Pig Oil and Sulphur.

I get mine from Heavy Horse Supplies and mix myself

http://www.heavyhorsesupplies.co.uk/

or you can get it from Matthew Burks - http://www.matthewburks.co.uk/ he does it ready mixed if you prefer.

You can get it on ebay but not the cheapest.

Some feed/agricultural places do it - 5 litres should be about £15 and if it is for mud fever, the oil by itself will probably do the trick. The sulphur keeps skin in good condition, with the oil prevents mites and keeps the hair white. Flower of sulphur can be bought in some garden centres.
 
Most tack shops will get you pig oil, think Battles do it for ~£17

as Theresa_F says, garden centres for flowers of sulphur.
Wear gloves when putting it on as its pretty grim! Pig oil on its own is great for the hands
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we use it in tails and manes too!
 
Yep P&S will turn white gold black and you have to sneak out of the house to get them recoated before OH notices.
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Wonderful stuff though can be bit messy until you get the hang of applying it.

If anyone wants the huge PM I do about how to use the stuff and keep feathered horses with perfect show condition hair and mite free, send me a PM and I will send it to you.
 
Lol have a bit of an OCD about oil/moisturiser/juice on my hands so will defo be using gloves!

Ill pass T_F lol, ive used it before, but it was brought off a girl at the yard and got binned when i had ted lol!!!!

And mare has no feather lol.

Lou x
 
Is this only for horses with feathers or can it be used on non feathered horses too? And I know the thread says just pig oil is good for mud fever prevention but is there some benefit in adding the sulphur anyway. Or would that be a waste of time as only relates to mites?

Apologies for thread hi-jacking
 
I use pig oil all the time on my boy, but haven't plucked up the courage for the sulphur yet. Applying pig oil on it's own is quite pleasant, my boy loves it (free leg massage) and my hands are great afterwards.

Can't answer about non feathered horses though I wouldn't have thought it could hurt - it's much like smell-free baby oil really. I get mine from Mole Valley Farmers in big white containers with 'Pig Oil' written on the side, the other liveries think it's hilarious.

I thought the sulphur was mostly for the whitening effect? Pig oil on it's own sorted out his mites.
 
I also like the stuff and will be getting some more of it for this winter. Have been singing the praises of pig oil and sulphur powder at my new yard as some people had never heard of it. Have told some people with hairies and also a lady with a horse that has no feathers but has two white socks that gets mud rash. Have advised to get some and put on before we get the mud bath of winter and it works out a lot cheaper than other mud rash preventatives in my opinion.
Brilliant stuff in my book
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Please can someone enlighten me - what is pig oil and sulphur?

My TB mare has 4 white socks and gets awful mud fever.

Many thanks,

Rachael
 
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