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I was the barn manager for an 18 stall horse barn. My favorite thing to do besides making sure all the horses were safe and healthy was to clean their stalls. Yeap, I loved cleaning the stalls! Get some Home Defense spray for the spiders and spray the rafters, it’ll help keep out the spiders and all of their webs. I used it every 4 weeks and I had the cleanest barn with no spiders or the webs. 💜💜

Yup. Cleaning the stalls in the barn will always be, THAT chore. Lol we have a 100 year plus old manure cart in our barn. It was falling apart, but I spent about $110 in parts, and got it working again. It’s kind of cool to have a hanging manure cart. Wish I could add pictures to the comment to show you. 😊😊😊

I love the smile your wife gets when talking about surprise animals it’s like she knows there coming 👍😀

compost pile - I'd suggest you start a pile parallel on the other side of the back barn yard fence about 20 to 30 feet into the pasture. If I recall, you have a gate going through the back gate into that pasture, you'll have water and electric close by you can use. Then I would get some Premier One electric fencing to go around the other three sides of the pile, that way you can leave the gate open and allow the chickens to go in and work the pile when you want and when it comes time to add to it, turn, or use it you pull the P1 fencing and use the tractor. Set a sprinkler up on the fence to water it when you need to and electric for the fencing. I would also suggest you add other things to your pile in layers as you go, some dirty, some sticks, trash that will compost, etc., etc. With the rain you get you may not even need to really water much. Oh and the nice thing about any run off will go down the incline away from the barn. Or you could just spread it in the pastures and let nature take care of the composting and not have to deal with a pile at all.

measure the width of the bucket on the tractor, then using pallets are or lumber create 3 or 4 bins . then you can rotate by moving from one bin to another and back.

I don't put hay in my compost pile as it tends to take longer to compost down compared to everything else.. What I do with it, is put about 8 inches on my potato beds and about 4 inches over my asparagus beds. I pile the hay up until fall, that's when I spread it on those beds.

Compost bins.... Use your existing pole building next to the compost pile now and create bins with the poles... Fasten boards between them to create the dividers. For water, get a couple IBC totes and harvest the water off the roof of the compost stalls....

Create a new compost pile outside the barnyard fence on the backside. You can access the pile with your tractor. And I assume you have water in/near the barn. You also need to add "green" material with all the "brown" material to make it more active with the water. It will decompose a lot faster. Veggie/kitchen scraps will also help it become more active. A 3 ft long compost thermometer will help you know if its active or not also. Another thing to help would be to redesign the hay feeder possibly using wire mesh to help hold the hay in for less mess/waste. Or possibly small hole feed bags/nets could be used. I have never had goats but used them for my horses. Saving money/time on less waste and clean out time was my main goal. It takes a couple minutes more at feeding time but 80 - 90 % less waste/clean out time was great. Also pick one day a week for clean out and it goes a lot faster, with less smell. Good luck, hope this helps.

For my chicken coup I have a large tarp on the floor that I put straw and bedding on top of, when it comes to cleaning it out I just pull tarp out onto trailer and dumb in compost pile. I am getting my barn delivered this week for my goats I am getting and am going to try the same with the goats to make for easier clean up

You two are so cute. I loved it when he said "I'm not even gonna argue." 🥰🥰🥰♥️

Evan when I had a compost pile from stall cleanings you need to just turn the pile at least once a month, I’d just scoop from one side with the tractor bucket go around to the other side dump it, Repeat until you have turned the whole pile over. This worked well for me even in the winter months. I’m from Troy, Mo our weather is about the same as yours. Good luck

Add water to your compost pile to get it working and turn it frequently to keep it working. The Holler Homestead have it sorted, check out their videos. The spiders thrive on all the flies from the livestock.

Hey I love your honesty by the way.

Don't forget guys,in a livestock barn spiders are your friends,more spiders =less flies. Also a buddy of mine rolled a cattle panel and put on a pallet for ease of transport,that's his portable compost pile. It really works,I've seen steam coming off it,might be an idea for your scenario. Baz

JudithB I use a cattle panel tied into a circle to hold hay manure and leaves. Its easy to open up and move to another spot, retie and turn the compost into it. I dont have a tractor now, so lots of pitchfork work! LOL

If you clean everyday and have a oldtime stack that under a roof it will get hot enough to kill the seeds in the hay. You will also have a very good use of it in your garden. Make shore to check it out now and then. Very easy. I lived in an old farm in very cold climat, the stack was always warm

Aww, she called you out. Never mucked the barn before!

