No bedding?

[Electric]

Dianne, I would agree with all that Pat said, for all the same reasons. I see no reason to let them in the stalls if they are not really using them. Just a chance to get hurt with two being able to enter the same space at once.

Sorry Electric, I just can't agree with your method of no bedding. We also use standing stalls on a daily basis. The bedding absorbs moisture, pads, softens the wood floors that have good drainage. I don't like seeing horses on bare floors, leaves rub marks, bruises bones with no padding, like knees, hocks ankles. Splashed urine can burn the skin, scurfing cannons, leading to other problems.

Good bedding is an ESSENTIAL in stalling horses or other animals. You can do things cheaper in many parts of horse management, but they need bedding if you keep them contained inside. And that is in standing stalls or box stalls. Not saying bedding needs to be 6 inches deep or more. Just something that will pad the floor and absorb the liquids. A stall that only has a horse inside for an hour or less per day, is not the same as keeping horse in for several hours or all day, all night. Wet wood floors can be very slippery if horse is unshod, causing an injury.

Sometimes saving a short amount of time, expense of bedding, will really come back to bite you when horse needs "fixing" for an injury, medication for skin or bone issues from laying on hard floors or a fall. People do go the "easiest" method for them, save time, cleaning stall labor, but it is not a 'best idea' choice in horse management.

PS. I bet YOU are not sleeping on bare floors, just to "save time and money" on bedding costs.

I do put some hey seeds under their back feet, nothing else. I have never considered a small layer of seeds bedding though. . .