Dilema, not sure what to do?

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Due to the mad weather that we have been having, the yard i am at is frozen over and is too dangerous to walk my horses across it, my cob already lives out so i have decided that my youngster will live out untill it becomes safe again (better stuck out than in IMO). this is fine as he still gets fed twice/day, has a roll of haylage in the field and is rugged up.

However i am worried that his feathers are going to burn off in the snow and his mane will get rubbed by having his full neck TO on 24/7. i checked his mane this morning and there was definatley hair coming away :(

I want to show him in the summer (welsh D) so obv want to try and keep his feathers etc, what should i do to try and stop them being damaged? i have some pig oil that im going to put on (i need to try and get him back into the stable first to let his legs dry off), would this work on the mane too?

any other suggestions?
 
Yep, me too would have a no neck rug.

You say it's a youngster - so I assume you mean a youngster that's not yet in work - therefore not clipped. And if it's a Welsh D, he shouldn't need a full neck rug anyway. (I'd be checking that he's not too warm, rather than thinking he migh tbe cold!).

Sorry, no advice on the feathers though.
 
Pig oil for the feathers - I put it quite a way up the legs on mine and I wouldn't have a neck on the rug, if he gets too warm he will lose hair from his mane.
 
god no hes a cold boy, hence why he has a full neck on (hes rising two) i am a non rugger by heart much prefering to have them naked, my cob lives out naked and that was the plan for this boy too however he honestly is a cold pony (my first lol)

also i dont have a standard neck for him that fits anymore, and with christmas etc I wont have the money to buy a new one untill next month at the earliest

I am hoping that this is just a short term thing and i will be able to get him back in again soon (she says with fingers crossed)
 
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