Mucking Out

Mucking out is the term given to cleaning a stall. A dirty stall, an unhealthy horse. That is why we must keep the stall in tip-top shape. You should clean the stall every morning and every evening, to keep the horse happy and healthy.
Bring in your wheelbarrow or bucket and pitchfork or apple picker. The horse should either be tied outside the stall or turned out into the pasture. Some people tie the horse inside the stall, but it is sometimes hard to get the stall absolutely clean this way.
For everyday work, pick up the droppings and clean out most of the wet bedding. Replace bedding as needed. If the floor is concrete, the bedding should always be at least 6 in. high. You can use rubber mats on a concrete floor, however--this saves bedding, as the rubber mats help to give the horse a lot of comfort. If the floor is dirt, you obviously do not need much bedding, because dirt is almost bedding enough.
Every now and then, when the stall seems very dirty, no matter how much you remove, use a shovel to remove all of the bedding and replace it with new bedding.
Place all your manure in a manure pile, far away from your house or barn. Some people like to work a manure pile to make it better for fertilizing fields. You can look this up and do it, but it is much easier to just dump the manure onto the pile.