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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1387868" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>My suggestion is wood chips. Find a tree company and get the wood chips from when they are trimming trees. They will be a little more coarse and will last longer than shavings and be cheaper or free. And all you have to do is keep adding them so that the bedding is like a pack barn. The manure that is mixed in will heat a little and actually make a warmer place for the bull to lay on but if you use enough, it won't be wet or dirty. Concrete is a killer on feet and legs, and yes can be really slick. Sand is popular in some dairy operations and they make an extractor to salvage some of the sand and reuse it, but I am not a big fan of it. After the winter, clean the barn, compost it in a pile, or spread it with the manure spreader and add the organic material back onto the pastures or crop fields and it will improve the soil as it breaks down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1387868, member: 25884"] My suggestion is wood chips. Find a tree company and get the wood chips from when they are trimming trees. They will be a little more coarse and will last longer than shavings and be cheaper or free. And all you have to do is keep adding them so that the bedding is like a pack barn. The manure that is mixed in will heat a little and actually make a warmer place for the bull to lay on but if you use enough, it won't be wet or dirty. Concrete is a killer on feet and legs, and yes can be really slick. Sand is popular in some dairy operations and they make an extractor to salvage some of the sand and reuse it, but I am not a big fan of it. After the winter, clean the barn, compost it in a pile, or spread it with the manure spreader and add the organic material back onto the pastures or crop fields and it will improve the soil as it breaks down. [/QUOTE]
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