This was hilarious! I personally am a mixture of the one that yeets it into the bucket like they’re playing basketball and the one that tries to fit as many piles on one load as possible! 😂😂
When I was in my early twenties, I worked at a horse ranch/breeding/equestrian center in California. I was part of the team that cared for the paddocks and barns at the front of the ranch, a.k.a. the part that visitors and neighbors were most likely to see. Needless to say, it needed to look as close to immaculate as reasonable. From mid-spring to mid-fall, the sun baked everything. Mid-summer heat waves could reach a high of 110+ F. So we would begin the most laborious barn chores at sunrise to beat the heat. We used a sweeping method to get everything. Typically, someone would manage the wheelbarrow while others scooped, so we rarely had to carry it very far. We always worked together as a team, so we got through the morning mucking pretty quickly. Throughout the rest of the day, we would "spot clean": dash out to remove the poop as soon as it was spotted and then retreat to the shade. Honestly, the owners (a married couple and their young adult daughter) were genuine horse people who understood "poop happens" but we took pride in keeping our part of the ranch beautiful. A few times a week, the owners would grab a rake and help out, and they got up just as early and worked just as hard as we did! They made it clear through their actions that they hired us to assist them, and not to do everything for them. And honestly, it would have been impossible for just three people to care for 45 horses and keep the ranch looking so beautiful, plus all the feeding, watering, grooming, training, exercising, etc. They always provided unlimited water and Gatorade in ice coolers, too. It was hard work but it was also fun.
When I was in middle school I had a friend who owned a horse named Zora I loved getting to go over after school or on weekends because I would help muck and clean the stall. Her and I would see who could stack the most on the rake. Between her and I we would knock her chores out and then I'd get to watch her ride and practice on Zora. Funny how horse poop brings back fond memories.
after 11 years of mucking out multiple stalls for every single day, my arms are ripped😂😭 people look at me as if i am a freak, like they're not used to seeing a girl with muscles
I am 100% the person who fits as much as possible in the rake 🤣 I hate taking a single extra trip to the wheelbarrow. I am also the ghost person who supplies the full care board… the work doesn’t just magically disappear! I don’t want to have to be out there any longer than I have to LOL
I don't muck my pasture (unless you call collecting fertilizer occasionally mucking) we just take a little homemade spreader through the pasture to well spread the fertilizer, it helps the grass grow. Also, we have pretty good bit pasture and three horses, it would take half the day to muck.
"Get a gelding, it'll save you hours" Me, side-eyeing my gelding who regularly pees so much it floods his stall, and first night in a new barn trashed his stall so bad we had to totally strip it the next day 😅😅😅😅 He's. He's so special (And no there isn't anything wrong with him, he's just dramatic and pees like a champion 😂😂😂😂)
Same! I kinda just pick it up, and put in in the wheelbarrow, not much to my strategy.😂 I can say I do find myself sometimes thinking muck smells nice ish? That probably is very strange and gross. Haha
Gypsy Equestrian you've done it again! You make me laugh every single day I watch you ALL THE TIME!!! Please do ''Different equestrians getting there first horse 😂''
I rent a field for my 2 girls. I'm the only one on the farm that cleans their field. I have my field set up for rotational grazing. The front part is where the round pen, the run in and my chickens are. They always have access to that. The rest of the field is divided into thirds. I have my own mower and spreader. Once a week, I clean the areas they're in. I have a smaller muck bucket. I park the spreader in one section, then fill and dump the bucket until the area is clean. I could probably yeet it, but then I'd have to clean up what misses the bucket. No thanks. Depending on the time of year, I'll then mow, spread the manure, then go over it a few times to break it down more. My spreader doesn't really work that well in the winter. So, I'll clean daily and fill in low spots in the field.
I'ma scoop as muck piles as I can and dump and replace shavings as needed. This is my fav because when horses are brougt inside the barn. I know their standing on a cushy floor!
