Pooh Piles in Fields

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Hi- Can anyone answer my question out of interest please-as wacky as it sounds, I thought if you pooh picked your field you cannot leave it in one large heap that it had to go to a managed site for disposal(example your muck heap) and should not be left as a pile in the field.Please advise.Many Thanks-Me & My Cob

 

[Tia]

Sorry I don't know the answer to your question, however I can't imagine that it would be a good idea to leave poo piles in fields....surely the best place for them to break down quickly would be the proper muck heap, otherwise they will just sit there for years on end and not rot away

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PS. I don't poo pick anyway.....I'm a harrowing girl!

 

[filly190]

In answer to poo piles. I make poo piles around the edges of my fields, as it is too far to walk to the muck hip. Firstly they rot down very well and secondly which I think is very important it encourages my horses to poo very near to them. So over the years my horses have been given toilet areas and they do use them.

I do poo pick every week, I have 8 acres for three horses and so its a lot of walking. I have maintained this practice for the last five years and now my horses tend to keep their paddocks very clean.

It also saves me from strimming the grass to maintain my electric fencing, a pile of poo in a neat line all around the edge of the field has saved me so much time and trouble.

Because I spread it out all along my entire fencing it does not get to a large heap, hence rotting down very quickly. A large much heap takes years.

Many would disagree with my methods, but it has worked for me.

 

[Thistle]

I think it depends on the number of horses and whether it is private or commercial.

 

[Salcey]

I think that by leaving the poo in the field it would probably allow any worms present to reinfest the grazing, though I am not sure.

I appreciate what filly190 has said as in most cases any muck heap is often way too far away to trudge with a heavy poo laden barrow.
We have a very large hedge running along the field and when my son poo picks he throws it into the hedge as he finds it too hard to push the barrow full of poo to the muck heap.

 

[the watcher]

I have in the past made a poo pile along the hedge line, it breaks down quickly and keeps the field clear so would go with doing this.

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

By making poo piles in the field that your horses are in you are defeating the whole reason for poo picking in the first place. It is to try and prevent worm infestation. All you are doing is moving the problem around the same location. This will do nothing to get rid of worms. Removing the poo from the field is the only way.