How to Use Wood Pellets as Horse Bedding

Comfortable, economical, absorbent, hygienic, non-palatable and aesthetically pleasing, wood pellet bedding is amazing! To learn how to install Wood Pellet Bedding follow this Step by step Guide.

Step-by-Step Instructions (based on a 12′ X 12′ stable)

We recommend 8 – 10 bags of our premium pine pellet bedding to start a 12 x 12 stable. This will provide about 4 inches of bedding after the pellet softens completely. This depth will provide quick absorbency and trapping of the wet spots reducing ammonia levels and spreading of the wet spots in the stable. You will ultimately use less bedding if you start the stall with this amount of bedding and maintain an average of 4 inches of fibre.

Proper use of our condensed wood pellet bedding will provide a substantial reduction in disposal and labour time required to clean as well as storage space requirements.

Leinster Pellets Wood Pellet Horse Bedding Install Guide

Coverage:

Lay the bags down on the stable floor. A 12ft x 12ft stable with rubber matting will require approximately 8-10 bags of wood pellet bedding. Add a further two bags if you require banks.

Leinster Pellets Wood Pellet Horse Bedding Install Guide

Step One:

Carefully cut open all the bags and fold back the plastic as shown. To ‘activate’ the pellets, each bag will require 5-7 litres of water— approximately half a standard bucket. Slowly pour the water into the bag opening and leave the pellets to swell.

Leinster Pellets Wood Pellet Horse Bedding Install Guide

Step Two:

Within 15-20 minutes, the pellets will have absorbed all the water and expanded to around three times their original size. Shown here is a bag before and after water has been added: notice how ‘activated’ bedding has swollen in size.

Leinster Pellets Wood Pellet Horse Bedding Install Guide

Step Three:

Empty the bedding out onto the stable floor. The pellets will have transformed into a soft, fluffy but dense bed, and there should be some pellets that have not broken down.

Leinster Pellets Wood Pellet Horse Bedding Install Guide

Step Four:

With a fork, spread the bedding out evenly into the desired area and make up any banks.

Leinster Pellets Wood Pellet Horse Bedding Install Guide

Mucking Out:

Remove solids and completely saturated patches daily. wood pellet bedding separates from manure and remains in the stable, so less bedding is wasted and you will notice that your muck heap will be greatly reduced.

Leinster Pellets Wood Pellet Horse Bedding Install Guide

Maintenance:

One to two bags of wood pellets can be added directly to the bed when necessary, to maintain a clean, dry bed.

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