Love it I personally like banking the best it’s basically making a pile against the wall and the poop falls down the pile and I like it because it’s a good way to relieve stress
I'll have to try a few techniques out tonight and see which I prefer. I think I'm a combination and it totally depends on where the poo is. Sometimes the grass is long and the scraping is all I can manage. I feel for you on the poison ivy, I get it so bad every summer!
At the barn I volunteer ay we hardly have to muck because the horses are in their stalls for less then 1 hour a day(grooming and feeding) and we drag pastures(which is one of my favorite barm chores)
I am the person who fits as many poops as possible on the rake 🤣 I started mucking with a small rake and shovel but actually the large rake is way more effective, unless you are facing liquid poop. In that case you're swamped 😂
"get rid of your mare and get a gelding" Its so true tho bc my gelding poops in one corner of his stall and the pasture. my mare poops wherever she is standing. they live full time in pasture now but we used to put them in stalls for the night
Once my sister was unloading to warm up on the barrels because they had a barrel race a few days later and the horse poo didn’t smell to bad but it still wasn’t to pleasant. Way better than dog poo.
a fun video would be.... Equestrians vs. bugs. *sees spider and runs away screaming* friend: you ride horses that are dangerous in the front and back. they also weigh 1000+ lbs, but when you see a bug that weighs like a gram, you RUN AWAY!? sorry idk how to explain but it would be funny :)
I just pick up any pile I see first but I try to get as much on it as I can. Love this vid! Also your crawled through poison ivy that’s like the worst!
i had to take care of my friend’s horses for like a week (first time doing that also, my mom helped tho a lot) and she apparently never mucks her yard/pasture! the stalls yeah i had to do that and then shavings/ fly spray when needed but the yard when we went to catch them was like landmine after landmine lol
Cuz I felt like writing about it: I start at the gate or door so I walk through as little as I can. For a small space, I muck in a wide circle, usually starting in whichever direction looks dirtiest. If it is a larger space it would be more of a spiral pattern. If it's a really large space I make a sort of wide serpentine pattern, or I might place the wheel barrow, clean a radius around it, then move the wheelbarrow to another area and repeat as needed. Don't make overloading a habit, the tines weaken faster and if anything falls off, you will pick it up twice. I pick out as much as I reasonably can, if it can't be picked up because the tines are too wide apart, I'll let it go unless I have time to kill. For bedding, I'll take out bigger loads of the poo piles and worst of the obvious pee spots, after that I take smaller loads so I can shake out the cleaner bedding onto a clean spot. I don't worry about getting aLOT with one fork, because then I have to go slower to not drop any or miss a spot. Instead, I go for speed on smaller loads to make up for the small quantity per load.
In the paddocks i just use my ride on mower, but with my yards/stables I just chuck it in my quad trailer. If my quad isn’t working I use my wheel barrow.
In fact geldings are just as messy as mares. Only stallions sniff the poop and turn around to put their mark on the pile. Geldings and mares just sniff, but do not turn around. Maybe if a gelding was castrated at an older age he will keep the habit. But I have a Friesian stallion who poops all over the place, and I had mares who were very clean.
"plus who likes mares anyway"
Gypsy Equestrian owns all mares
😅
This was hilarious! I personally am a mixture of the one that yeets it into the bucket like they’re playing basketball and the one that tries to fit as many piles on one load as possible! 😂😂
Same!
