Can you pass a poo?

[Carrottom]

I you see a dropping in your horse's stable can you walk away and leave it there? Even if I'm running late I struggle not to grab the barrow.

 

[Sasana Skye]

Nope! I won't leave unless the stables are clear, can't help it. My girls come in at night and first thing they do is wee so I have my scoop ready to catch it in too

 

[dogatemysalad]

No. Shavings are expensive.

 

[vmac66]

No. Mare usually does one just as I'm about to leave the yard

 

[twofatladies88]

No I have to pick up - same in paddocks!

 

[blitznbobs]

Yes .. I’m obviously a slob

 

[tiahatti]

I know what you mean. I like to leave a clean stable too!

 

[ester]

kept a poo skip in the stable so no need to grab a barrow and saves effort later when it's been walked in a bit, even with mister supertidy.

 

[Carrottom]

Glad I'm not unusually obsessive 😁
If I left a skip in the stable all of mine would pick it up and empty it.

 

[cobgoblin]

Seeing as the stables are not far from the kitchen door... Yes I can leave them, or I'd be skipping out all day.

 

[oldie48]

Mmmm, yes and no! If I am mucking out the next day then they always get scooped up, if my help is doing it, I might leave it. My obsession is counting how many they do whilst in and what they look like. I am obviously a very sad person!

 

[Sussexbythesea]

Mmmm, yes and no! If I am mucking out the next day then they always get scooped up, if my help is doing it, I might leave it. My obsession is counting how many they do whilst in and what they look like. I am obviously a very sad person!

Ha ha 😂 you and every other horse person.

I would try to always get the last one before I leave unless I’m in a big hurry. Tonight I kept checking but unusually neither did one before I left.

 

[AmyMay]

I you see a dropping in your horse's stable can you walk away and leave it there? Even if I'm running late I struggle not to grab the barrow.

Good grief, no! 😱😱

 

[Mule]

I can't leave it either. My stables are kept open for shelter as the horses live out. The funniest thing is as soon as I put in nice fluffy shavings the beast marches in to pee. He'll then stare at me and march out again 😀
He seems to be making some sort of statement.

I don't know why I bother putting bedding in because he doesn't live in there but he does like to spend time there.

 

[Red-1]

No, I have a grey so inside poo is picked up as soon as I see it!

Outside it is done just once a day though.

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

Nope never! No matter the rush I'm in or how I'm dressed lol!!

 

[Pearlsasinger]

Yes .. I’m obviously a slob

Me, too! Once the job is done, it's done - and I don't poo-pick the fields!

 

[ihatework]

My urge to clear it is directly proportional to the amount of spare time I have and the location of the barrow/skip

 

[Equi]

I absolutely can hahaha

 

[MrsMozart]

I can in a stable if I know I'll be mucking out or skipping out later, but I can't if I see one on a pavement or in front of someone's driveway... I've been known to stop the car and kick it into the gutter or the verge.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Easily! I was told that it’s a marking of territory thing, so pick one up and he will do another as soon as I get back from the muck heap. Definitely true with my boy.

 

[Mule]

Easily! I was told that it’s a marking of territory thing, so pick one up and he will do another as soon as I get back from the muck heap. Definitely true with my boy.

I wonder is it the same with pee? The beast might be marking his stable. I'm sure there's a reason why he waits for fresh shavings and stares at me when he does it. Then marches out again. He is very protective of his stable. He'll often tell the mare to get out when he wants to go in.

 

[scats]

No way! I can’t stand seeing poo in a fresh bed. I keep a skip bucket and glove in each stable so I can nip in and pick them up as often as I need to without much hassle.

 

[criso]

Don't like leaving it but I sometime have to. I go to the yard by public transport and if I'm cutting it fine could be the difference between making my train or sitting on a cold platform for 30 minutes waiting for the next. And they specialise in doing one just as I've put the poo bucket away and shut everything up.

 

[SatansLittleHelper]

Mine live out so I can definitely leave if they decide to crap once Im done lol

 

[J&S]

If one or other of them poo when I am there, yes, I will pick it up. Less for the morning and less to tread in.

 

[Keith_Beef]

I thought that it was supposed to decompose and ferment in the stable, generating a bit of heat... I was talking with somebody a few weeks ago, who talked about "the goold old days" when stables were mucked out once a year, just piling fresh straw onto the packed down straw and dung mix... I suspect he was exaggerating when he said that the horse would have to duck his head down to walk out through the door towards the end of the year...

 

[Nicnac]

Yes I leave it. Do late night checks and occasionally skip out especially if competing next day (I have a grey and don't do all that lycra bodysuit stuff) but mostly leave it.

@Keith_Beef in Belgium yard used to muck out once a week but added a bale of straw a day. Never had issues of thrush or anything else. The locals used to laugh at the English couple who mucked out every day and poo picked their fields.

 

[oldie48]

I thought that it was supposed to decompose and ferment in the stable, generating a bit of heat... I was talking with somebody a few weeks ago, who talked about "the goold old days" when stables were mucked out once a year, just piling fresh straw onto the packed down straw and dung mix... I suspect he was exaggerating when he said that the horse would have to duck his head down to walk out through the door towards the end of the year...

You must have been talking to the woman we bought our house from. The stables had not been cleared out and they had been deep littered with aubiose. I thought her horse was huge but realised he was standing on an enormous compacted bed. It took me a week to clean it out and it was riddled with rats runs, just vile!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I you see a dropping in your horse's stable can you walk away and leave it there? Even if I'm running late I struggle not to grab the barrow.

we have poo buckets outside each stable so it's easy put it in there and empty bucket when mucking out