shedding

Every year, when it is still cold out both day and night, the Jersey cattle start to look awful. Like the equivalent of mange in a dog.

We wonder what is happening.

And then temperatures warm. And we realize they are shedding, and the winter coat and summer coat are 2 different colors. Nothing is wrong. Just the change of season.

They rub on anything that will not break. Clumps of hair fall off. And the birds pick them up and make it a part of their nests.