horse etiquette

[bigtiller]

I would go out there with my pooper-scooper and a 5 gallon bucket and pick them up and put it in the garden, or the compost bin.

Maybe even sell the free fertilizer.

 

[MossRoad]

Kinda like Oppossums.

Nope. I never run over live or dead animals on purpose. Bad juju.

 

[MossRoad]

Its a private road, so yes I own a portion of it along with 5 other neighbors.

Weeelllll, then that's a bit different. I'd expect them to clean up after themselves once in a while, especially if it's multiple horses. It's like pooping in your driveway.

 

[MossRoad]

People here ride on the side of the road in the grass if their is room.

Same here. We have quite a few urban cowboys, so to speak, near us, and they all ride on the side of the road, probably because the road is paved and the side is dirt/gravel/grass. However, 20 miles east and you get into Amish country and it's buggy city, road apples everywhere because they have to stay on the road.

 

[MossRoad]

For what it's worth, they are called manure bags.

Many cities/municipalities require them. And, they do use them on horses that are ridden, not just carriage horses. They also make them to catch urine for both male and female horses. You'll have to google that one yourself, but believe me, they are made.

The first time I saw those was in the Wisconsin Dells. One of the trails that the carriage went down was a stream bed. The horses would pee and poop in the stream bed, the water would wash down the stream, the pee and poop would end up in the river, and the swimmers and water skiers and anyone downstream would basically bathe in it and ingest it. The local municipality required the horse drawn tours to put the pee and poop bags on the horses. The driver told us that the pee bags for the male horses were such a bother to use, and so ineffective, that they stopped using male horses and only used female ones soon after that, or face fines.

 

[Doofy]

We had a local family that would ride their horses down the Main (and only) Drag in our small town. The horse apples became a real problem during winter when they would freeze solid to the pavement. Residents and snowplow operators complained to the Troopers and those folks were made to pick up da poop or stay off the Main highway.

 

[5030]

isn't horse meat considered a prime meat for human consumption in Canada?

 

[Farmer495]

isn't horse meat considered a prime meat for human consumption in Canada?

Not in these parts anyways.

 

[ChuckT]

I would go out there with my pooper-scooper and a 5 gallon bucket and pick them up and put it in the garden, ot the compost bin.

Maybe even sell the free fertilizer.

I've been told that horse manure does not make good fertilizer. The vegatative matter is not as digested as cow manure. Possibly because cows chew their cud and horses do not(?).

 

[riptides]

I've been told that horse manure does not make good fertilizer. The vegatative matter is not as digested as cow manure. Possibly because cows chew their cud and horses do not(?).

It's crap like anything else, just needs rotation and breakup.