Neo83
New User
Hi there I'm a little new to this but just after some help! I have just started poo picking and using the standard scoop!! but has anyone tried the quick pick scoop and is it any good .... thanks in advance
Poo picking
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MuddyMonster
Well-Known Member
I've always just used a wheelbarrow and shavings fork. I find the scoops too faffy, personally.
AmyMay
Situation normal
I’ve always used a fork or hand.
Neo83
New User
Sounds like a better idea and alot cheaper as they are around £25 plus delivery for scoop ..
Chinchilla
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What witchcraft do people use to poo pick with forks?!?
Seriously, though - how to you do that? I probably sound really ignorant but I didn't realise that was possible.
Seriously, though - how to you do that? I probably sound really ignorant but I didn't realise that was possible.
JennBags
HHOSS Wonder Woman
If you have relatively smooth ground then a shavings fork is easy to use. Rutted ground makes it much harder when a poop scoop makes it quicker. I find I get bad RSI in my wrists when I use a poop scoop though.
Amaranth99
Well-Known Member
I use a lightweight shavings fork and a scoop with a hand garden rake designed for disabled/arthritic users, it protects your wrist as it keeps it straight. I have two large “Producers“ and it helps.
meleeka
Well-Known Member
I think it depends on the type of dung you want to collect. One of mine does massive wet ones that would be best suited to a fork and for the smaller ones, that would be difficult. I just use the normal rake and scoop which seems a good compromise.
hobo
Well-Known Member
I use my hands with gloves on I will add! I fill a bucket and than tip in to wheelbarrow.
Dr_Horse
Well-Known Member
I was thinking this too ??? mine always gets stuck
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
Short grass and intact droppings (ie before the crows scatter them everywhere) can readily be picked up by a lightweight shavings fork. I just slide the fork in underneath the pile and pick up. Not so useful a technique in long grass.
Chinchilla
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Ah thank you for the explanation!
BeckyFlowers
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I can't use the scoops as they are a) crap, and b) too short, both the bucket and the fork thing. Hate them. I use a wheelie and a rubber matting fork. I was using a shavings fork up until the end of last summer whereby the wooden handle snapped. However one of the tines had bent downwards and was really getting on my nerves as it kept digging into the ground. Loving using the rubber matting fork - same as the shavings fork but with no digging! Agree it's trickier when on rutted ground, or on long tufty grass. Luckily my horse's pen is smooth and short.
Carrottom
Well-Known Member
I use an old trug type bucket with a plastic garden trowel. I hold one handle of the bucket and flatten the side on the ground beside the pile and scrape it in, or flick if it is dry and scattered. It does help that most of my fields are slopes so I place the bucket below and scrape downwards. ?