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[perchie.girl]

Not to jump in here ,,this discussion moves so fast ? ......but I have used cedar as bedding with no ill effects , aromatic cedar at that ? also pine is a very common bedding material here , most comes from Alberta , but as always something new has come up .........flax ? shredded to bit's , used a lot by small farmers as bedding from horses to chickens , apparently it soaks up moisture or something , keeps for a long time ?

Oh please jump in we love a fresh set of eyes. Awesome you have had excellent results.... Oooohhh a new bedding Flax.... Have you heard of hemp? Its just now becoming available through a source in Florida.... I have used in the past mainly pine Shavings for my horse's bedding... I only discovered Rice hulls because I was at a boarding facility that did not allow pine shavings... you had to use stuff that wouldnt compress into a crude wood over time. Their list of allowed bedding was short

Micro shavings
Wood pellets
Rice hulls....

The micro was wayyy too expensive... and the Wood pellets looked too much like food for my wary eye (for horses that is) So I went to Rice hulls.

My horses corral was a naaasty stinky mess and the stable owners wouldnt let me bring my own sand in I had to buy it from them.... then get on a waiting list for it to be installed.... NOT on MY WATCH.... So the corral was 24 x 24 and draft horse mares pee alot.... So even during the summer she had at least three nasty places that never dried out.... I got tired of it. She wasnt laying down to rest and her hind legs were stocking up something horrible.

So I bit the bullet and bought five bales of rice hulls... Piled em up in the center of her corral.... She Whoofled down (ate) lots of it till she realized it was more work than it was worth for treats... she dug it out and layed down finally on the pile... I could here her satisfied Groan from a hundred feet away. Yep it got rained on but the top surface always appeared and felt dry.

Here rain is an unnusual thing... So bedding for horses is for the most part... outside. I was very happy with the results. and Kept the use of rice hulls for home and for chicken and goat bedding.

We have to use what is available....

deb "off to go look at flax bedding"

 

[Amberjem]

got new pathway brick lined and some crush down ran out of crush though but hopefully get 12 tons this week for the garagae foundation and will sneak some off to finish for the pathway..


pictures from the trip thru the san juan islands today for our anniversary

 

[Peep_Show]

Did you have a good day?

Looks very scenic.

 

[Amberjem]

heya @Peep_Show yes sure did and am exhausted lol think will go do some snuggling and sleeping very shortly........

 

[Amberjem]

just doing a brief scan then gonna lay down but one thing @hennible .. I love the name frolicking hen eggs IO think it is catchy enough to get attention

 

[vehve]

Morning. Nice pics, Jem, looks like you had a good time.

To my understanding flax bedding is quite similar to hemp. But the hemp is atleast something I really like.

 

[Outpost JWB]

Good morning all!

Only have a couple minutes to check in....WORK

Looks like the weather is going to start looking better soon. Hoping next week it will be spring! Little girl was off school yesterday. 2nd snow day of the year. She was super excited. DH was not. LOL!

@Amberjem , lovely pictures. That is awesome. Happy anniversary!

Everyone have a good day.

 

[vehve]

Morning JWB! Hope you have a nice day at work. Is it your kid who has made the angel in your avatar, or did you get whimsical yourself?

 

[vehve]

Phew, an hour and a half of snow removal gets the sweat running. Why on earth didn't I do that in the weekend when it was cold and dry? Now it's like +2C, and the snow is wet and heavy. I'm exhausted.

 

[JW12]

So I have been at work for 2 hours already! 3am came early!!

We have inventory today at my store blah.

Inventory in a card store is awful. I'm just saying