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H&M Whitetails · May 1, 2010

We are expectng to bottle feed at least 25 doe fawns and our new barn wount be done in tme for fawning .Have any of you ever used horse stalls for bottle feeding worried about birds, cats and other stuff that been in the barn for yrs just dont want any probs. Just lookng at options

thanks Ed

Arrowhead Whitetails · May 1, 2010

Ed, my fawn barn is a converted horse barn. I haven't had any problems so far. Just make sure to give it a good scrub down first. Good luck...

IndependenceRanch · May 1, 2010

Ed, like Michael says give it a good scrubbing, and then I would spray bleach on everything once and let it dry. Then throw down barn lime on the floor and whatever dust hits the walls so be it. This is pretty much our routine each spring before fawns come.

H&M Whitetails · May 1, 2010

thanks alot Ed

virgil · May 1, 2010

May i ask what is the difference between barn lime and just plain old lime?

ddwhitetails · May 1, 2010

Ha Ha Virgil......its lime .......but if you spread it in the barn then its barn lime......if you spread it in the field then its field lime......are you following??!!

IndependenceRanch · May 1, 2010

The barn lime we use comes in bags and has a really course texture to it. It actually is used by many farms to spread on the center walkways in the barn where the cows walk in to prevent the cow dung (is that ok Scott

) from sticking to the concrete, and also to prevent slipping. It is lime but is used in this manner but eventually ends up in the dung spreader and then onto the fields where it then is utilized as lime the way most people think of lime. It actually isn't the exact same lime most think of because most use a powdered lime in their fields or pastures. Maybe it is just a Wisconsin diary farmer thing

ddwhitetails · May 1, 2010

No Roger I know exactly what lime your talking about...my neighbors are dairy farmers and they use the stuff on their walk ways.

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