Moulting???

[pottamus]

My lad has started to shed hairs of his coat...does he know something I dont or is it just that everything is confused because we have had no cold weather? Anyone elses horses starting to shed a bit?

 

[Polos Mum]

Just posted this on the light at 5pm thread - yep mine has his coat coming out in handfuls. I'd love to believe him as we've barely even had a frost yet but sadly I suspect it's more to do with the day length than his weather forecasting.

Actually cancel that I'd like some cold weather so we can be mud free for a few days.

 

[Tess Love]

My lad has started to shed hairs of his coat...does he know something I dont or is it just that everything is confused because we have had no cold weather? Anyone elses horses starting to shed a bit?

Out of interest what breed is he as friends NF is moulting like mad but my Welsh D nothing?

 

[landyandy]

my mare is starting to lose her hair, she is a irish sport horse, I was very shocked.

 

[Goldenstar]

My TB is moulting , it's light triggered and the days are getting longer.

 

[touchstone]

Mine's been shedding since xmas, same as usual!

 

[Gloi]

Icelandic mare has just started moulting. None of the others have, including the other Icelandic.

 

[HaffiesRock]

This time last year a similar thread came out and I remember posting that my yak was still holding on to his hair, only to find him the next day in full on moult! So I expect my NF and Haffy will start shedding tomorrow, followed by the freezing weather the next day!

 

[texas]

The only one of mine moulting is the one fully clipped and living out in a m/w neckless rug, who is losing the regrowth.

 

[catkin]

Mine change coat colour very slightly a few days before they start shedding. Noticed it a few days ago - sure enough, they've started losing the fur today.

 

[AdorableAlice]

It is governed by daylight. I also have four mares in season.

 

[TandD]

Yep....roll on the hairy human! All be finished by May......then July hits and I'm back to looking like some yeti x chimp thing!

Soooo one last clip of the winter coming up!

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

Clipped on Saturday (just a bib) as the veteran with a coat like a mammoth is starting to shed - I noticed a build up of loose hair behind the saddle today when OH was riding. The two youngers ones are hanging onto their much thinner coats.

 

[crazyhorse37]

Mine always starts on the shortest day of the year. Most of the horses at my yard are moulting a little already. It's to do with the daylight hours, as soon as the days get lighter it triggers them to start loosing their coat - totally normal.

 

[MochaDun]

It's the change in the length of daylight that kicks off the moult - shortest day was a month ago. Like others, my native/cob cross underway since then - though amount of hair he does shed of a day seems to be based on the temperature variance at the moment.

 

[Talyn]

My cobs have been moulting since mid December!