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Location: Wisconsin | Besides putting a sheet on all summer, just wondering what you people do or feed that have jet black horses to keep them from fading to a brown? What about the main and tail as well? |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Flax seed and good nutrition & worming program, and keeping them up during the day. I think genetics plays into it too. |
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 Lived to tell about it and will never do it again
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| My heading horse is a grulla, he is such a pretty silver under his mane but the rest of him fades out. I thought about getting a uv sun screen sheet for this summer but it seems like even if they aren't in the sun they fade where they sweat. |
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| Paprika! It really does work. I give mine flaxseed and a tablespoon of paprika in his grain every night. You want to get on it before they finish shedding. |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | You can buy a powdered feed supplement called "Black as Knight". I got cheap and don't feed it anymore, I think its about $30/month. But I promise you, it works. I ckecked, the main ingredient is, I think, paprika. as far as manes and tails bleaching out on the ends, about twice a year I dye her mane n tail tips with Revlon Black hair dye. Yup! |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | Jenet - 2014-03-08 8:50 PM Paprika! It really does work. I give mine flaxseed and a tablespoon of paprika in his grain every night. You want to get on it before they finish shedding.
How much flaxseed? |
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Forever Tan
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Location: Wisconsin | Jenet - 2014-03-08 8:50 PM Paprika! It really does work. I give mine flaxseed and a tablespoon of paprika in his grain every night. You want to get on it before they finish shedding.
Never heard of using Paprika too funny, but how much each day do you feed? |
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| I feed 1/2 cup of flax and 1 tablespoon of paprika. I start paprika the beginning of February when they start shedding. And the paprika works for all colors! My palomino was dark gold when I had him on it.
Also you want to rinse sweat off as much as possible. I have a UV sheet, but he would sweat underneath it which in turn would cause him to bleach in the areas he sweat.
This is summer of 2012, I didn't use paprika or flax.
Here is last summer with both flax and paprika.
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Lived to tell about it and will never do it again
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| We feed straight Alfalfa so adding stuff is kinda hard. |
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Sock Snob
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| I had a black mare had brown in her ears. But keeping her,out of the sun. Also washing the sweat off even if you dont ride. My mare still got a little mousey by august. Also ypu can keep them body clipped. Light grey and white horses can do,the same thing. Also a little hair,color.
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | I agree with Fairweather, that genetics do play a roll....a true black horse stays black no matter what. I had a black mare who never dulled in summer, I didn't give her any special feed or keep her out of the sun, she would shine up blacker as the summer went on. |
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| Jenet - 2014-03-08 9:50 PM
Paprika! It really does work. I give mine flaxseed and a tablespoon of paprika in his grain every night. You want to get on it before they finish shedding.
does this work for pally's to??
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| ooops... seen the other post.. |
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| Haven't tried the paprika but I do feed black oil sunflower seeds and mine stays shiny black! Added bonus it seems to help with flies too so my dun and sorrel are getting them too! I have like a third of the flies that I see at other barns where I go to work
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| I second the paprika! I feed it to my dark bay gelding, and not only does our darken him it makes his dapples pop! |
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