My 10 hp Troy-Bilt Tomahawk chipper comes with screens having various opening sizes. I chip up fresh and dead pine branches to produce a very high grade horse stall bedding. I believe the current screen is 3/8". No, they don't want to eat it. The chips work better than shavings because they sort out the poop better when using a stall cleaning fork. The smell of the fresh pine needles and branches amazes all visitors to the barn. I no longer need to buy shavings. Even old pine two by fours chip nicely. Want some extra smell? Chip up some cedar closet particle board or fence boards.
I stock up on stall chips after Christmas when all the non-artificial (did I really have to say this) trees are discarded. One small 8' tree makes plenty of chips for my 12 x 12 stalls. I generally put down a 3 - 4" layer. This stuff is very absorbent, lasts a lot longer that shavings (easier to sort through) and burns nicely when finally discarded. Its not as fluffy as shavings, but I have yet to get a verbal or written complaint, even from Mr. Ed.
Wilburrrrr......
I stock up on stall chips after Christmas when all the non-artificial (did I really have to say this) trees are discarded. One small 8' tree makes plenty of chips for my 12 x 12 stalls. I generally put down a 3 - 4" layer. This stuff is very absorbent, lasts a lot longer that shavings (easier to sort through) and burns nicely when finally discarded. Its not as fluffy as shavings, but I have yet to get a verbal or written complaint, even from Mr. Ed.
Wilburrrrr......
