Course: SLF 155 Small Farm Maintenance and Operations

Reading & Audio Visual

Cleaning Livestock Stalls & Pens
Cleaning Livestock Stalls and Pens

Steps for cleaning livestock buildings:
- Use a tractor with bucket/loader  attachment to help gather large loads of manure.
- Manually shovel smaller loads using pitch fork, shovel and wheel barrow.
- Rinse living area with good pressure hose.
- Use manure equipment like spreaders to handle large loads of manure.

Steps for cleaning individual stalls and pens include:

- Manually shovel smaller loads using pitch fork, shovel and wheel barrow.
- Clean floor with good pressure hose or other scrubbing tool.
- Dry and fill with new dry bedding.
- Dispose of manure in compost pile or other proper location using wheel barrow or manure spreader.