[QUOTE=SmartAlex;8195272]
Why? We’ve come up with all the good ones
- Lions
- Tigers
- Bears
- Bugs
- Escape Artists
- Sexual Deviants
- Baptists[/QUOTE]
Oh, come on…
Parelli
Clinton
Cheese Whiz
Artificial Sweetener
Obama
sigh My barn owner is closing all the doors at night. Thanks, Obama.
[QUOTE=ybiaw;8195540]
sigh My barn owner is closing all the doors at night. Thanks, Obama.[/QUOTE]
OMG that actually made me laugh out loud. Love it.
Sure it’s not Brownback? If the OP is in Kansas, that would explain everything.
[QUOTE=sascha;8195490]
Absolutely! They need fresh air far more than they need water. :lol:[/QUOTE]
It is possible to do both, even in the winter.
[QUOTE=emipou;8195097]
That’s good to know. I think maybe the stall guys are getting lazy with their maintenance then because it was kept moist when we first moved in but has been getting dusty and oftentimes I see pellets just sitting there like they never hosed the stall down.[/QUOTE]
That’s possible. I worked at a barn that used the pelleted bedding - I would cut open the top of the (plastic) bag they came in, and stick the hose in there to fill it with water. By the time I got through the rest of the stalls they were thoroughly soaked and able to be spread around. I could never get the “spraying” technique down - took way too long and I’d end up with a 12x12 pond :lol:
One of the things I find curious about horse people as opposed to farmers of other types of livestock is the tendency to absolutely omit any planning of rate of air exchange when designing and utilizing a facility.
And yet if you read horse management books from the 1800s, the stable plans include air circulation diagrams. What happened? Did we backslide? Or were the general population disregarding the manuals then as well as now?
[QUOTE=SmartAlex;8196378]
And yet if you read horse management books from the 1800s, the stable plans include air circulation diagrams. What happened? Did we backslide? Or were the general population disregarding the manuals then as well as now?[/QUOTE]
Some of them are actually brilliant. USPC has a small blurb about it too… maybe in the B book?
[QUOTE=SmartAlex;8196378]
And yet if you read horse management books from the 1800s, the stable plans include air circulation diagrams. What happened? Did we backslide? Or were the general population disregarding the manuals then as well as now?[/QUOTE]
I’ll likely get slammed for this, but my take on it is that many people in the horse business are there because they’re excellent riders, but they have no background in farm management per se.
[QUOTE=wonderhorseguy;8194311]
The barn is not closed tight. There is some ventilation. Not sure what everybody’s issue is.[/QUOTE]
How do you know this? Are you the BO?
[QUOTE=CHT;8193034]
Interesting comment about the bugs. Where I am the mosquitos are the biggest issue, and they are the worst at dusk. In years where they have been bad, that was another reason to shut the barn doors at night. Of course if our barn actually got hot at night with the doors shut, a screen would have been an easy solution.[/QUOTE]
My thought was BUGS also, especially those that carry PHF
[QUOTE=trubandloki;8196194]
It is possible to do both, even in the winter.[/QUOTE]
Yes it is. However, having everything wide open in -40C is not the best option.
[QUOTE=Ghazzu;8196361]
One of the things I find curious about horse people as opposed to farmers of other types of livestock is the tendency to absolutely omit any planning of rate of air exchange when designing and utilizing a facility.[/QUOTE]
Not all, thank goodness. I’m in The GWN, and the barn my horse is at is designed to have the draught free windows open an inch even in the coldest weather. Most horse barns, I’ll agree, are not designed properly for air exchanges. If some attempt has been made, usually it’s an undersized exhaust fan or two, badly placed, and virtually ineffective. Oh, and maybe a pretty hat on top of the roof that may or may not have any way to actually have any effect on any but the most immediate air.
OP shoulda PM’ed me with the real reason. So sad. I hope it was over-zealous baptists. That would actually be a valid reason to lock things up tight.
PS - OP if you do PM me, I promise to continue to pretend like you never did PM me.
So help me Dog if this thread turns into 27 pages of “PM me!” I’m leaving COTH and never coming back.
[QUOTE=ybiaw;8197087]
So help me Dog if this thread turns into 27 pages of “PM me!” I’m leaving COTH and never coming back.[/QUOTE]
:lol:
Hmmmm! All gone OP?
The OP said earlier that he/she couldn’t reveal the barn owner’s reason because it would be recognized by other boarders who read COTH.
So the OP may not be back…
