This message is from: "carl nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> could it possibly have something with the amount of fat a horse has on it's body??? randi in wisc. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Ernest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:38 PM Subject: Re:Fuzzy coats
> This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Anita, have you ever noticed that stallions have a different texture coat > than geldings? Weaver's stallion Anvil's Rikolv, when he was here, had a > shorter, coarser textured coat than the geldings and mares and shed out > earlier, and I notice the same thing with Brunner's Stallion, Pipestone > Boomer's Ander. But when Brunners got Ander as a yearling, he was terribly > thin, malnurished and the size of a six month weanling. His coat was > extremely long and shaggy, just as you said, malnurishment caused this. > Now he is a mature stallion and has the shortest winter coat of their herd, > with that "harder" texture, and he sheds out earlier. > > Has anybody else observed a difference in their stallions' winter coat > compared to non stallions? > > Jean in Fairbanks, Alaska > > > >Leidjo did have a short fuzzy coat in the winter. Didn't matter how cold > it got in Alberta or here in > >B.C. never did grew long. > >Most of his offspring have > ************************************************************ > Jean Ernest > Fairbanks, Alaska > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