Sameee
What about both at once
When I was in my early twenties, I worked at a horse ranch/breeding/equestrian center in California. I was part of the team that cared for the paddocks and barns at the front of the ranch, a.k.a. the part that visitors and neighbors were most likely to see. Needless to say, it needed to look as close to immaculate as reasonable. From mid-spring to mid-fall, the sun baked everything. Mid-summer heat waves could reach a high of 110+ F. So we would begin the most laborious barn chores at sunrise to beat the heat. We used a sweeping method to get everything. Typically, someone would manage the wheelbarrow while others scooped, so we rarely had to carry it very far. We always worked together as a team, so we got through the morning mucking pretty quickly. Throughout the rest of the day, we would "spot clean": dash out to remove the poop as soon as it was spotted and then retreat to the shade. Honestly, the owners (a married couple and their young adult daughter) were genuine horse people who understood "poop happens" but we took pride in keeping our part of the ranch beautiful. A few times a week, the owners would grab a rake and help out, and they got up just as early and worked just as hard as we did! They made it clear through their actions that they hired us to assist them, and not to do everything for them. And honestly, it would have been impossible for just three people to care for 45 horses and keep the ranch looking so beautiful, plus all the feeding, watering, grooming, training, exercising, etc. They always provided unlimited water and Gatorade in ice coolers, too. It was hard work but it was also fun.
That sounds like awesome people to work for and with!
You make mucking out sound like the funnest team building thing ever haha! I love it.
Marina: Yeah geldings save a BUNCH of time!
Also Marina: *has all mares*
With having a gelding you'll find soon that you'll have a ✨Sheath✨ to ClEaN
When I was in middle school I had a friend who owned a horse named Zora I loved getting to go over after school or on weekends because I would help muck and clean the stall. Her and I would see who could stack the most on the rake. Between her and I we would knock her chores out and then I'd get to watch her ride and practice on Zora. Funny how horse poop brings back fond memories.
Picking up poop is one of my favorite therapies. It also saves me money cause I don't have to buy a gym membership. Terrific video- keep them coming.
after 11 years of mucking out multiple stalls for every single day, my arms are ripped😂😭 people look at me as if i am a freak, like they're not used to seeing a girl with muscles
I am 100% the person who fits as much as possible in the rake 🤣 I hate taking a single extra trip to the wheelbarrow.
I am also the ghost person who supplies the full care board… the work doesn’t just magically disappear! I don’t want to have to be out there any longer than I have to LOL
"Horse poop smells good..." Girl I am with you!!
😂😂😂😂😂 Our two girls poop in one section of the mustang pen. It makes it faster to muck for sure. Awesome video!!
I’m getting a bay,gelding, q horse in 2 weeks. Can’t wait to start riding again!
I don't muck my pasture (unless you call collecting fertilizer occasionally mucking) we just take a little homemade spreader through the pasture to well spread the fertilizer, it helps the grass grow. Also, we have pretty good bit pasture and three horses, it would take half the day to muck.
“Get rid of your mare and get a gelding it’s called stud piles”
Me with pretty much all mares: 😐 welp bye girls
"Get a gelding, it'll save you hours"
Me, side-eyeing my gelding who regularly pees so much it floods his stall, and first night in a new barn trashed his stall so bad we had to totally strip it the next day 😅😅😅😅
He's. He's so special
(And no there isn't anything wrong with him, he's just dramatic and pees like a champion 😂😂😂😂)
Same! I kinda just pick it up, and put in in the wheelbarrow, not much to my strategy.😂 I can say I do find myself sometimes thinking muck smells nice ish? That probably is very strange and gross. Haha
Same
it smells ngl
Gypsy Equestrian you've done it again! You make me laugh every single day I watch you ALL THE TIME!!!
Please do ''Different equestrians getting there first horse 😂''
You are such a hoot! Loving these videos. I have no method either, just do what needs to be done 😁
“Horse poop kinda smells good” made me die in too Tears Laughing xdd😂😂
I sweep every single poop in a big pile or two and then put the wheel barrel next to them and scoop the up piles 😊
This was great!
I am the "as much as possible on one load" and "better than gym" kind of xD
To whoever’s seeing this god loves u and have a good day ❤️❤️
I love these videos please keep making them lol!
thankfully my gelding poops in a line on one side of his pasture, so i just scoop it up in a line. love your vids!!
