Do you sell your manure?

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By that I mean your horses :)

If so how much do you sell it for?

Now that new pony has to be stabled I am getting a fair bit, so I thought I may as well try and sell it bagged up and try to make a little bit of monry from it.
 
I used to :D Bagged it up in large feed sacks and stuck it outside the house with a jar - 50p a bag. We put about 10 bags out a day (not everyday obv, maybe once a week) and they were always all gone by the end of the day. Never had anyone be dishonest, often they overpaid rather than underpaid :)
 
Can't even give it away!

We placed an advert up for it saying it was free and got a few people

We have a farmer who sometimes takes the whole thing away

And the odd neighbour who wants a few bags every now and again!
 
Ah good business the manure business if you live on a main road. We have 4 horses and my son puts out the bags for 25p each and they go like hot cakes! lol He makes £7.50 a week!
 
Interesting question,we used to give it away but now if anyone askes i am going to charge £1 a bag or £50 for a tipping trailer load delivered locally and £10 delivery charge.Artificial fertilizer has gone up so much its going to cost us a lot to fertilize our hayfield and straw has gone from £8 to £20 for a large bale. I am going to spred our muck heap onto our hayfield once it is well composted and so reduce our fert bill.
If people want to have it they will have to pay for it.
 
I think a lot will depend on what bedding you use. My neighbours take mine, but I use hemcore, so that rots super fast. If you are trying to get rid of shavings manure you might find it harder. Well rotted, straw manure is still popular.
 
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