Who uses wood pellets to bed stalls vs shavings?

[ishowpinto]

I prefer pellets. They are easier to manage. and they keep your stalls cleaner. If you havent tried them I strongly suggest it. =]

[TheRider]

Great suggestion. I posted a thread below looking for some help. My issue is that the local sawmill has closed so now I will have to import bedding. Do you have a good source for the pellets?

[rhapsody]

I am currently using pellets. The great thing about them is they produce hardly any dust and stable maintence is a lot lower than using straw or wood shavings The ones I am using at the moment are really absorbent so cleaning has been a lot quicker as I am taking less of the material out. The only downside I found was the initial prepartaion of the stable.

I used shavings for a while but they are not very absorbent, waste was higher and they were horribly dusty.

[TheRider]

What type of stable prep work did you do to get your area ready for the pellets.

Each of our stables has a 2 foot to 3 foot diameter circle with about a 2 foot hole dug into it with pea gravel placed into the pit. The bottom is then graded to this hole.

A little unconventional but the way that it has been for about 40 years and it works to allow drainage. The stalls then had about 2-3 inches of shavings.

What would i need to do to make the transition to the pellets.

[shawnaJ]

yes, i have allergies, seasonal, household, and yearround. it's a pain. i find the pellets don't produce the dust shavings do. for an allergy sufferer this is a goldmine!