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Yankiwi
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 Pony Poo de-wormed? - 2005/11/29 20:00 This is the second time I've tried to use the new forum. My first post is out there in the ether somewhere.Does the Preview button work?

My questions are:

1. Is there any way to tell if horse manure is from a recently de-wormed horse if the owner of the horse is not available to ask?(Other than using it in a worm bin and killing all the worms!) There are unattended roadside stands in New Zealand selling Pony Poo by the bagful.

2.Will the de-worming chemicals break down into harmless components if the manure is exposed to the sun while it rots?

3. If so, how long should it take?

Thanks for any help on this topic.
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redhen
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 Re:Pony Poo de-wormed? - 2005/11/29 20:27 I do not know the time frame for how long it takes for de-worming medicine to break down, perhaps 2-3 weeks, but it does break down, and then is safe to use. Susan Quinby-Honer
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Yankiwi
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 Re:Pony Poo de-wormed? - 2005/11/29 20:54 Thank you, Susan, that's the answer I was hoping for!

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Kuznles
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 Re:Pony Poo de-wormed? - 2005/12/01 00:13 Back in the spring I went to my neighbors farm and was gathering fresh cow manure to mix with my compost. While talking to him, I found out that he had dewormed his herd 4 days before. Since I was planning to use it for my compost, I didn't worry about it too much, but then I found that as I was sliding my shovel under the poo, there were several worms all around the edge of it apparently not bothered by the poison. I gathered some of the worms and poo and put them in a separate test bin. The poo never bothered the worms and they just kept on producing and staying healthy. KuznLes

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Judy
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 Re:Pony Poo de-wormed? - 2005/12/02 15:55 There is probably a murphy's law that if a person doesn't NEED the worms, the poo won't hurt them.

Seriously, maybe it needs to be applied to worms in the animal's system and isn't as toxic to worms after digestion.

hmmm When Life Gives You Scraps, Make A Quilt.
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Kuznles
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 Re:Pony Poo de-wormed? - 2005/12/05 01:32 Yep, I didn't do it very well Judy Ann, but that was the point I was trying to make. Actualy I have used manure that I knew was from freshly wormed animals and it has never killed my worms. I think by the time it cools off so the worms can eat it, the toxidity, at least for worms, is gone. KuznLes

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 Re:Pony Poo de-wormed? - 2006/10/03 22:00 I honestly think everyone is paranoid about the worming of livestock killing our earthworms. In the wild the earthworms flourish on fresh manure and most cattle sheep and horses are wormed very regularly. There is a vaste difference to the parasitic worms that these were designed to kill than our lovely earthworm. I would hate to say how many kilo's of horse dung I put in my nins about two weeks ago and the worms are loveing it. The place I got the horse manure worms every four weeks. I will be getting more from there for sure but don't think I will need to for a while now as my worms are in the sh*t up to there ears lol
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