Horse Stable Equipment And Supplies

Horse Stable Supplies and Equipment
There are many different pieces of equipment and products available for use in and around the stable yard.

Stable Equipment

Shaving Forks
These are used for mucking out shavings stable beds.
Pitch Forks
Pitch Forks are used for mucking out straw stable beds, forking up the muck heap and as an aid to mucking out shavings beds also.
Brooms
These are used for sweeping the yard walkways and also the interiors of stables during the mucking out process and also for general use around the yard
Skips
Skips are available in different shapes and sizes and can be used for skipping out fields, beds and collecting swept piles it all depends what sort of skip you get.
Wheelbarrows
Wheelbarrows are used for stable mucking out and also for field management. They are also a great means of delivering feeds, hay, straw, shavings and any other yard supplies.
Feed Mangers
Feed Mangers are placed in the stables as a permanent fixture, feed mangers that can be removed are an excellent choice as it makes daily cleaning of them a lot easier.
Hay Racks
Hay Racks are placed either in a corner or along a wall and allow you to place the hay directly into them. Ensure that they are placed at an appropriate height for the horse you are fitting them for.
Water Drinkers
Water Drinkers will ensure that your horse has a constant supply of fresh water available, however they make it difficult to assess the quantities that your horse drinks.
Window Grilles
Window Grilles are essential to protect your horse from injury. The grilles cover the entire window, usually with a wire mesh frame.
Window Vents
Window Vents are a great way of improving air circulation within the stable, care must be taken that the vents do not cause a draught.
Tie Rings
Tie Rings are used for tying your horse up to and also for tying up haynets. Ensure that the tie rings are placed high enough so that when a hay net is hung up it is safely off the ground, helping to protect the horse from getting their feet caught in it.
Kick Boards
Kick Boards are used all around the stable to protect the horse and often allow for ease of cleaning and disinfecting. Kick boards should be placed with a slight inward slope and rubber matting an excellent choice.

Rug Racks
Rug Racks can be placed either outside the stable of horses kept in barns or in a separate room. Rug racks allow you to keep all your horses rugs neatly put away and allow them to be dried off a little easier, especially if you have several rugs to do at once.
CCTV
CCTV equipment can be used for security around the stable yard and also for inside the stable boxes for example for a mare and foal stable.
Name Plates
Name Plates on the stable door allow you to make your horses stable a little bit more personnel.
Stable Information Boards
Stable information boards placed outside each stable allow you to supply information regarding the horse inside that stable, information such as rugs, feed or special requirements.

Horse Stable Supplies

Types Of Stable Bedding

Shavings are a type of bedding made out of wood chips. Good quality shavings are often dust extracted, which makes an excellent type of bedding choice for horses with breathing ailments and also those prone to eating straw beds.
Straw is another form of bedding that can offer horses a cosy, warm, deep stable bed. Straw is baled up for ease of use and the size of the bale will vary.
Hemp is a type of bedding that is made from the Hemp plant and is highly absorbent and can offer a warm, deep bed.
Paper is a highly absorbent, dust free type of bedding, it is shredded for ease of use and is another excellent choice for horses with respiratory disorders.
Rubber matting can be used both for the stable floor and also for walkways. It offers a non slip surface that can be used as the bed surface and also for use on the wall as kick boards.

Stable Feed Supplies

Hay is a used as a feed source and is baled up for ease of use. Bales can vary in size.
Haylage is a type of feed that offers an alternative to hay. Good quality Haylage is free from dust and mould spores making it an excellent choice for horses with respiratory disorders.