I love your videos...ya'll do a wonderful job. Beautiful couple thanks for sharing.

Just a suggestion, I would build a grid system out of wood or wire meshing 4x4, or 6x6 squares, so the goat don't pull at the hay and waist it , Having the grid in front slows them down and they are just able to get small amounts at a time rather than pulling out more than they can eat, and ending up on the floor!👍👌❤🇨🇦

Yea, more spider webs because more flies with livestock! There are some homemade goat hayfeeders that reduce wasted hay ...I made one that is a cement-mixing tub with a opening cut on one end (top), it's zip-tied to outside of goat panel. There's still waste, just not too bad. I'm gonna try one I saw that uses a short-legged livestock feed tub with goat panels on all sides---the goats have to put their head through the panel to get the hay, and keep their head in there as they're eating, so rarely drop any outside the feed tub except if they've got a mouthful as they're done eating. My goats don't have horns, so I don't know if that would be a hazard for yours I feel very inspired after watching you!

You two are quite a team. I enjoy watching you together! Nice job on the barn - it's like housework, never finished!!

Great job keep up the good work love your videos thank you

I don’t know your land, I am new to the channel, so I guess you have some veggie bed or garden. I would try to spread the hay on the next year garden and keep the chicken there with a electrical wire fence, so they can do the job during the day. Justin Rhodes is using portable chicken coop to manage the chicken labor.

You were cute with dog on 4 wheeler and wow good job cleaning barn

Yes use the cement blocks to build a 10 x10 or so area with open front So the tractor with fork lift can shove in and lift up to turn the pile

Can feel the love for your animals, good job !

Good job done 👍

How about putting your pigs to work on the compost ? Check out what Joel Salatin does. He has his pigs working and turning his compost. The pigs love doing their job.

Someone once told me spider webs are a good indication of your ventilation in the barn. They also suggested that the webs are good for insect control...

The spiders are drawn to the flies that are drawn to the manure I suppose. Maybe try industrial hemp as bedding because it is more absorbent than straw and clumps better to the manure.

Cob webs make a mess, but all those spiders eat a lot of insects in the barn.

Build a compost bin out of block in a plus sign pattern with 4 bin s Scoop out the top of one of them either N/S with a manure fork then pull out the E/W side of the same bin. Put the top N/S back in the what was the top of the pile on the bottom jostle it up as it goes in. Then put the bottom stuff on the top doing the same thing. And water it about every other week of it hasn't rained out when you fill or stir

Concrete pad with 3 side walls can push with the loader and turn it over easily

I have had goats and chickens for years. When I clean out the goat barn, I throw it in the chicken yard. After they have had it for a week and manured on it, I wet it down, turn it with the loader, and cover it with a black tarp. That helps it get to cooking temp of 160+ degrees and it breaks down faster.

You'll be able to add a lot more green to your compost heap when you strip out the vegetable garden

Hey even what I meant to say is sence all the material in the barn is mostly hay I would put it in your manure spreader and put it on the fields

To hasten the break down of all that hay and manure mix get a bag of Milorganite and sprinkle it throughout the pile and wet it completely even if you have to carry water or just wait till it rains it acts as a starter and in pretty short order you will have really good soil. Goats don't need so much bedding if it's too thick it traps the moisture and you wind up with those big wet mats , also goats are incredibly wasteful feeders they pull lots of hay looking for the choicest bits then the rest falls to the ground and once they walk on it they won't eat it. A feed and hay bin where they have to put their head in and not their body is best , if they can get in they will hop right in take a nap and upon waking will first off pee in the feeder. As for housing check how the commercial goat farms in India build the entire operation off the ground with the goats being kept on slatted wooden floors so the dung and urine fall through to ground . Most but not all leave them out on pasture during the day then put them in at night. I love goats but the word CAPRA is the root word for capricious. Make a plan ...Boers, Angoras, or ??

Take some pallets and make a hotbox composter ! Line the inside of the box you create with heavy black plastic then fill the box with your compost material and cover over with heavy black plastic and leave for at least 6 months !

Hey u all doing a great job . U could take all the blocks and build u a block wall in a u shape with a open front. Somthing like 12× 12. Were u could scoop it up from front .

I have done a little horse stall mucking, so I know how much you enjoyed THIS fun event!

