Re: Re: fly control

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

Hi, Pat.  Glad someone else thinks as I do.  Our Summers are very hot and
wet, and flies are a huge problem, and I have found the only answer to be
fastidious cleaning of stables and paddocks.  My stables are mucked out
every day, and the shavings swept up the walls and disinfectant applied to
the floor.  When the horses come in out of the heat between 12 and 3,
droppings are picked up every half hour (if necessary) in the stables.


Other tips : break off pieces of lavender and sprinkle in your shavings.
Plant basil and mint in pots around the stable.  Keep chickens near the
stable (they go after any tiny bits of manure which you miss).


Good luck guys.  We're in winter now, and the only good thing about it is :
no flies, no mosquitoes, no midges.  No RAIN.


Tracey
-----Original Message-----
From: superpat <superpat@gateway.net>
To: Barb Reid <tothedogs@earthlink.net>; ridecamp@endurance.net
<ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 6:21 AM
Subject: RC: Re: fly control


>
>Hi Michael,
>Flies are , it seems, an unpleasant constant in summer. I have very little
>problem with flies at the barn. It is kept clear of any manure or urine and
>so does not seem to be an attractant. I have tried various fly baits and
>traps as well as feeding garlic, but the most effective fly control I have
>found is fastidious attention to cleaning the field each day. I have five
>horses who are turned out at night and kept in the barn and paddocks during
>the hot days. It only takes an hour or so to clear the field of the nights
>droppings and it definitely makes a difference in the number of flies
>buzzing around. Swat is an ointment which is made specifically as a fly
>deterrent and either the clear or the heavy pink ointment is very effective
>at keeping the flies out of wounds.
>Pat Super
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Barb Reid <tothedogs@earthlink.net>
>To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:24 AM
>Subject: RC: fly control
>
>
>> >
>> >  My wife is the endurance ridding one of the family but I have a
>question that I hope somebody can answer. Fly's and how to deal with them.
>I'm not real knowledgeable about owning and pasturing horses and before I
go
>trying everything from a bug zapped to fly paper I'd like some advice on
how
>to go about controlling fly's from somebody with success and experience. We
>have a Mare with some sores on her neck from scratching the fence post and
>the fly's are drawn to the wound and I'd like to know how to help her until
>she heals and how to prevent it from getting worse.
>> >
>> >  Thanks a lot Michael Reid of Mike and Barb Reid.
>> >
>>
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