I'm the one trying to get as many piles as possible on the rake 😂 love your content❤
Same lol
I do it as well when I don't feel like bringing the wheelbarrow to the bottom of the hill I will try to fit all of the piles on to the muck rake
The eye swing at last 🥰
I rent a field for my 2 girls. I'm the only one on the farm that cleans their field.
I have my field set up for rotational grazing. The front part is where the round pen, the run in and my chickens are. They always have access to that. The rest of the field is divided into thirds.
I have my own mower and spreader. Once a week, I clean the areas they're in. I have a smaller muck bucket. I park the spreader in one section, then fill and dump the bucket until the area is clean.
I could probably yeet it, but then I'd have to clean up what misses the bucket. No thanks.
Depending on the time of year, I'll then mow, spread the manure, then go over it a few times to break it down more.
My spreader doesn't really work that well in the winter. So, I'll clean daily and fill in low spots in the field.
Love!!
I'ma scoop as muck piles as I can and dump and replace shavings as needed. This is my fav because when horses are brougt inside the barn. I know their standing on a cushy floor!
You should have caught Zinny's poop with the rake 🤣🤣🤣
The broken rake....yes, that's me🤣😭
“Who likes mares anyway?”
Her having all mare
Love it! 🤣 I don't have a real method, just scoop as much as I can as fast as possible. Lol
I’m definitely the one who doesn’t care what method you use just as long as it gets done lol
Love it I personally like banking the best it’s basically making a pile against the wall and the poop falls down the pile and I like it because it’s a good way to relieve stress
I agree horse poop smells AMAZING!!!!!!! 😂😂😂
My horse only poops in one corner of his stall!😂
I muck with my friend, and we each take a side and meet in the middle. Awesome video!!!!
i'm def the person who try's to put as many poop piles on the rake as possible😂
4:21 Good God Amighty! I wish I could do that...evah morning!
I am a mix of the person who likes to yeet it into the bucket and i also like to FASTLY scoop it up and do it ONE pile at a time.
This is so funny. I don’t muck my pastures, but I do muck stalls and run in sheds and occasionally, the water trough. 🤢🤮
I'll have to try a few techniques out tonight and see which I prefer. I think I'm a combination and it totally depends on where the poo is. Sometimes the grass is long and the scraping is all I can manage. I feel for you on the poison ivy, I get it so bad every summer!
Lol….the ending!
At the barn I volunteer ay we hardly have to muck because the horses are in their stalls for less then 1 hour a day(grooming and feeding) and we drag pastures(which is one of my favorite barm chores)
So funny!
I always muck with someone so I can talk my head off while I muck😂
So funny! I love your videos! 🐎💛
Honestly it's almost like a competition with me and my friends on who can do it quickest
i haven’t even watched the whole video and this is a masterpiece 👏
I generally do the sweep, and push the extras in with my muck boot
I am the one who just throws it in the wheelbarrow😂😂😂!!,
i love your povs they are so relatable most of the time
Lol this was so funny!
So you get a gelding for stud piles huh? And then you find ✨sHeAtH cLeAniNg✨
I am the person who fits as many poops as possible on the rake 🤣 I started mucking with a small rake and shovel but actually the large rake is way more effective, unless you are facing liquid poop. In that case you're swamped 😂
THESE ARE SO SO SO TRUE!
When your gelding doesn't have a stud pile 🥲
Mine has three 😭
Honestly it does be like that. Like when I go outside (I live next to a stable) I'm like, "aaa the nice smell of horse poop."
"get rid of your mare and get a gelding" Its so true tho bc my gelding poops in one corner of his stall and the pasture. my mare poops wherever she is standing. they live full time in pasture now but we used to put them in stalls for the night
I think I worked out which character likes to play in the muck heap in winter to get warm.
I rake a few piles into one big pile, then just scoop it all up. I also make sure every piece of poop is gone, too.
I was watching this while eating chocolate pudding 😭
I was taught to scoop it up and shake out any shaving from inside the stall!
Love your videos
My mare does it all in clumps which makes it a ton easier!!
