Horse manure removal from pasture

hosspuller · Mar 20, 2020

If you have a closed herd, parasites are not the problem your wife makes it to be. Determine which horse/s are shedders and separate /worm them until clear. Drag the pastures to keep the forage growing. Otherwise you'll have to fertilize to replace the nutrients removed via manure. With Intensive rotational grazing and irrigation your acreage can support 8 horses during the growing season.

DJ54 · Mar 20, 2020

hosspuller said:
If you have a closed herd, parasites are not the problem your wife makes it to be. Determine which horse/s are shedders and separate /worm them until clear. Drag the pastures to keep the forage growing. Otherwise you'll have to fertilize to replace the nutrients removed via manure. With Intensive rotational grazing and irrigation your acreage can support 8 horses during the growing season.

My Vet told me that same years ago. If you keep them wormed on a regular schedule, then there is no problem with spreading the manure out. Haven't had any problems in 25 years.

zzvyb6 · Mar 20, 2020

When I had horses years ago, we would rake it into piles and burn it. No flame, but it just smolders. Even better when there is sawdust in the mix.

Norm W · Mar 20, 2020

If you have a horse, the work just keeps piling up.

sidboswell · Mar 21, 2020

zzvyb6 said:
When I had horses years ago, we would rake it into piles and burn it. No flame, but it just smolders. Even better when there is sawdust in the mix.

How did you rake it? Landscape rake?

Sorry for the duplicate post. Just learning the forum....

sidboswell · Mar 21, 2020

Norm W said:
If you have a horse, the work just keeps piling up.

Yes it does ....

6 horses, 2 mules ...

Peter 315 · Mar 21, 2020

You can pick up some by hand and get a chain harrow for the field and just drag it every couple days...

EddieWalker · Mar 21, 2020

My chickens and ducks love to take apart a pile of horse manure and reduce it down to nothing!!!!!

Slowpoke Slim · Mar 22, 2020

hosspuller said:
If you have a closed herd, parasites are not the problem your wife makes it to be. Determine which horse/s are shedders and separate /worm them until clear. Drag the pastures to keep the forage growing. Otherwise you'll have to fertilize to replace the nutrients removed via manure. With Intensive rotational grazing and irrigation your acreage can support 8 horses during the growing season.

This is it, right here.

Also...

I would landscape rake it into piles and use the FEL and bucket to haul it off if the Mrs. doesn't like that idea. If she still goes nutzo, then just smile and hand her a shovel, and teach her how to operate a wheel barrow. A few weeks of that and she'll come around to your way of thinking.

Horse people.... sheesh.

Peter 315 · Mar 22, 2020

Slowpoke Slim said:
This is it, right here.

Also...

I would landscape rake it into piles and use the FEL and bucket to haul it off if the Mrs. doesn't like that idea. If she still goes nutzo, then just smile and hand her a shovel, and teach her how to operate a wheel barrow. A few weeks of that and she'll come around to your way of thinking.

Horse people.... sheesh.

My wife and the barn girl were picking it up today with a wheelbarrow and forks ..... I was at the gun range...