Re: Keeping Horses Warm

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

If it was in Breckenridge in the winter time, I guess by "setting their
hair"  he meant coating them with a layer of ice. A few years ago here in
Montana we had a week of 80 below counting wind-chill...we had a first calf
heifer fall through the ice into the river...she got out but instantly was
incased, from head to toe, in full-body ice armor!!!  And so she stayed for
over 10 ten days until  it warmed up a bit...A week later she had a healthy
calf.
     Because the mist would freeze into ice on top of their winter coats and
not directly on their skin...seems like it would work as a kind of
insulation. But our horses were out in the same 80 below storm...and they
were just fine..not even a frost bit ear.
     With a low that you are expecting of 30 degrees...I think a soaking
with a fine mist would only make your horse very wet!!!

----- Original Message -----
From: Robin Everett <robin_everett@yahoo.com>
To: List Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: RC: Keeping Horses Warm


> Tonight at my barn my horse was a bit cold after being
> out in the rain all day, so I put his sheet on him and
> gave him extra hay.  This is N. Cal., and the temp.
> was in the 50s, with lows predicted for low 30s
> overnight.  The wrangler told me a story his brother
> told him about how he saw some people helping their
> horses stay warm. (This was in Breckenridge,
> Colorado.) Seems they turned a hose adjusted to a very
> fine mist on the horses to "set" their hair.  Neither
> the wrangler nor I knew whether this was a valid
> option in colder climes, an old wives' tale, or
> actually dangerous to the horses.  I've heard about
> doing this to fruit trees before a frost, but don't
> know about doing it to horses.  Any comments?
>
> Robin
>
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