Pif & Paf are going through one of their many colour changes at the moment as dark winter coat comes out and pale spring one comes through. How cute are Pif's multi-coloured ears!
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3-tone ears **added pics of coat changes**
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Oh yes they go through several changes throughout the year. About to go to bed but I will go through my photos tomorrow and try to find a range of them throughout the seasons! They can be anything from near-black, various shades of grey, almost blue-roan at times, to totally white in spring. This is the first time I've noticed 3 colours on one ear though!
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There is something lovely about roaning - I was never sure about it with piggy at first but have come to love it - he is returning to brown black and white from all white too 
Ok have gone through and found some photos to show how they change.
They winter out unclipped and unrugged as not in work, and natural coat colour is dark. Changes slightly according to how and when they were clipped that year, as type and timing of clip varies according to weather and workload. First pic here is from Nov 2013 and second is the start of Feb 2014, the longlining pics were taken Feb 2015. Winter-time Pif has very obvious white patches on shoulder and bum.
Springtime coat change. This photo was taken at the start of April 2014 - so this is what their spring coat looks like when they only had 1 clip the previous year. White hairs start coming in, mixing with the winter black and starting to make them a bit roany. Also a brownish tinge in places (Paf in particular gets quite a brown head in spring).
And so by May time almost completely white, just in time to start moulting it everywhere!
But here's some cool pics from this spring In March we had a sudden, very un-Normandy-like heatwave and as the boys had just started driving again after their winter break and were unfit and hairy, they had a half-body clip to help with the sweating. So this is Pif after the clip on 14th March - back end still in its dark winter hair, front end newly-clipped, and between the two you can see the white spring hairs coming through. If you look at his belly you can also see how thick his winter coat was - this is why they need clipping when they come back into work!).
And this is the fun part. I took these pics today - just 8 weeks after the above photo, the clipped part that was pale is now dark (summer coat) and the hairy part that was dark (winter coat) is now white! Amazing colour changing ponies
They winter out unclipped and unrugged as not in work, and natural coat colour is dark. Changes slightly according to how and when they were clipped that year, as type and timing of clip varies according to weather and workload. First pic here is from Nov 2013 and second is the start of Feb 2014, the longlining pics were taken Feb 2015. Winter-time Pif has very obvious white patches on shoulder and bum.
Springtime coat change. This photo was taken at the start of April 2014 - so this is what their spring coat looks like when they only had 1 clip the previous year. White hairs start coming in, mixing with the winter black and starting to make them a bit roany. Also a brownish tinge in places (Paf in particular gets quite a brown head in spring).
And so by May time almost completely white, just in time to start moulting it everywhere!
But here's some cool pics from this spring
In March we had a sudden, very un-Normandy-like heatwave and as the boys had just started driving again after their winter break and were unfit and hairy, they had a half-body clip to help with the sweating. So this is Pif after the clip on 14th March - back end still in its dark winter hair, front end newly-clipped, and between the two you can see the white spring hairs coming through. If you look at his belly you can also see how thick his winter coat was - this is why they need clipping when they come back into work!).And this is the fun part. I took these pics today - just 8 weeks after the above photo, the clipped part that was pale is now dark (summer coat) and the hairy part that was dark (winter coat) is now white! Amazing colour changing ponies
Summer colour. These photos are from July 2013 (first pic) and July 2014 (other two). You can see from Paf's legs what colour their summer coat might end up if they didn't get clipped.
And finally these photos show what they look like heading towards autumn. Still pale, but getting a smoky grey / bluish tinge as the darker winter hairs start to come through. First three pics were Sept 2011, the next two were taken Sept 2014. And the final pic was taken in November - back to their winter colour. Cool aren't they!
And finally these photos show what they look like heading towards autumn. Still pale, but getting a smoky grey / bluish tinge as the darker winter hairs start to come through. First three pics were Sept 2011, the next two were taken Sept 2014. And the final pic was taken in November - back to their winter colour. Cool aren't they!
That really is cool, I love the clipped/unclipped colour swaps, and they look like a great little pair, what fun
Those are awesome photos .
The color changes are Amazing!
I love those lovely plaited tail bums.
They look fabulous under harness!!
.The color changes are Amazing!
I love those lovely plaited tail bums
.They look fabulous under harness!!
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