Do you keep in overnight once clipped out?

[Pidgeon]

Just intrigued really as several people I know bring their horses in overnight once they have clipped them. Pidge was fully clipped 3 weeks ago and is still out at night in a fly rug, though has a sheet on tonight as came in covered in poo stains as had obviously rolled 100 times in some poo in the field, dirty horse so fly rug in the wash

 

[hoggedmane]

No I keep my mare out fully clipped and rugged until the weather is really foul (and then it would make the fields a mess). She gets too warm to rug unless she is clipped.

 

[dwi]

No, D is still out and will be for as long as possible. Its not cold at the moment, especially while it stays dry.

 

[CrazyMare]

Yep!

Barely leave mine out 24/7 at all tbh. They are out day/in night or vice versa all year.

ATM I'm planning on clipping one, and shes already wearing a MW.

 

[3Beasties]

Mine are still out, won't come in until it gets cold and wet. They are both fully clipped and rugged.

 

[miss_c]

Nope. Genie was fully clipped Saturday and is out at night with a rainsheet on, and she's warm in it.

 

[AmyMay]

At this time of the year, providing they are appropriately rugged, then I see no reason why they shouldn't stay out.

However, once the weather gets colder, and or wet then imo they should come in.

Is he really warm enough in just a fly sheet?

 

[arwenplusone]

I clipped my boy last week, three nights this week he has worn a sheet which he has been warm as toast in. Twice he has been naked.

Tonight he has something a little thicker on as it has got colder up here. But he will stay out at night until the end of october.

 

[Pidgeon]

Oh yes even when its dropped to 6. he's ISH with more TB than ID and is lovely and warm, when it was -11.5 last winter he was in a MW (200g) rug

This is him and as you can see he isn't exactly carrying much fat on him

 

[AmyMay]

God, I love him......

Gimme, gimme, gimme!

 

[Patches]

P has been fully clipped out twice and will be done again before this weekend.

I will admit she has a lighter medium weight on overnight as they graze on the side of hill where the wind whips up from the motorway. Some mornings the temperature has been 4 degrees and there's not much grass there (although I do put some haylage out most evenings now)

I take it off in the day though. I'm keeping her out as long as I dare.

 

[Jay89]

Archie and Mouse are both fully clipped and atm are out at night with just a light turnout on, when it gets colder and fields are mushed up they will come in at night.

 

[rara007]

Pip is fully clipped and in no rugs

He won't come in at night atall this year

 

[Lill]

Blue is full clipped, no rug during the day and LWTO rainsheet on at night.

Its still quite warm here so he is fine in that!

 

[KatB]

Yep, mine is fully clipped and still out. She is in a rain sheet in the day (no shelter) or a MW wug, and her MW at night