and barn and stable health. Another great article by Natalie Voss. Cough. Cough.
That’s why when I rake the aisle I water it down first. It keeps the dust down and makes it easier to get all the hay/straw up.
When sweeping out the rooms, if you do it slowly you won’t stir up dust. If the straw you’re laying out is dusty, you shake it out close to the ground so it doesn’t kick up dust in the air, same with hay.
Whenever there was a sick horse, once it was better the stall was stripped and disinfected. The whole barn would get stripped and disinfected when the horses moved out or stay out. I do know keeneland does go through and disinfect their barns whenever the races or sales are over but they sit unused for long periods.
Me too. Trying to find a few days of low humidity (ha ha) to power wash the interior of the barn. Might wait for october.
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Me too. Trying to find a few days of low humidity (ha ha) to power wash the interior of the barn. Might wait for october.[/QUOTE]
The fall would be good. You can get the leaf blower out too. Cough. Cough.
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The fall would be good. You can get the leaf blower out too. Cough. Cough.[/QUOTE]
Ah there’s a trick to using a blower in the barn. If you go Willy nilly with it on high, yeah you will make a bigger mess and kick up a lot of dust. So many people here in KY use blowers and don’t have any cough cough issues. Honestly a lot of the things you brought up with that article is avoidable with a little bit of common sense.
