cowboydoc
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Horses are going to get worms no matter how you look at it. Unless you have them on a daily wormer they are going to have worms. Spreading the manure doesn't help alot with the worm problem. Probably makes it worse as you spread them around more. The worms don't actually live in the manure. They hatch or are pooped out and get on blades of grass that the horses eat. The only way to control worms from manure is not by spreading manure but by keeping them off of an area for about 3 weeks and spreading. If you just spread but don't keep your horses from that area they just get infested the same as if you didn't spread the manure. Best scenario is to rotate pastures every 3 weeks. After you take horses off of one area then you drag the pasture and let it sit for three weeks or more.
