Re: cleaning the barn??

["Kim Pelletier" <kim@redhorsetech.com>]

Hi Kriss,

 

I won't try to trod into the appropriate disinfectants since I am not familar with the types of microscopic critters happily living in the barn :-) .  But, for your own health, please consider using a dust mask or better yet, one of the 3M masks intended for painting and such (although they are a pain to breathe through) when shoveling that old, dusty manure out, especially if birds (chickens and such) have been living there.

 

Just some *personal* experience from one who's husband got pretty sick, no thanks to the pigeons living inside the ducting of the hallowed halls of UC Davis (oh, it wasn't fun, believe me!)  :->

 

Happy riding,

 

Kim

 

 

BTW:  If you have already started shoveling and get some nasty flu-like symptoms in the near future (constant coughing, stomach churning and the like) that don't go away on their own, you might want to let your doctor know about the chicken litter shoveling event.

 

 

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Kristine Hammond

To: ridecamp@endurance.net

Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:25 PM

Subject: RC: cleaning the barn??

Allright ridecampers!!  I need some help.  Here in northern Nevada the weather is getting really cold really fast.  I just moved into a new stable with a barn that has housed many chickens and rabbits, no horses for at least 10 years.  I am digging the chicken and rabbit manure out, and hauling it out to the garden area. MY QUESTION IS: are there diseases that I should treat the ground for or spray the sides of the stalls with a disinfectant?  I have never had to do this before.  I am going to bring in a couple of truckloads of sand  for fresh dirt in the stalls.  Any suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks-Kriss