Specialty Products
Horse Bedding
Horse bedding is the loose material you spread across a stall floor so a horse has a soft, dry place to stand and lie down. In most barns that's kiln-dried pine shavings or sawdust, small flakes of wood that soak up urine and hold down odor. Straw, wood pellets, and shredded paper show up in some barns too, but wood shavings are the standard across North America.
"Horse bedding" isn't a size grade like #57 stone. It's the job the product does, so what you get under that name depends on your barn and what your local yard stocks. Pine shavings usually come compressed in plastic bales that fluff up to about 8 cubic feet each. Sawdust and pellets are sold loose by the yard or bagged, and prices swing with lumber supply since most bedding is a byproduct of sawmills.
What people use it for
How to choose within horse bedding
Ask before you order
These aren't catalog items. Confirm size, color, and delivery window with the yard before you commit — every load runs differently.
Match the job to the stone
Flagstone, boulders, ballast, glass gravel — each has one right job. Get the job clear first, then the stone follows.
Lead time is longer
A specialty order usually ships slower than a #57 pallet. Plan the delivery date around the material, not the other way around.
All horse bedding grades
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