Ridecamp: Re: [RC] beet pulp

Angie....

You're not the only one with that problem.  My guys want up in the
paddocks during the day because of the heat and flies....they stay
backed up in the stalls under the fans.  I feed twice a day, and have to
wash the buckets after they eat, otherwise the flies are just
everywhere...bottom of the buckets are covered. Any leftover morsels in
the bucket sour in the heat and humidity anyway. However, my guys need
the beet pulp for weight retention and in their diet, so I just deal
with it.  You don't have to soak if you're feeding shredded pulp.  I
make it a little slushy, give it 5 minutes and feed. It's plenty moist.
I also pick up the poop in the paddocks and use a barn spray (6 oz of
Pemethrin per gallon of water) and spray down the poop areas and the
barn walls...this year daily.  The flies have been EXTREMELY bad  this
year....worse than any year I can remember. Dang, for a while there,
couldn't even find fly strips.

When you gonna come ride this side of the mountain with me? Got a great
loop outta here thru Cohutta to try on you....'bout 9 hours.

Jim, Sun of Dimanche, and Mahada Magic


Rides 2 Far wrote:
> 
> I have a confession...I've pretty much stopped giving beetpulp this
> summer because of the flies.  It drives me crazy. I have to cover the
> bucket while it soaks or the flies get all over it.  Then I give it to
> the horses, they get it all over their mouths, then turn to knock a fly
> off their side...then they have the sweet beet pulp on their side and
> flies get on that...then they have a crusty brown stain. They end up with
> patches of it dried all over their chests and sides.  After they eat
> flies love the pan and anything the beet pulp has gotten on.  Am I the
> only one this bothers?  I have very few flies in my barn when I don't
> give it, everyone holds their weight fine without it.  Just don't see the
> plus side much.  I do feed it with the grain on the morning of a long
> ride just to make sure they leave home tanked up. Otherwise to heck with
> it.  Just thought this might make some of you people who can't seem to
> find the stuff where you are feel better.
> 
> Angie
> 
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Richard T. "Jim" Holland
Three Creeks Farm
175 Hells Hollow Drive
Blue Ridge, GA 30513
(706) 258-2830
FAX (706) 632-1271

The Fall Pig is September 21st, 2002


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