These wood chips I have found between the teeth of some horses. The owner of the barn feels that they make an uncomfortable bedding for the horse, but there were no other bedding solutions for her at the time.
Wood shavings thick in a clean stall.
Stall banked with bales of wood shavings. greatly reducing the floor area where the horse can lay down comfortably.
Stall banked with bales of shavings
Bedding of wood pellets that have been allowed to crumble into sawdust.
Bedding of wood pellets that have been allowed to crumble into sawdust.
Bedding of wood pellets that have been allowed to crumble into sawdust.
Wood shavings clean and level in a stall.
Close up of clean wood shavings.
Wood sawdust bedding piled in a corner is a source for quickly adding bedding to a stall plus it helps to prevent the horse from becoming cast. Tail board is attached to the stall walls to prevent Saddlebreds from rubbing off their tail sets.
Wood sawdust is the bedding used in this barn not just for the stalls but for the large aisle used for exercising the horses. Everything is clean and organized in this barn. A lot of hard work is clearly evident in the whole barn. Note fire extinguisher (one of many throughout the barn)
