Poo Picking in Winter

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Ive been at my yard for nearly 12 months, and was told we don't have to poo pick in the winter, however, it is expected in the sumer, which i have done religiously, as i have 2 boys out 24/7 on a 1-2 acre paddock.

So my question is this, for all you die hards who poo pick in winter, how do you manage when the muds up to your knees to get a wheelbarrow down the field without trashing it further - or would you be inclined to leave it once the clocks go back? Iam limited for time as i only visit after work in the evenings, so it would be a torch job too with absolutely no other lights anywhere nearby :eek: just the foxes and the owls n me boys to keep me safe!
 
joeann - got my faithful head torch, wouldn't be without it :D tub buckets do you carry it or drag it? i usually get 1 - 2 barrows a day
 
I have to say that I poo pick religiously 365 days of the year. It gets impossible for me to wheel my barrow through the gateway as it does get rather boggy so I either wheel it under the electric fencing where it is not muddy ( making sure it is switched off lol) or put it in a big trug bucket and drag it back to wheelbarrow. However I do only have 1 horse per paddock and by doing it every day it doesn't build up and I can do it by daylight.

You could always get yourself a miners lamp if you are that keen!
 
TicTac :D lol - to be honest im not that keen, however, i don't want to spend all day Saturday & Sunday poo picking when i could be riding. I know a lot of the other liveries leave it and the fields are harrowed in spring, but wouldn't the field be really full of poo by then?
 
Wheelbarrow by gate, and empty tub bucket into it. Easy peasy! I use a bucket that is easy to carry (you want to try dragging one through mud be my guest!).
 
currently pooh pick twice a day, but in the winter it'll be left until the weekend....must admit i don't do it..................my mum does she loves it......honest she really does, she has shouted at me to leave HER pooh alone when i have tried to give her a hand.........

crack on is what i say!!!!:D
 
Did think dragging a wheelbarrow thru mud wouldn't be easy ;)

god knows how im going to get the batteries down for the leccy fencing, the track to the field is 5-10 minutes walk and its grass also! don't think pushing a barrow is going to happen - theres big trenches where the tractor from the farmers field drives down!

Think it might be a trug bucket left in paddock - much heap is at the back of paddock too

Failing that is there an app to teach your horse to poo on said muck heap :D
 
I am dreading this!! First winter at a new yard and I have to pooh pick everyday. Have 2 living out and one other out during the day so loads of pooh! The fields are already so muddy and by the time I get to the yard it's nearly dark so pretty much impossible already. So I then spend hours doing it at the weekend. Nightmare. :(
 
we pooh pick twice a day 365 days a year lol a bit obsessed lol

head lamp , poop scoop we are lucky our field dont get that muddy we have good drainage which is great in winter but rubbish in summer as gets desert dry :(
 
Sammii819 said:
currently pooh pick twice a day, but in the winter it'll be left until the weekend....must admit i don't do it..................my mum does she loves it......honest she really does, she has shouted at me to leave HER pooh alone when i have tried to give her a hand.........

crack on is what i say!!!!:D
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I want your mum! :D
 
Mine all live out, its not a nice experience poo picking in winter but its got to be done! So I just get on with it. I use a head torch also as has been said and as long as I have got my waterproofs on its ok
 
I poo pick daily but had to give up at one stage last winter, we had 3 months of snow and at one point it was up to my hips and no chance of finding the poops, mind you the horses werent out for long then either (well not out at all for 3 days until I had dug by hand a track to the field....)

Non poo picked field with orange pony accessory :-)
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