dixie_belle
Well-Known Member
We moved from Texas to Kentucky a year ago. In Texas the stalls had concrete floors with stall mats over them. Decided to do compacted dirt floors with wood shavings here. When the boys are stalled, I check on them every two hours during the day. They poop, I scoop. Nothing stays in the stalls for any length of time. Overnight, I check on them last thing before I go to bed, and first thing in the morning. Again, I scoop both dry and wet. Here's the rub. It's winter. Even with shavings, some of the wet seeps into the dirt and it's not drying like it did in the summer. There is a slight smell. It's not bad because I don't let things stay in there long, but it is present. When I used the stall mats, I could strip the stalls, scrub with bleach/water, and hose it all out. Obviously I can't do that now. Is there anything I can put down or spray on the dirt to get rid of the urine smell? Or should I just leave it and get fresh sand or dirt delivered each spring? Any ideas? I'd prefer not to go back to stall mats because I actually like the dirt floors.