Going rate for poo picking?

[meleeka]

I would like to pay someone to poo pick for me (inspired by the other thread about being bad for the joints). I’m constantly trying to keep on top of it, but it’s a chore I could do without. The field is only two acres and has three Ponies and a mini on it, living out and they do have ‘toilet areas’ so pretty clean really. What would be a fair price for this service? I have a couple of friends who might be Interested so just want ro get a rough idea before I ask if they want to earn some extra money. Thanks in advance

 

[SEL]

I was paying £5 for a completely full barrow last year when I hurt my back. That's also what my current YO charges per horse per day when people are on holiday.

 

[DD]

not less than living wage .

 

[MotherOfChickens]

I was paying £12 an hour 6 years ago-I wouldnt pay less tbh and that guy did it by hand.

 

[flying_high]

I was paying £12 an hour 6 years ago-I wouldnt pay less tbh and that guy did it by hand.

Like with a freelance groom, I think it depends how much travel (both time and cost to reach you) and how hard the work is. Some poo picking logistics are much faster than others.

I would probably work out how many hours a week it takes you to clear field, assuming you are very efficient. Increase time by 50% and pay ten pounds an hour for this amount of time, assuming the job was well done, and the people were already coming to your location for other reasons.

I would ask for 100% clearance once a week. And pay monthly.

I am leery of paying per hour, as then some people are very slow. Paying a fair amount per job feels better.

 

[Michen]

not less than living wage .

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[pippixox]

I would expect about £10 an hour but work out how much you would expect done as some people are slow! (So day it was 4 hours reasonably to clear it, pay £40- if they want to take it slow you still pay them a fair amount but not get ripped off) Plus they will probably want at least 2 hours work per visit unless they live next door!

 

[fidleyspromise]

I paid someone a couple years ago and her rate was £12 per hour (my field was done daily and only took 20 minutes) so I was charged £6 per day and she got some dog walking clients out the same direction to make it worth her while. She made it up to 30 minutes by feeding/cleaning out hooves too.

 

[Nativelover]

A yard I used to be on charged each livery £4.50 per week per horse. One lad came one day a week and took all day to clear each field (4 fields of approx 8 -10 acres in total) I think there were 12 horses

 

[cobsarefab]

I got paid £10 for roughly 2 hours poo picking

 

[C1airey]

Until recently I paid a friend’s son £5 to clear my paddock. It used to take him 30-40 minutes and he’d take a full barrow out (one horse, v.clean, always poos in same spots).

 

[Dopeydapple]

I think this one depends on if you are paying someone who makes a living from animal care ie freelance groom or dog walker / pet sitter etc in which case it would be their hourly rate which tends to be £10 per hour or if it's a friend / aquantances kid doing it for pocket money in which case you can generally get away with £5 per hour. I agree however that you need to work out how long the job should take and pay for the job not the length of time it takes as a mate got stung last summer by some very slow workers who spent more time chatting than working but still expected to be paid for the total time they were there.

 

[Chinchilla]

I generally get £5 a visit (to clear the field, regardless of how long/how many barrows it takes), but I set prices and if I set them low I get more job offers.
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[MotherOfChickens]

I generally get £5 a visit (to clear the field, regardless of how long/how many barrows it takes), but I set prices and if I set them low I get more job offers.
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I think this is terrible tbh, you should value your time more-I wouldnt dream of paying someone less than £10ph for anything regardless of how old they were. as for people being slow, I've never found that tbh but then I've always found them through word of mouth.

 

[Chinchilla]

I think this is terrible tbh, you should value your time more-I wouldnt dream of paying someone less than £10ph for anything regardless of how old they were. as for people being slow, I've never found that tbh but then I've always found them through word of mouth.

Maybe true but work has dried up a bit round here lately; livery prices are high anyway and people are worried about hay and straw prices over winter (my mum and I included, hence why I need the money), so asking cheaply is the best way of doing it. Same time last year, within 24 hrs of posting my advert online, I had 7 job offers but this year, only 2, which don't look like they will work out anyway.

Admittedly it doesn't come across great when phrased as I did above, but I wanted the horse(s) and other animals, so I don't at all mind having to work to fund them.