Whose “Poo”ing at the Ranch?
… Delicately called “poo” or “potty”
Around a ranch or farm …
A great Ecosystem Service for fertilizer, fuel, food (for other critters/insects), and building materials !
“cow pie” : cattle
“pats” or “patties” : bovine – cows, oxen, bison, buffalo
a great source of fuel, plaster and bricks!
“road apples” : horses
“pellets” : rabbit (in and out)
“nanny berries” : goats
“squirt” : poultry-chickens, geese, turkeys, ducks
chickens don’t pee. The liquid and solids are excreted from
the same orifice.
“perfume” : buck urine (goats in particular)
“Dip” : sheep
“tootsie rolls” : cat
“scat” : cat (and wild critters who sometimes
invade ranch grounds) (dogs favorite candy)
“sprinkles” : mouse
“beans” : llama
“nugget” : llama
“gold” : llama
“poop” : dog
“guano” : bat (also seafowl)
“droppings” : birds
“mulch” : Poo & straw or old hay mixture
“dung”
“manure”
“bricks”
“excretement”
“muck”
“plop”
“present”
“crap”
gathered by:
Kate Borton, All Mosta Ranch Montana
Evelyn Gillispie, Butterfly Farm