shavings. You can see how easy it picks, low dust,
highly absorbent and reduces disposal and bedding consumption. Clean
the stall in record time.

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• shavings
• stall
• pine
• bedding
• horse
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[guardianhorsebedding]

Sounds good. The deeper bedding will absorb the urine quicker and "trap it" beneath the surface. This indeed then reduces ammonia at the floor. If you remove the wetspot with the fork, then use the stall shifter to separate the manure from the bedding, that will be the best way to operate. Keep me posted, Claire

[guardianhorsebedding]

con't: have to add a couple more. Again, on the fine flakes, less isn't better it will cause you to use more and have more ammonia issue. Give it a try with 6 to start and after about a week, start adding a bag as needed. Please keep us posted and let us know if we can further help.

[guardianhorsebedding]

con't: The manure will tend to remain on top or just below the surface with the deeper base as well. All in all, with a messy horse, the stall can look like a disaster when you enter but within minutes will clean up without the need to add bedding. There is a posting of our pellet bedding on You Tube that shows one of my stalls and the recommended depth. All in all, with my horses out during the day and in at night, I use 2 bags per week for my messy horses and maybe every couple of months

[guardianhorsebedding]

con't: horse will be less likely to drag the wetspot throughout the stall. The wet spot should pancake to be removed with a stall fork and the shifter is then used to separate the manure. While it takes a bit more investment in the startup of the stall with 5 - 6 bags, you will actually use less bedding on a weekly basis.

[guardianhorsebedding]

If I'm understanding correctly, you are using perhaps the Stall Shifter vibratory shaker, yes? That does a great job of cleaning . Our Pine Pellet bedding and our mini flake ( Swift Pick) both work well with the Shifter, but for both products, you'll get the best results by starting the stall with 5 - 6 bags and maintaining the depth from there. The initial 4 - 5" depth will absorb the urine quickly and maximize the absorbency of the product. It can then hold it beneath the surface so the

[coolblackmagic]

I will keep you posted. Also I noticed that to "fluff up" the pellets you keep them in the bag and wet them. My barn spreads them evenly out around the stall and then wets them. Which would be better to do? Or does it not make a difference? Thanks for your time.

[coolblackmagic]

Thankyou! I will try 6 bags today and let you know if it works. I am understanding that pine pellets push the urine to the botttom so the amonia is not in the air correct? Well then if I use the shifter(we scoop all of it from the top to the mat up with a shovel and put it on the shifter) then wouldn't that be mixing the shavings that had absorbed all the urine with the nice shavings? Would just using a pitch fork to scoop the top of the bedding where all the manure is so then it wont mix it up?

[coolblackmagic]

Thankyou! I will try 6 bags today and let you know if it works. I am understanding that pine pellets push the urine to the botttom so the amonia is not in the air correct? Well then if I use the shifter(we scoop all of it from the top to the mat up with a shovel and put it on the shifter) then wouldn't that be mixing the shavings that had absorbed all the urine with the nice shavings? Would just using a pitch fork to scoop the top of the bedding where all the manure is so then it wont mix it up?

[coolblackmagic]

PLEASE ANSWER ---continued

The sifter is where it shakes and we put a manure bucket in front of it to catch the manure. So it mixes up the shavings. Is this wrong? How should I go about this?? Please help? My horse is going overboard on shavings! Thanks!