This year I decided to feed round bales to the horses to help keep my chores to a minimum and to make sure the skinny boys have hay 24/7 so they fatten up for me.   Last year I fed the bales as is and had a ton of waste.  One bale would only last [...]

If you’re new to caring for livestock you soon realize that you need a small arsenal of shovels, rakes and forks to pick through all the different medium your fuzzy friends poop in or on.   It seems rather odd for me to be writing a post about poop detail but the truth is it’s an [...]

 When I brought home my horses, I quickly learned that finding the right bedding made all the difference in how long it took to do chores.
I started out with dirt floors alone. Yeah that turned into mud instantly. Next I dug out the dirt floors, filled in with 4-6” of stone dust and then added [...]