I don't know what you are feeding the goats, but the refuse hints that you could probably up the ratio of straw, leaves and twigs. They crave it, and are possibly looking through the hay for more woody bits.

Someone else has said also, but Lumnah Acres has a great hay feeder for their goats. You guys are great. Love the work yall did to the barn. Just about everything you guys are doing has helped me figure some stuff out for my place. Thank you.

Load it in an open space and let it compost by itself spreading it out further as you load more. In 1 year you will have a new garden bed ready for planting a roadside garden veggies for sale? Just an idea

Hi I would make a 4 wheel cart with 2 fixed wheels and 2 casters that you can push around and go in the stalls also make one side that is hinged at the top and you can pick it up with your tractor forks and dump it that way you it gets handled once . If you want I can sketch it up for you it can have a motor .

You might check out Lumnah Acres KZfaq channel. He has modified his goats hay feeders in a way to help hold down the wasted hay. It doesn’t totally eliminate it. But it does seem to help. Keep up the great work. I enjoy following you guys.

Job well done.

Make you a big hoop out of a stock panel by your garden .you can make it bigger by using stock panels an open one end and turn it with your tractor.

Look into the solar powered expandable net fence that is stand alone and portable. Luminahacreas uses it for chickens and goats

might want to get a barn fan to run while cleaning stalls.... moving the air helps.... open the other barn door to get tunnel air flow.... very good vid.... thx.....

Rebekah where's your mask? Always, always wear a mask when you are cleaning up manure!!

New sub...I like a 4-tine forged cultivator to get more hay with each pull...I have also noticed that there is less of a smell after removing the black stall mats - maybe because the urine sinks into the soil more, but since you have concrete underneath, wouldn't work for you. In winter, I usually just remove noticeably soiled areas - they will quickly cover it over with the hay they waste. The thick underneath matting starts to compost and gives off heat to keep them warmer.....

The hay/manure mix might be better served if you could spread it on your alfalfa field, maybe keep an eye out for an old manure spreader for the tractor, other than that the only way your going to get it to rot into compost would be to wet it and turn it every few days. Maybe build a compost bin out of the useless locus trees you have been cutting down.

That the best part living on a farm cleaning up poop we clear out are chicken house maybe two time a year just depends on how much poop they got my two sons love helping but love y'all video I was waiting biggest part of the day for y'all to upload something😂😂😂😂

What I do is clean out in May after the babies turn 2 months. the compost pile is 5 feet away from the goat house. I let it compost by itself all summer and in the fall drop it in my garden beds. Easy

Years ago a got a 4 by 8 traler for quad......use all the time.....get one..buy one...u will wander how u went with out

Hey even I would put that compost in your spreader sence it's dry material and spread it on the fields

Atleast you're pretty current on your stall cleaning! I spent 2 days cleaning ONE THIRD the 2 goat stall (so my chickens will have a whole 10 x 10 coop--copying your Build coop in Barn video) I was using my Sawzall to cut sections to be able to use the pitchfork on it--shame on me!! Thanks for being there!

Nice clean up you two. Rebecca I dont think you showed us little Fin? faint, have you? Can we?... Evan I seen what you wrote...🤪

There is at tractor place the stall odor ban $14.95 gallon put right there at those dark spot strong and let dry while animals are ou during day .

Wow, that's a lot of work! I made a cleaning video recently. Unfortunately, I need to make several more 😉 -- my machine shed is a disaster from my addition project. 😒

That hay/straw/pea/poop composite is a great soil amendment. Not sure I would run water to it. Let nature do some of the work.

Maybe more dry bedding first to catch more whiz? Deep bedding usually doesn't stink as bad...

Guys, you need a serious face mask when dealing with the stuff in the barn. We can see the dust haze. Or more ventilation.

Look into the concept of "deep bedding" for your livestock keeping/ compost issue.

Sure does look good, makes you feel good when you get something like that accomplished.👍

use that hay between your raised beds to keep the weeds down. It works greaty

Move the fence around the barn yard, add a big gate for tractor or 4 wheeler access. Let the chickens turn the pile. Another idea would be put some where the pigs have access, add grain to the pile and let the pigs turn it.

