WOOD FLOUR HELP PLEASE?

[KINDMARE]

Hi - Please could anyone advise the time it would take for heavily feathered legs to dry out after washing using wood flour.
My show class isnt until the afternoon and although i will wash legs the night before i am not happy at leaving her in all morning. So if i turn her out with all this mud i will have to rewash before i go. i have not used wood flour before so dont know how long it takes using it for the feathers to dry and fluff up?
Thank you x

 

[Leo Walker]

you use the wood flour on dry legs dont you? I'd imagine it makes a gloopy sticky mess otherwise. I'd wash and bandage the night before, then coat them in a mix of chalk and water paste. Really cover all the hair. Then when you bring in you can just wash it off and they will be clean. Saying that, there is zero chance of me turning a hairy horse out ever in the morning before showing, never mind in the current bog like conditons!

 

[KINDMARE]

you use the wood flour on dry legs dont you? I'd imagine it makes a gloopy sticky mess otherwise. I'd wash and bandage the night before, then coat them in a mix of chalk and water paste. Really cover all the hair. Then when you bring in you can just wash it off and they will be clean. Saying that, there is zero chance of me turning a hairy horse out ever in the morning before showing, never mind in the current bog like conditons!

Apparently you use the wood flour to dry the legs - rub it in then brush out.

 

[Petalpoos]

I do not think it will be possible to get legs dry by the afternoon so you may have to reconsider letting her out in the morning. Could you not just walk her in hand in the morning and let her munch some non-muddy grass?

 

[Gloi]

We bed on sawdust and when I fetch him in wet I rub the clean sawdust in his feathers , brush it out and then repeat and by then they are usually dry. He doesn't have trad cob type feathers though, just moderately hairy.
Just trial it on a day you don't have a show.

 

[Leandy]

Why would you turn out to get dirty again on the morning of a show?? That aside, hair drier?? Never done it myself but must be doable if you get them used to it first.

 

[scrat]

We use it on our shires. Make sure you buy a from a reputable source otherwise it can be yellowish. You can mix with white chalk powder. Wash and towel dry, apply liberally. This will help to draw out the rest of the moisture from the feather. Leave in for 20 minutes or so then brush out. You can rub through a bit more chalk powder if you wish and brush this out just before you are ready. A word of warning, this is messy so don't do this in your show clothes, better still have a handy helper/groom and keep your brushes separate.
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[ElleSkywalker]

I wash my feathery beast the am of a show, towel the legs to get drips off then wood flour the hell out of them. I tend to leave it in till get to show then brush out but would be dry before if u wanted to brush out sooner

 

[KINDMARE]

We use it on our shires. Make sure you buy a from a reputable source otherwise it can be yellowish. You can mix with white chalk powder. Wash and towel dry, apply liberally. This will help to draw out the rest of the moisture from the feather. Leave in for 20 minutes or so then brush out. You can rub through a bit more chalk powder if you wish and brush this out just before you are ready. A word of warning, this is messy so don't do this in your show clothes, better still have a handy helper/groom and keep your brushes separate.
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Thank you - this is just the reply i was after! i will follow your instructions. Many thanks x

 

[KINDMARE]

I wash my feathery beast the am of a show, towel the legs to get drips off then wood flour the hell out of them. I tend to leave it in till get to show then brush out but would be dry before if u wanted to brush out sooner

Thanks ElleSkywalker - that reply is very helpful x