What do you do with your manure??

jtfer1968 · 08-19-2008, 04:20 PM

What a question huh?? Anyway, I have 5 horses on my property and we are debating how to handle the mounting manure pile. We are trying to figure out if we should make a compost pile, get a manure speader or haul it away somewhere. So how do you'll manage your manure??

jtfer1968 · 08-19-2008, 05:57 PM

Anybody?? Looking for suggestions on what method works..............

Buckeye Horsefeathers · 08-19-2008, 06:03 PM

We use a small manure spreader that we pull with the riding mower. We have 8 horses and only five acres. It has been a good investment. I still keep a small compost pile for garden use but I highly reccommend a spreader.

99horses · 08-19-2008, 06:08 PM

We have a compost pille but most of ours goes to local farmers who use it in their fields. We just give it to them and they come haul it away.

Horses&Soccer · 08-19-2008, 07:44 PM

My BO spreads some on his garden, I bring home some for my garden, and the rest he spreads. I have some great tomatoes this year!

BklynCwgrl · 08-19-2008, 07:46 PM

I spend a bloody fortune each week to have our waste management people pick up our trash bin filled with manure.

**seerfarm** · 08-19-2008, 07:51 PM

I compost a small amount and spread the rest.

nrhareiner · 08-19-2008, 07:54 PM

I compost it and then 2 times a year spring and again in the fall put a sign up next to the mail box free compost you haul and it gose quite quickly. This year I also put it up on Creagslist too.

Have not yet in 9 years living here had a problem getting rid of it.

Heidi

BarnBum · 08-19-2008, 07:55 PM

I have a newer spreader and love it

<<so does my grass>>

sandy42345 · 08-19-2008, 07:56 PM

We use ours for gardens and to anyone that wants to haul it away.

happyhorsehavenfarms · 08-19-2008, 08:00 PM

I have a manure spreader and spread it nightly what a difference it makes with the flies

shadow · 08-19-2008, 08:01 PM

Spread it on the hay fields and it makes the hay grow better. Nieghbor also takes some for his garden.

Chic · 08-19-2008, 09:33 PM

I have been trying to give mine away but so far no takers. For now the pile just grows.

redboy · 08-19-2008, 09:44 PM

I couldn't live w/o my manure spreader, it works GREAT! RB

pippy · 08-19-2008, 09:47 PM

We spread ours on the land when the crops are not in.
If the weather or crops prevent us from spreading, I stock pile it in a big pile in an area just for manure - it composts for the most part and then when crops come out we spread it.

Myheartismyhorses · 08-19-2008, 09:51 PM

Our older neighbor down the road begged us for our Manure! LOL We said no begging required, have all you want! We take it to him by the truck load and he has a huge garden he uses it in. In return we get fresh veggies and farm fresh eggs. I think that is the perfect deal

I also bake him cookies, pies and brownies because he is on his own and he always gives us an abdundance of veggies!

ThatsAlly · 08-19-2008, 09:55 PM

Hey, in my area we have a lot of signs for "free fill wanted" for people who want to level their land

LOL, I'm just saying.....

Crookedblaze · 08-19-2008, 09:58 PM

Because I live in a very suburban area, I have an Edco bin that gets dumped once a week for $80 a month. It is actually really easy...we built a ramp to get the wheelbarrows up, dump, close lid, it gets emptied...

and it also keeps the flys down!

bunnyal · 08-20-2008, 04:03 AM

Spreader, it keeps the flies down. When we piled it up the moist pile of manure was just a breeding ground for flies.

equine.trailrider · 08-20-2008, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bunnyal

Spreader, it keeps the flies down. When we piled it up the moist pile of manure was just a breeding ground for flies.

Ditto. Makes a huge difference.

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08-19-2008, 04:20 PM
jtfer1968 Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 976	What do you do with your manure?? What a question huh?? Anyway, I have 5 horses on my property and we are debating how to handle the mounting manure pile. We are trying to figure out if we should make a compost pile, get a manure speader or haul it away somewhere. So how do you'll manage your manure?? __________________

08-19-2008, 05:57 PM
jtfer1968 Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Florida Posts: 976	Anybody?? Looking for suggestions on what method works.............. __________________

08-19-2008, 06:03 PM
Buckeye Horsefeathers Halter broke Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 146	We use a small manure spreader that we pull with the riding mower. We have 8 horses and only five acres. It has been a good investment. I still keep a small compost pile for garden use but I highly reccommend a spreader. __________________ Always remember, what mother nature gives...father time takes!

