I'm not Nancy, but am always ready with my 2 bits worth.
We had dirt floor stalls, decided to upgrade about 10 years ago. All we did was put down about 4 inches of crushed rock, rented a hand-operated compactor, and then put rubber stall mats over. You have to have a barrier all the way around so the gravel doesn't migrate, and cut the mats to size so they butt together and don't overlap, but it has worked fine. No gravel gets to the field.
I agree that ag lime would be too soft. And I think anything not covered with stall mats would soften up in places and you'd be fighting it all the time.
Many put down concrete, then stall mats over the top- but then the liquid doesn't drain, and it gets to be a mess. Ours have no residual odor.
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