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Post by felicia on Dec 1, 2009 19:45:37 GMT 1
I have to say I don't like it - having bought a tonne of the stuff! I think, after reading Heather's post, that I got the wrong type. Fuel rather than equine. I find it dusty and gritty and quite heavy when pee'd on. I am going back to easibed (hemp) but will mix it in with the pellets - got to use them somehow.
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Post by gilly on Dec 2, 2009 8:54:29 GMT 1
Thanks everyone, that's great help. It seems much more positives than negatives so I think I will give it a go. Just need to find a local place that sells them so I can get a few bags to try out before I invest.
Does anyone know of anywhere near Leeds that sells them by the bag rather than per pallet?
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Post by steve on Dec 2, 2009 15:25:44 GMT 1
we switched to them about 3 weeks ago - so far we are really pleased with them and everyone from the yard wants to switch from shavings to pellets. One thing I find great about them is that the poo stays on the surface and doesn't fall through like it does with straw and shavings. Also the wet really does form clumps and you only take out a small amount of bedding as compared with straw and shavings. However, the website says allow 8-10 10kg bags per 12x12 stable but I need to put in 26 bags to make it look like a decent bed! But ours are 15x15 and are rubber matted but I do like nice deep comfortable beds!! Generally I was taking out the poo's by hand and then the wee with a shavings fork, but now I can do it all with the fork, and no bedding sticks to the poo!! And with Max, I would take out a full wheelbarrow of poo, and then another one again of wee - but now I can fit it all in one barrow - you don't have to be quite as fussy as shavings, so we semi-deep litter until you can really notice the wet patches.
Another good thing is the bed is heavy so doesn't shift about as the horse moves round the stable.
On the negative, It's heavy, it's expensive to start from scratch and I don't think it looks very nice, but that's not important, it does make a soft deep bed.
One thing I would say is that it doesn't fluff up like everyone says - I dont think 1 bag = 1 bag of regular shavings. I was using 2 or 3 bales of Snowflake Supreme shavings a week, and now I'm using 40kg of pellets.
The big bonus for me is it's delivered on a pallet, you don't have to fill your car, or take a trailer or lorry, it's cheap and it saves a lot of time!
We just bought 50 x 20kg bags from Liverpool Wood Pellets for £209.60
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Post by jaxnbreeze on Dec 3, 2009 10:28:14 GMT 1
Hate them if they are like the ones that look like cat litter. Bed is fine at first and then turns into a dirty smelly sand which used to get in my and horse's eyes. I have tried a lot of different kinds of bedding and I do find Aubiose to be the best.
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Post by heather on Dec 3, 2009 17:56:25 GMT 1
I liked Stuart Fitzgerald of White Horse Bedding's reason for starting the company. He is an eventer at CCI level, and hates the fact that most eventers have to buy and sell horses and make a quick turnover/profit to stay at the top. He didnt want to do this, so started the bedding company so that he didnt have to deal in horses. I wish there were more companies out there, with this sort of attitude!! Heather
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Post by heather on Dec 3, 2009 17:59:18 GMT 1
Eeek, Steve, 26 bags? We put 16 bags of White Horse pellets in a 13.6 square stable and it was way too much!! Must have been 10" deep! We have just topped it up with one bag after nearly 3 weeks of having to take out the wet patch just to reduce the bulk and make it manageable! If I had to start a bed again, to a good 4" depth on top of 50mm EVA mats, we would put a max of 10 bags in a 13.6" square stable and 8 in a 12 x 12. Heather
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Post by jaxnbreeze on Dec 3, 2009 18:28:41 GMT 1
Hi Heather - White Horse Bedding sounds interesting and a lot better than the bedding I tried. I haven't heard of it in my area but will check it out but I do need something that rots down quickly so I can supply the local gardeners. Thanks, Jacquie.
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