Not really grooming..but hey!

riding_queen · 06-18-2006, 08:03 AM

Ok, I do stalls at a barn and it always takes me FOREVER to do them!! over 4 hours at least!! Does anyone have any tips on doing them faster??especially in the summer its hot and i just wanna get outta there!! lol
Thanks

JamieH_7 · 06-18-2006, 10:45 AM

you could get a group of you to clean stalls/the barn. thats what i do on tuesdays and thursedays. there is 3-4 of us. we clean both barns (big barn has 10 stalls the small barn has 7 stalls and the lean two has 3 stalls) and we get grain ready for the next day, take down water buckets, sweep, blow down the asile ways, sometimes clean corells and water troffs. and i think some other stuff but i cant think of it right now...lol

hope this helps!

Cowgirl1013 · 06-18-2006, 12:22 PM

If you can turn all of the horses out at once that helps a ton. 2x a week I help with 8 stalls and it takes almost 2hrs. That is just c/b we get distracted. I once got 8 done in an hour and a half. I had to take each horse out and bring them in. They were in an arena. Just crank the tunes and go to town. I find if I set mini goals it will get done faster. If you have 2 horses that go out together then try to get both stalls done in like 10 min or whatever time frame is reasonable for you. You will find you will work faster without trying much harder.

Katie

GIOVANNI · 06-18-2006, 01:13 PM

keep the horses out as much as you can. LOL.Then you don't have that much poo to clean every week.

Jennygirl011 · 06-18-2006, 01:46 PM

yeah! keep the horses out as much as you can!! lol.. And just pick up the poo... try not to spend tons of time raking

riding_queen · 06-18-2006, 03:28 PM

lol ok thanks guys!

EquineJessie · 06-18-2006, 05:03 PM

Another thing, shavings really decrease the time spent cleaning stalls. I'd spend three times longer in a stall with straw than in a stall with shavings...

jakesterlover · 06-19-2006, 04:03 AM

you only do them on Sat. so it shouldn't be too hard manda. I help you! We usually do them together!lol. But anwyays good post!

riding_queen · 06-19-2006, 03:32 PM

i know blair but i was just wondering if there was any other ways...and i don them lots more than saturdays..you know that haha.. cya tomororw though and thanks everyone!

Froggygirl · 06-22-2006, 05:15 PM

We have 35 horses right now and we clean stalls every day. It usually takes two of us two hours. Most of the horses are turned out during that time.

06-18-2006, 08:03 AM	#1
riding_queen Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 310 Images: 36	Not really grooming..but hey! Ok, I do stalls at a barn and it always takes me FOREVER to do them!! over 4 hours at least!! Does anyone have any tips on doing them faster??especially in the summer its hot and i just wanna get outta there!! lol Thanks __________________ ♥Manda&Zoey♥

06-18-2006, 12:22 PM	#3
Cowgirl1013 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,413 Images: 53	If you can turn all of the horses out at once that helps a ton. 2x a week I help with 8 stalls and it takes almost 2hrs. That is just c/b we get distracted. I once got 8 done in an hour and a half. I had to take each horse out and bring them in. They were in an arena. Just crank the tunes and go to town. I find if I set mini goals it will get done faster. If you have 2 horses that go out together then try to get both stalls done in like 10 min or whatever time frame is reasonable for you. You will find you will work faster without trying much harder. Katie __________________ ~ Katie Join the Pacific NW Riders Group (Click me) http://www.youtube.com/cowgirl10137 http://cowgirlkate.deviantart.com/

06-18-2006, 01:46 PM	#5
Jennygirl011 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lone Star State..Where its ALWAYS hot Posts: 1,796 Images: 241	yeah! keep the horses out as much as you can!! lol.. And just pick up the poo... try not to spend tons of time raking __________________ Many people have sighed for the 'good old days' and regretted the 'passing of the horse,' but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses.-C.W.Anderson

06-18-2006, 03:28 PM	#6
riding_queen Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 310 Images: 36	lol ok thanks guys! __________________ ♥Manda&Zoey♥

06-19-2006, 04:03 AM	#8
jakesterlover Full Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: At the barn ,Jake! Posts: 198 Images: 4	you only do them on Sat. so it shouldn't be too hard manda. I help you! We usually do them together!lol. But anwyays good post! __________________ *Jakester* *There is no secret so close as that between a rider and her horse* *No one can teach riding as well as your horse*

06-18-2006, 10:45 AM	#2
JamieH_7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: St. Joe, MI Posts: 487 Images: 23	you could get a group of you to clean stalls/the barn. thats what i do on tuesdays and thursedays. there is 3-4 of us. we clean both barns (big barn has 10 stalls the small barn has 7 stalls and the lean two has 3 stalls) and we get grain ready for the next day, take down water buckets, sweep, blow down the asile ways, sometimes clean corells and water troffs. and i think some other stuff but i cant think of it right now...lol hope this helps!

06-18-2006, 01:13 PM	#4
GIOVANNI Full Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: michigan Posts: 145 Images: 22	keep the horses out as much as you can. LOL.Then you don't have that much poo to clean every week.

06-18-2006, 05:03 PM	#7
EquineJessie Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2005 Location: Central Coast, CA Posts: 1,565 Images: 276	Another thing, shavings really decrease the time spent cleaning stalls. I'd spend three times longer in a stall with straw than in a stall with shavings...

06-19-2006, 03:32 PM	#9
riding_queen Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 310 Images: 36	i know blair but i was just wondering if there was any other ways...and i don them lots more than saturdays..you know that haha.. cya tomororw though and thanks everyone! __________________ ♥Manda&Zoey♥

06-22-2006, 05:15 PM	#10
Froggygirl Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 327 Images: 3	We have 35 horses right now and we clean stalls every day. It usually takes two of us two hours. Most of the horses are turned out during that time. __________________ God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses.

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