Do your horses poo less in the winter?

[Sarah W]

Just musing. My four (all out 24/7) produce 3 barrows full in the summer/dry weather but now that's wet and cooler there's only 2 barrows each day, no matter how hard I search! I realise that some is squished in and missed but not a whole barrow full every day. So my theory is that they are using the hay more efficiently hence less waste....

Any opinions?

 

[flirtygerty]

Oh lets hope so, I always lose count and the will to live poo picking

 

[Bobbly]

My welsh cob (15.2) goes out at 8am and comes in at 5pm. At 9pm I go to feed hay and poo pick, I pick up between 4 and 6 piles of poo (big elephant piles). In the morning I muck out and collect another 7 to 9 poo's. Where on earth he stores it all I just don't know but what annoys me more is that if I don't poo pick at nine then there is only the 7 - 9 poo's that he would have done after evening stables, it's as if he thinks he has to replace any taken away earlier!! He also pee's every time I go poo pick in the evening and let him out in the morning, gallons of the stuff! During the day my two boys produce 3/4 of a barrow full out in the paddock. Doesn't change summer or winter.