diddy
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone,
It's probably just the time of year & the horrible weather, but right now my horse time seems to centre on poopicking, albeit interspersed with occasional bouts of wrestling with tarpaulin & tipping water down my boots (no undercover storage or running water - bleugh!) I'm thinking of the threads where people say how much time you save by having them out, how you should poopick because it's a few minutes a day & makes a big difference in terms of grass & worm burden. But I seem to spend my (horsey) life bent over piles of poop.
I poopick every day using a wheelbarrow & gloves & usually leave the paddock clear. Apart from when it's dark & I might miss a few as can't see all of them unless I step in them - lovely! But I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by it at the moment! It takes me a good 30 minutes to poopick every day for 3 ponies. Is this normal? Or am I unusually slow? Or perhaps I just have too many horses (that's my OH speaking obviously)?!
So a few questions for you (if you've not fallen asleep by now!):
- Is there a method that works better?
- Does anyone pay someone to do it? If so, how did you find them? I imagine horsey people would have enough of their own to do & non-horsey people would think it was a gross job & not call!
- Even though I can't bear the thought of it, would the world end if I just didn't do it..? How much land you need to have before you can safely leave it altogether?
As you can tell, I have a love/hate relationship with this topic as I love to see the paddock all clean. But right now, I never seem to have time to ride & I think I have my priorities all wrong!! Any thoughts, oh wise HHO people..?
D. x
It's probably just the time of year & the horrible weather, but right now my horse time seems to centre on poopicking, albeit interspersed with occasional bouts of wrestling with tarpaulin & tipping water down my boots (no undercover storage or running water - bleugh!) I'm thinking of the threads where people say how much time you save by having them out, how you should poopick because it's a few minutes a day & makes a big difference in terms of grass & worm burden. But I seem to spend my (horsey) life bent over piles of poop.
I poopick every day using a wheelbarrow & gloves & usually leave the paddock clear. Apart from when it's dark & I might miss a few as can't see all of them unless I step in them - lovely! But I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by it at the moment! It takes me a good 30 minutes to poopick every day for 3 ponies. Is this normal? Or am I unusually slow? Or perhaps I just have too many horses (that's my OH speaking obviously)?!
So a few questions for you (if you've not fallen asleep by now!):
- Is there a method that works better?
- Does anyone pay someone to do it? If so, how did you find them? I imagine horsey people would have enough of their own to do & non-horsey people would think it was a gross job & not call!
- Even though I can't bear the thought of it, would the world end if I just didn't do it..? How much land you need to have before you can safely leave it altogether?
As you can tell, I have a love/hate relationship with this topic as I love to see the paddock all clean. But right now, I never seem to have time to ride & I think I have my priorities all wrong!! Any thoughts, oh wise HHO people..?
D. x