  Observability of half-quantum vortices and skyrmions in p-wave
superconductors is an outstanding open question. Under the most common
conditions, fractional flux vortices are not thermodynamically stable in bulk
samples. Here we show that in chiral p-wave superconductors, there is a regime
where, in contrast lattices of integer flux vortices are not thermodynamically
stable. Instead skyrmions made of spatially separated half-quantum vortices are
the topological defects produced by an applied external field.
