Confession time, am having a huge blonde moment with rugs!

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Ok as title really, have lost the plot entirely with rugs and Pidge
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He's out in the day and in at night. He is currently in the same weight rug outside as he is inside and seems perfectly warm when I fetch him in and when I get there in the mornings. So is this right or does he need another layer overnight? I just can't remember and am having a serious blonde moment
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In an indoor barn, has a window at back of box which the top part is always part open (on a slant) and the doors of the barn are never shut unless it is chucking it down as it rains in.
 
Mind you, I have internal stables and they are pretty cold. When I bring horses in I always have to put an extra rug on them as they are much warmer if they are out in the barns with the other horses.

Pidge, if you buy a thermometer then you can check the temperatures both outside and inside (I live by thermometers over here) but also take into account that if the horse is stabled then it can't move around to keep warmer.
 
I guess it depends on your stabling, our indoor stables get really warm, they dont have windows only the doors, and the barn isnt very big.

Good idea about the thermometer!
 
Who needs a thermometer when they are known as the weather queen
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my favourite site bar here is the BBC Weather
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I tried to get my head round the fact that outside in the day its warmer and they are moving around, but then you have to take the wind chill into account. And inside at night its colder and they are not moving around so much but got my mind in a total tizz
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He does live in his outdoor rug as its breathable (unless absolutely soaked) and I can't see the point in taking off a warm outdoor to put on a cold indoor if not riding.
I check Pidge's temp by holding the base of his ears to see how warm he is and he seems fine.
I can't even remember what I did last winter, is that a sign of old age creeping up on me?
 
My stable block is only small too but the poos freeze solid overnight and you need a pick axe to get them up off the rubber matting in the morning
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. Hence my preferred option to use large barns for the majority of the horses.

What fun it is over here.
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I would usually put an extra layer on pickle overnight but mainly because his stable leaks and is drafty and if the rain is coming in from a certain direction he gets soaked! in the winter I put his stable rugs on with his LW turnout on over to keep his rugs dry!
 
No it's not fun at all - have no sympathy though - I chose to come here LOL!!

The temperatures are generally around -20 celsius for the most part of the winter, however we do get days where it is -7 or -8 and then we have other days which are -40.

On the super-cold days, the wee, freezes to the bedding and once again you have to gouge it up with a shovel or something with sharp edges. On the less cold days it is just like mucking out a regular bed.
 
good god and I thought it got cold over here!
I will remember that vision of you taking a pick axe to the poo and gouging the wee off the floor when I'm having a bad muck out day and thank myself we don't get that cold over here
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LOL!! Now you understand my choice to keep my horses here outside 24/7.
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This is a fool-proof way of keeping them - big barns where they can all congregate and go in and out as they please - then have all the barns mechanically cleared in the Spring and again in the Fall.

Mind you, I feel sorry for you guys most of the time with all your mud....that's something we rarely have and only if the temperatures don't go cold enough, so there is a hefty bonus in having super-cold temperatures.
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You could always put Thermatex leg wraps on instead. Apparently they are the equivalent of adding another rug without the extra weight.
 
George is in the same weight rug at day and at night and he is in an outdoor stable - he seems warm enough to me, the YO checks them about 10-11pm and will tell me if he's a bit chilly.
 
I'd be inclined to put an extra thin rug or something on the horse if it is stabled overnight...as they can't run around to warm up...as they can outdoors.
Tia - I'm not good with the cold so -20oC is my idea of hell.
There was a longish cold spell here a few winters ago (well, to you it would have been mild
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) and when I tried to poo pick the field I broke all my poo pickers and stubbed my toes trying to get the damn things free of the ground
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