following on from Trewsers thread

[fairlady]

Would you rug a Traditional Foal.............he is 6 months old, quite a dense coat.............I guess if it turns really wet I will but would prefer to leave au naturelle tbh as rugs and foals equal accidents waiting to happen, lol.

What would you do, or have done ?

 

[Soozy]

Our YOs foal has just got a rug he is probably not quite 4 months old but the weather here is cold wet and windy and the field is quite exposed. Mother is a Clydie x cob and sire is the showjumping stallion Hemmingway. Foal is very long legged but also quite chunky.

 

[skyenfaye]

We havent ever rugged Kira and Storm, and the field doesn't have much shelter and they have both handled it pretty well...:wink:

 

[MissMare]

I rugged a 9 month old Welsh D in March when I bought him. He moved to a colder part of the country and went from inside (rugged?) to outside so I had to really. He is unrugged this year so far.

I would see how he gets on, wetness and wind will be your problem but as long as he is healthy and fed plenty he should be fine.

 

[Dark Storm]

Bailey had a little foal rug, but only because he was so tiny.. I still have it :wub:

 

[Dreamster]

Provided there is plenty of shelter and he has lots of grass or hay to stoke his engine then I wouldn't rug him.

 

[Native Lover]

I didn't rug the foals but they were stabled the first winter.

Since then they have lived out unrugged,perfectly fine even through all the snow last year, They get plenty of hay to keep them warm.

 

[cat&theherd]

Walter wasnt rugged as a foal and he was out in some serious snow as a baby. Last year we has a few babies on my yard and only one was rugged. He had arrived as a 7week old without mum and adopted by ym. He was only rugged as he hadnt quite caught up. If baby seems happy and hasn't been rugged before I don't see any desparate need to rug him