Hi Rebecca and Evan - I am a bit late in seeing this video. HOWEVER, I agree with what Frank Coldwell said two months ago. Frank Coldwell 2 months ago ***Guys, you need a serious face mask when dealing with the stuff in the barn.*** We can see the dust haze. Or more ventilation

Believe it or not Spiders are a good thing. Now the problem with so much brown and not enough green is an ongoing problem. Spread it on the hay field when you cut the hay.

It's amazing how those animals just jump into the truck when you are on the way home !

Garden Gold!!! Put it in your growing beds over the winter throw some green clippings on top, chemical free of course!!! Great barn!!! TY

Go to Lumnar acers and watch his video on the goat feeders he made. I think it would work for you.

Take that out of goat barn and put in your raised beds. Fork that in and in the spring you will have the best growing soil. Everything you plant in it will grow beautifully. I did that for years except we tilled it in with our troybuilt tiller. We created raised beds instead of boxes like you all have.

A farmers life, neverending lists of projects :) You guys are doing great, keep up the content.

Try running the hay and silage through a wood chipper, no idea if it would work, just a wild thought...lol. Yes I’m a newbie...lol

Ok this might go against every thing but leave the stall over winter this is called deep litter put a bit of lime on the top and top up with fresh straw this does two things 1 keeps the goats warm in winter and 2 compost the hay straw. In the spring take it out it will already be half composted. use pallets two high and like some one said as wide as your bucket on the tractor, you do not need to turn farmyard compost unlike garden compost. You will most probably need at lest two compost bins better to have three this is so you 1st year fill up the first one 2nd year fill up the second one by the time the second one is filled up the first one should be ready to use on your garden.

the spider webs are because of the extra flies from the animal poo

Looks like a great date night activity!

Keep the pile around 3 ft tall and make it into a long windrow, it's very easy to turn that way. Ypu can even run a tiller through it when turning

Charlotte has been busy in your barn!!😉

Oh with my goats I only fed small amounts of hey otherwise it is wasted, experiment with how much to feed start out one square then adjust as they will eat more up than waste kinda keep them Hungary

beautiful farm, i think you could build a better hay feeder with less waste.

You need to get wider doors to get the trailer in the barn.

Livestock scent attract flying insects,which attracts spiders. A good lithium powered leaf blower would be very helpful tool to have.

I'm sorry for not understanding why you can't get your tractor in there ? Why can't you back through the gate and drive a few feet to the door ? Shovel the hay and poo into a wheel barrel, then dump that into the tractor bucket ? A cattle panel in the front of the feeder will slow down the losing of feed. Just an idea, but if you were to dig a large hole into the hillside somewhere next to the barn and dump the straw and manure into it, it would rot and hold moisture faster since it's in the moist ground. You could then use your forks or bucket on the tractor to turn it over and it basically costs you nothing, except time and fuel ? Would that work ? Sorry for such the long comment. Thumbs up you two !

Well I sent it I hope you got it

I take my loads to the garden and let it compost during the fall and winter months.

I'm such a sucker for compost videos on YT. All you need it compost in the title and I'll probably watch it. I don't know why I enjoy them so much, I don't even turn my own compost piles. Idea for the location of compost, it looks good where it is, on the edge of woodland area for fungal duff to work it's way into it, maybe bring down a rain barrel and put it up on some blocks. Also, for the goats, try biochar/homemade charcoal on the floor to control smell and absorb some urine. Works great!

You need a much bigger Honey wagon.

Put Mohamed on the mountain! Put chickens in compost area for a few weeks and put electric netting round it 😀. Make hay feeders less easy to spill ie put netting inside so goats have to work at getting hay not waste it so much

you guys are sweet! gonna subscribe for sure. Spiders know stink attracts flies hence spider webs. Same goes for in your house. Keep it clean especially floors and walla! no yucky spiders!

I would love that compost problem😊

spiders eat flies.And I guess the flies came with the live stock.

Love the videos, you should look at getting some Dexter cattle. The meat is great.

Make feeded waste less, then are you allowed to burn your waste? Use the Ash for compost

The reason the goats are wasting so much hay might be due to the fact that the hay (in this video) looks like a lot of stems and not a lot of leaves. You might consider buying a hay chopper. That should cut down on the waste.

The barn livestock brought the flies, the spiders moved in to catch the bugs.

Wood chips then straw, then hay will build up from feeding

Yup it’s a crappy job but it has to be done. Try to get an old manure spreader and spread it on your fields. You are all doing a great job around your homestead. Me thinks something is moving in the barn before long 🤔🤫🤗