The hair that's coming out of the horses is coming out in droves now! They've been wisely holding out until the weather finally broke for good. Getting out on pasture and taking in some of that fresh green grass seems to have triggered the sped-up shedding process even more. All winter, we keep the horses in a sacrifice area right behind the horse barn. There we feed big round bales in a feeder. The area can get quite muddy in the spring, but it saves the pasture for the rest of the year. Once the grass has gotten a good 4 - 6" growth to it, we then let the horses out to enjoy.
They stare longingly across the gate, willing the grass to grow on some days! We're not quite ready to let them out there yet. The ground is still very soft and we have more rain on the way, so we want to hold off a bit longer. We just haven't had enough warm weather to give the grass much growth yet either. Maybe next week, or the following. Until then, they'll have to munch their big round bales a little bit longer.
I also found a long-handled shedding comb in the bottom of an old tack box. Atleast now when I'm grooming them, I don't get quite so covered in balls of hair. The shedding comb promptly unloads with every stroke, so there's little that gets all over me. Yippee! Now, when I come up to the house after horse chores at night, I don't look like a fuzzy grizzly bear!
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