What do you do with your manure in deep snow storms?

[dianneS]

I ended up going to Lowe's and getting a big plastic concrete mixing tub and adding a rope to it. I filled it with manure and pulled it part way to the manure pile.

Its just way too deep and now the snow is getting crusty and really difficult to trudge through. I wish I would have made paths when the snow was still fluffy. This is just horrible its so deep its back breaking just to walk through it.

If I could get some paths made, my concrete tub is making a great manure sled!

 

[unionwirewoman]

Not sure how many acres you have....but why not just throw it out into the pasture ? The snow when it melts will help to dissipate the nutrients the grass needs to grow , and all that's left is dried up grass/hay that will disentigrate to make more dirt . If by pasture you mean corral sized , this might be a problem , unless you till it up come spring time and turn the horses out somewhere else for a month or two to let the grass start growing . Like I said , depends on how much land you own . Even if it's 1/2 an acre , throwing the poo around won't matter until spring . Besides , it's much nicer to rake poo in the summer than it is to haul it up a poo pile in the winter !

 

[dianneS]

Not sure how many acres you have....but why not just throw it out into the pasture ? The snow when it melts will help to dissipate the nutrients the grass needs to grow , and all that's left is dried up grass/hay that will disentigrate to make more dirt . If by pasture you mean corral sized , this might be a problem , unless you till it up come spring time and turn the horses out somewhere else for a month or two to let the grass start growing . Like I said , depends on how much land you own . Even if it's 1/2 an acre , throwing the poo around won't matter until spring . Besides , it's much nicer to rake poo in the summer than it is to haul it up a poo pile in the winter !

I have 14 acres. I have been throwing it out onto the pasture, especially the goat pasture to fertilze their area. I'll never make it out to the manure pile in this snow, so it looks like I'll be using my sled to spread the manure on the pastures. The poo really flings easily in this cold weather since its frozen into tiny little chunks!