Footing for barns and arenas
fer froggy
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Monday, 9th of August 2010 06:37:23 PM
l have 6 horses and a barn that is about 25ft by 30ft. It is a little old, fer froggy like 50+. Well it has cement floors. Is this ok? They only go in there Registered User when it is really hot or bad weather. A friend said that cement was not Joined: Monday, 31st of May 2010, 10:27:37 good for them. l do not think l can afford stall mats or rubber flooring Posts: 1059 for that area, they are like $40 for a 12ft piece!! l sometimes put staw Viewed 8097 times or shavings down but not often, because it just gets all wet by the few
holes in the roof or by them. Any suggestions. And what about small gravel
for an arena? l do not wanna sound like l do not love my horses, but most
of the time they are in a pasture eating,l ride them very little like 2
or3 times a week in the summer and winter, about every other day in the
spring and fall; and $100+ for something that they will just poop on does
not make much sense. The barn does not have stalls or anything like that.
Thanks??!!
All my horses have good feet and are barefoot. l have dirt
for the arena and it gets really muddy, so l thought a really small gravel
or large sand might help?
Boogi
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Tuesday, 10th of August 2010 01:47:19 PM
coment normally is bad on the horses legs because it doesn't Boogi give at all to the horses weight & it can become slippery since you did Registered User say it gets wet sometimes but since they are only on it every once in a Joined: Friday, 28th of May 2010, 16:52:40 while & not for very long i think a thin layer of straw or corn stalks Posts: 1620 would be great just to give a little cushion & a little more stablitly to Viewed 3416 times the horses.i deffiantly would not ride in gravel because it chips the
horses hooves & become very slippery when loping.i ride in tilled dirt &
when it rains we just go till it with the tractor & it dries out fast.or
you could add some fine sand to the top layer because it does not hold
water as long as it is not mixed with dirt.(another alternative to discing
if you don't have a tractor is to get like a 10ft or so peice of chain link
fence & drag it behing an ATV around the arena.or grade it out with an atv)
Sundown
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Wednesday, 11th of August 2010 09:45:53 AM
Definitely not gravel for the arena. Sand would work muchhhh Sundown better. Two of the horses at my barn were ridden down a gravel pathway and Registered User both are currently having some issues. As for the bedding, try the sawdust Joined: Sunday, 13th of June 2010, 00:50:45 suggestion :) Also, you can find rubber mats that you'd have to cut Posts: 66 yourself on places like Craigslist, but they're much cheaper than the Viewed 4993 times $40/12ft you mentioned. If they're rarely in there anyway, it shouldn't be
much of a problem. :)
mocha latte
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Thursday, 12th of August 2010 01:41:50 AM
For the barn i would suggest sawdust it is cheap, you can buy mocha latte it from most local sawmills by the truck load, & absorbs a lot of Registered User moisture, & provides better bedding. i have been around horses all of my Joined: Sunday, 18th of April 2010, 22:14:55 life & my dad is a horse trainer, & i have never heard of concrete being Posts: 752 bad for their feet. It would be uncomfortable bedding but i don't think Viewed 5382 times ur putting ur horses at risk or anything.lol. As for the arena i would
suggest having a lime base then sand over that. i have heard of even
uusing some form of crushed egg shells for arenas but small gravel might
be a little rough on their feet because it can get stuck in their shoes &
bruise their frog. hope i helped :-)
langga
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Friday, 13th of August 2010 11:25:28 PM
The cement floor really isn't good for them, but if it is all langga you've got, it works. They rarely go in there, so it shouldn't be that big Registered User of an issue. And if they do have to stay in there for a longer period of Joined: Sunday, 9th of May 2010, 13:47:18 time, maybe put down some straw or shavings then. Posts: 1937 Viewed 11650 times I don't think I would ride on gravel. But again, if that is what you've
got, make it work. Maybe get your horses a set of easy boots for when you
ride so that the gravel isn't an issue.
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