poo picking!

To all the people who poo pick daily, how do you manage that in the winter when it's dark? I am only at the yard in the dark Mon-Fri once the clocks change! We poo pick all our fields, weekly at the weekend. Everyone at our yard works full time so they couldn't do it in the dark during the week.
 
To all those that poo pick daily - how do you go about fertilising the fields? I harrow the poo back into the ground and this is the fertiliser. At a big yard I had horses on they used to fertilise once a year and it meant that for 2 weeks you couldn't put the horses out - how do people get around this?
 
I'm still non the clearer on this - I work, have 2 young children and 2 horses on a 5 acre field. I try to poo pick but never have the time to keep on top of it. Are there any cheats? Can I harrow the fields when dry to spread the poo around? are there any less labour intensive alternatives other than expensive machinery????
 
4 ponies on 4 acres produce quite a bit of poo!! I poo pick once a week as I work full time. my 3yo filly is so good and has 4 toilets round the field, she is quite funny as she suddenly trots off, poos then trots back to where she was. wish the other 3 were so good though they all seem to like the fence line to poo at and have toilet areas within the field :)
I cant stand seeing the field dirty, it means they graze the field better if its kept clear of poo .
 
I poo pick at the weekends and do a bulk load, would never leave it longer than this as it looks awful and can't be good for the grass! In Summer I poo pick daily that way it takes 10 minutes max and keeps fields clear.
I also have 4 horses so its a lot of poo!
 
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