Blisters and poo picking

[OwnedbyChanter]

Are some of you know we have really small fields that are not rested at all, but I have been lucky enough to be given a friends field for 1 month to allow me to rest but it has not been poo picked for months and it had 3 to 4 horses in. :frown:

So I moved the boys across and have been working in clearing the poo. So far I have removed 12 barrows yesterday and 4 the day before. I have blisters all over my hands and I still have about 7 more to do I guess.:unsure:

I am very grateful for the loan of the field but I just don't understand why they are not poo picked at least once a week.

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[Mary Poppins]

That is a lot of poo! Is there any grass surronded by the poo?

Our smaller fields are all poo picked on a daily basis, but the bigger ones are not. My horse is out in a 20 acre field with only 5 horses (and none are out 24/7) so this field just gets harrowed every so often

 

[Kite_Rider]

I don't understand people who don't poo pick regularly either, ok if your horse is in a mixed herd with acres of land harrowing is the best option but for those with limited paddock size how hard can it be.
I remember the last yard when I moved Belle on to a different paddock, the lady who had it before me never poo picked and I ended up taking 43 (yes really), barrow loads of poo off it! I had a few blisters too.
One of my current fellow liveries asked me yesterday why I poo pick daily and didn't it take ages, it honestly takes no time at all if it's done everyday and only becomes a chore if you leave it to accumulate.

 

[Trewsers]

Oh dear! Your poor hands. Hmm. Not a lot you can do now about the blisters - prevention is better than cure and all that....
I think there's a happy medium when it comes to poo picking practice. Maybe the previous occupants were going to harrow it all in or something? If the shelter is mobile?

 

[MrA]

Last year my pony was out with 11 other gelding and only myself and another lady poo picked. She would do 4 barrows 1/2 days a week. I did 3/4 barrows a day almost every single day and still never managed to quite keep it clear but got pretty damn close!

Then the geldings all moved into a field which had 5 other horses in for 6months and had never been poo picked. With some help from my mum and bf we cleared more than 30 barrows inthe space of a few days.

Sometimes I get so frustrated that no one else does it. But writing notes, asking the yard owner to do something and even crying gets me nowhere so I just do it on my own.

It annoys me sooo much!

 

[MrA]

Also our field is not big enough for the amount of geldings in it so gets disgusting really quick!