Worming advice and pasture management

[JesterandPatch]

My two mini shetlands arrived in August and soon i was seeing Ascarids in their droppings, vet came and dosed them both with Strongid-P, we then did egg count two weeks later which came back clear.
I've noticed the little blighters back in some droppings today.
I'm religious about poo picking the field and it's done twice a day.
Reading up about them I see they can live on pasture for up to 9 months. Ponies were due another worm count but will hold off that until I've given them another dose.
My question is they are obviously re-infecting themselves as Paddock is overgrazed, they get a strip of fresh grass every morning but have literally eaten it to the soil in an hour, and despite having plenty of hay would rather pick at anything they can find in the Paddock, how on earth am I supposed to find the balance between not giving them too much grass and not letting them get reinfected all the time. Grass was previously used for cows but its poor pasture so not overly rich.
Thank you so much

 

[Lucky Snowball]

Speak with the vet. If you repeat worming and poo pick religiously you should sort it.

 

[PeterNatt]

I have the same problem. My pony has exclusive use of a paddock, and the poos are picked up each day, yet every now and then, when the worm count is carried out it shows worms. One solution may be to change paddocks to avoid the paddocks becoming contaminated with worms, and leave the previous paddock empty for six months.

 

[dorsetladette]

Westgate labs are really good for advise.

I cross graze with sheep to help break the cycle.

 

[canteron]

Borrow some sheep to clean the pasture (horses worms can’t live in sheep and vice versa)

 

[Nudibranch]

Definitely sheep. I've cross grazed for many, many years and the only time we've ever had anything in worm counts was when we moved house. Previous owners didn't divide the grazing, cross graze or poo pick ever so it was 10 acres of long grass plus a lot of worms. My sheep and goats, plus dividing and rotating, got counts back to zero in about 6 months.

I'm not sure what your set up is but can you close the grazing off behind them as they move onto fresh grass, so it has a chance to rest? And...again...sheep

 

[JesterandPatch]

Thanks all, I am going to spend the weekend re-fencing a fresh patch and strip graze that whilst their main patch is resting, I did ask the other half if I could buy a couple of sheep and my reasoning behind it but he said we have enough on our plates at the moment, farmer that rents some of our land has about 150 sheep on 10 acres at the moment, once they have all lambed I might ask if I can borrow some for the summer as it would really help to keep the grass down for the ponies too.
I have about 5 acres currently to use for two mini's which is far too much and I am so paranoid about laminitis that I limit their grass intake currently, but I know the grass is somewhat safer this time of year as long as it doesnt freeze