08-19-2008, 06:08 PM
99horses Greenbroke Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,209	We have a compost pille but most of ours goes to local farmers who use it in their fields. We just give it to them and they come haul it away. __________________ Janet I'm your huckleberry.-Doc Holliday

08-19-2008, 07:44 PM
Horses&Soccer Started Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Warrenton, MO Posts: 2,727	My BO spreads some on his garden, I bring home some for my garden, and the rest he spreads. I have some great tomatoes this year! __________________ When life gives you lemons - find someone to throw them at!

08-19-2008, 07:51 PM
seerfarm Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portal, Ga Posts: 7,730	I compost a small amount and spread the rest. __________________ "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back".

08-19-2008, 07:54 PM
nrhareiner Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 727	I compost it and then 2 times a year spring and again in the fall put a sign up next to the mail box free compost you haul and it gose quite quickly. This year I also put it up on Creagslist too. Have not yet in 9 years living here had a problem getting rid of it. Heidi __________________ Double Eagle Photography www.doubleeagleph.com Definision of Gun Control: Hiting what you aim at.

08-19-2008, 07:55 PM
BarnBum Greenbroke Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 3,542	I have a newer spreader and love it <<so does my grass>> __________________ Murphys Horse Law - A horse's misbehavior will be in direct proportion to the number of people who are watching !! Last edited by BarnBum : 08-19-2008 at 08:02 PM.

08-19-2008, 07:56 PM
sandy42345 Weanling Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: tennessee Posts: 401	We use ours for gardens and to anyone that wants to haul it away.

08-19-2008, 08:00 PM
happyhorsehavenfarms Halter broke Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 155	I have a manure spreader and spread it nightly what a difference it makes with the flies

08-19-2008, 08:01 PM
shadow Weanling Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SW ohio Posts: 287	Spread it on the hay fields and it makes the hay grow better. Nieghbor also takes some for his garden.

08-19-2008, 09:33 PM
Chic Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,209	I have been trying to give mine away but so far no takers. For now the pile just grows. __________________ Jewlery For Your HorseThe Kelley Square "I cannot do everything, but I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." Edward Hale

08-19-2008, 09:44 PM
redboy Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Eastern Shore of Maryland Posts: 900	I couldn't live w/o my manure spreader, it works GREAT! RB

08-19-2008, 09:47 PM
pippy Long Yearling Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: minnesota Posts: 1,055	We spread ours on the land when the crops are not in. If the weather or crops prevent us from spreading, I stock pile it in a big pile in an area just for manure - it composts for the most part and then when crops come out we spread it. __________________ Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.\" â€“ Swami Sivananda Saraswati

08-19-2008, 09:51 PM
Myheartismyhorses Yearling Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 649	Our older neighbor down the road begged us for our Manure! LOL We said no begging required, have all you want! We take it to him by the truck load and he has a huge garden he uses it in. In return we get fresh veggies and farm fresh eggs. I think that is the perfect deal I also bake him cookies, pies and brownies because he is on his own and he always gives us an abdundance of veggies! __________________ When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on!

08-19-2008, 09:55 PM
ThatsAlly Weanling Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Maine Posts: 257	Hey, in my area we have a lot of signs for "free fill wanted" for people who want to level their land LOL, I'm just saying..... __________________ "I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual" =House=

08-19-2008, 09:58 PM
Crookedblaze Started Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,360	Because I live in a very suburban area, I have an Edco bin that gets dumped once a week for $80 a month. It is actually really easy...we built a ramp to get the wheelbarrows up, dump, close lid, it gets emptied... and it also keeps the flys down! __________________ Owned by Rocketman, a 17 year old AQHA and Stormy, a 10 year old Peruvian Paso x Arab

08-20-2008, 04:03 AM
bunnyal Yearling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Pasco County, Florida Posts: 837	Spreader, it keeps the flies down. When we piled it up the moist pile of manure was just a breeding ground for flies. __________________ mysite.verizon.net/res8ismu/whisperoaks When I die I want to be buried face down, so those who didn't like me can kiss my a**!