I’m the one that when mucking the arena starts cantering on the ground with a rake full of poop and jumps over the tiny jump on the ground 💀
I prefer to use a pitchfork and wheelbarrow. 😂😂😂
My horse lives at a barn where stablehands muck, feed, turn out horses and you don’t have to do that!
My technique is picking up the poop and I love your videos I have to horses and I can relate to some of your videos.
Thanks for the video!
Omg this was so funny! I also hope youre okay after the poison ivy.
Your videos are so funny.
This is hilarious 😂i don't have a single method I use a mix of all of them hahaha 🤣
OMG, this is so true. I use the scraping method.❤you hope you see this
Can you do a video of "equestrians doing other sports" please. I love your videos!
Good idea!
Simple :pick up poop put the poop in the wheelbarrow.
This was awesome
I usually do rows and get as much as I can and throw it in the bucket
56 acres and dung beetles
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I love your videos and your horses! ❤️ This is so true!
The last part of the vid is so funny😂😂 Lol I hope you get better from the poison ivy!❤️😅🔥
Once my sister was unloading to warm up on the barrels because they had a barrel race a few days later and the horse poo didn’t smell to bad but it still wasn’t to pleasant. Way better than dog poo.
Actually the fastest way is to catch it before it hits the ground. That's when you know you are a pooper scooper pro/shaker and a mover.
It’s ✨FeCal MAttEr✨
😅😂
best channel ever
Fr I love the smell of horse sweat and poop
I’m definitely the girl in the pink definitely
a fun video would be....
Equestrians vs. bugs.
*sees spider and runs away screaming*
friend: you ride horses that are dangerous in the front and back. they also weigh 1000+ lbs, but when you see a bug that weighs like a gram, you RUN AWAY!?
sorry idk how to explain but it would be funny :)
That's a good one!
@@Mustangsinfinity thanks, its what all my friends tell me lol
@@lolacole8216 Haha!
I just started mucking my feilds
Love this
I just pick up any pile I see first but I try to get as much on it as I can. Love this vid! Also your crawled through poison ivy that’s like the worst!
i had to take care of my friend’s horses for like a week (first time doing that also, my mom helped tho a lot) and she apparently never mucks her yard/pasture! the stalls yeah i had to do that and then shavings/ fly spray when needed but the yard when we went to catch them was like landmine after landmine lol
You have to add the ppl who have a literal leaf rake to sweep it into a pile and then scoop it
Dang it! I missed that one!
@@GypsyEquestrian omg hi!
I love your vids
love ur vids
Love this!
Cuz I felt like writing about it:
I start at the gate or door so I walk through as little as I can. For a small space, I muck in a wide circle, usually starting in whichever direction looks dirtiest. If it is a larger space it would be more of a spiral pattern. If it's a really large space I make a sort of wide serpentine pattern, or I might place the wheel barrow, clean a radius around it, then move the wheelbarrow to another area and repeat as needed.
Don't make overloading a habit, the tines weaken faster and if anything falls off, you will pick it up twice. I pick out as much as I reasonably can, if it can't be picked up because the tines are too wide apart, I'll let it go unless I have time to kill. For bedding, I'll take out bigger loads of the poo piles and worst of the obvious pee spots, after that I take smaller loads so I can shake out the cleaner bedding onto a clean spot. I don't worry about getting aLOT with one fork, because then I have to go slower to not drop any or miss a spot. Instead, I go for speed on smaller loads to make up for the small quantity per load.
In the paddocks i just use my ride on mower, but with my yards/stables I just chuck it in my quad trailer. If my quad isn’t working I use my wheel barrow.
In fact geldings are just as messy as mares. Only stallions sniff the poop and turn around to put their mark on the pile. Geldings and mares just sniff, but do not turn around. Maybe if a gelding was castrated at an older age he will keep the habit. But I have a Friesian stallion who poops all over the place, and I had mares who were very clean.
Omg u are so funny
No but seriously, the poop smells good.