Will your foal(s)....

[MillionDollar]

stay out 24/7 during the winter? Or do you get them in at night? And does anyone rug them up?

Just wondering really as mine have been out 24/7 but I wondering if they'll need to come in when the weather gets bad. I think they should be fine as we used to have about 30 TB foals kept on our farm and they all lived out 24/7 without any rugs all through the winter.

 

[StaceyTanglewood]

I bring them in for there first winter and dont rug then they normally stay out for there 2nd and 3rd winters rugged up x

 

[lucysnapshot]

my foal will be coming in on a night and will be rugged up in bad weather

 

[reynold]

out about 6 hours and in rest of time and not rugged

yearlings onwards I rug in the winter

 

[volatis]

Mine live oit happily rugged, very sheltered field.
I did bring them in for a month or so last year just for some extra handling and out of the very worst of the weather, but they probably would have been happy to stay out

 

[amandathepanda]

I always bring mine in & rug them but I use it as a way of keeping them well handled so they grow into polite horses.

 

[Enfys]

Mine will live out, rugged.

 

[TFS]

mine live in at night with a rug i like to barn them in the 2nd and 3rd winter but atm thats not possible so everything will be coming in at night this winter

 

[maestro]

Ours are barned in the winter, we are on clay which goes bottomless. Our youngsters dont see rugs until they are starting work, I dont rug anything that is not clipped unless ill or old.

 

[MissIndependance]

Unless they start dropping condition they will live out unrugged - other than a touch of rainscald on one of the coloureds I've never had any problems with this in the past

 

[amandaco2]

mine stayed out in the day and in at night.

 

[seaofdreams]

Mine is out 24/7, not rugged yet as doesn't seem to need it, but they do have a field shelter

Hx

 

[S_N]

Should I find somewhere else to keep mine (not foal I know, but yrlng), he will be rugged and out 24/7. Ideally I'd like to have a run in shed for them.

 

[henryhorn]

Ours normally live out with barn shelters with ad lib haylage inside, some get rugged up (we leave that as late on as possible) others don't.
Last year all bar one were rugged because she had a coat like a polar bear and would have been far too hot with a rug on.
This year the foal who was ill wil be kept in every night but all most days in order for him to never get chilled and to hopefully catch up on his growth.
I never used to rug any but one year we had a gang who flatly refused to share either shelter with the rest of the herd, and after seeing them tucked up and miserable I invested in various rugs.

 

[Irishcobs]

Out 24/7 but with access to large barn and ab lib hay. Will bring to main yard/stable if ill or really unhappy out but never had it happen yet.
We are in a dilema this year though as normally the youngstock live in the barn field but we are worried about putting two very playful 3 year olds in with 2 weanlings, so I think the 3 yr olds will have to rough it in another field with good hedge shelter.

 

[MissMistletoe]

My mare (in her 20's) and foal (born july) will be out 24/7 in a well sheltered 8 acre field with oodles of grass. I have brought filly a Masta lightweight turnout that i will only put on her in windy rain conditions. I will stable them overnight once a week only, and this is to give their feet a chance to dry out and to apply barrier creams. I wouldnt like them to have to be squashed in a shared stable every night!!! In the ideal world i would like to keep them in the open barn system way, but it's about compromising at livery yards and im lucky to have found a yard with 24 hr t.out.

 

[magic104]

Dont have a choice they will come in at night & last yr I was pressured into rugging the foal because he looked so depressed when it rained all day! So this yr if this colt needs to go out in the rain then he will wear the rug if it fits. I have a feeling though that this one is more likely to rip at it & anyone else wearing one!! But I would rather they went out then stuck in a stable all day.

 

[apkelly01]

Currently mine are living out 24/7 unrugged. Bandit will be weaned at 6 months and will be going to Sligo were he will be in at night and out during the day. Super will be back at the old livery yard and will be back to work - so she'll be slightly clipped and then out during the day, in at night and will be rugged.

 

[Tempi]

I know Blossys isnt due until next year, however it will be coming in at night over the winter, but it wont be rugged up.

 

[measles]

Our mare and foal have been out from 7am - 6pm and in at night since the foal was born. Keeps the foal handled and I know that they are safe and snug and warm. And yes, she'll have a rug on when she's weaned - thoroughly spolied!