Keeping the Barn Clean 

It is very important to keep the stable/barn area clean and stalls mucked out. Why? You may ask. Well when stalls don't get cleaned on a regular basis horses may get thrush and parasites from eating hay off the ground. There will also be more flies. While stalls should be cleaned on a regular basis, sometimes it is hard to get the time to do all the barn chores. We have made a "Barn Cleaning Schedual" to follow. So when your feeling crunched, you can break it down into these easy steps;)

Mon. - Sun. A.M.

1. Feed horses 

2. Clean stalls

3. Sweep floors

4. School horses

5. Clean tack

Mon. - Sun. P.M.

1. Feed horses

I have my Schedual set up this way because if I feed horses, clean stalls, and sweep floors first the horses have about 1:30 min. To digest their food before they are worked. I also like to clean my tack after each ride. For one thing it keeps the tack in better shape, but also it is one less thing that I don't have to do when getting ready for a show;)