sorry so long
Background
I have flies, mine and everyone else's. Here is the long story short. When I moved my horses to my property last year, we already had a problem with flies. The neighbors across the street to put it mildly live in filth. There is no nice way to put it. The manure from their five horses kept penned in a too small pen, is never really cleaned. Sometimes they move the poop around with the mud, but, it is not a nice situation. The fowl is completely free range. Meaning, they don't have a coop, there is a large out building full of stuff, which is covered with chicken etc poop, with both end doors open. That is where they roost, if they go in anything. There are goats, cats and dogs, horses, and those are the outside pets. So when I moved my horses here, I was talking causally to the wife and had mentioned that I was going to use fly predators for the flies. She asked if she could piggy back my order. We were new to the neighborhood and I wanted to give them a chance despite what other people told me. I ordered triple the amount of fly predators, and gave them to these people. I did this for an entire season, she never paid me. I let it go because it was in my best interest to at least lessen the flies. I can't afford to do that this year. The situation is worse this year, and animal control has become involved. And the flies are awful.
I need to do something for my horses. Does anyone have ideas for a fly sheet that won't cause them to over heat? That is something that I am concerned about as well. The humidity has been very high and it only promises to go higher.
I know this was long, and partly a rant, thanks for any ideas or help
Rachel
Background
I have flies, mine and everyone else's. Here is the long story short. When I moved my horses to my property last year, we already had a problem with flies. The neighbors across the street to put it mildly live in filth. There is no nice way to put it. The manure from their five horses kept penned in a too small pen, is never really cleaned. Sometimes they move the poop around with the mud, but, it is not a nice situation. The fowl is completely free range. Meaning, they don't have a coop, there is a large out building full of stuff, which is covered with chicken etc poop, with both end doors open. That is where they roost, if they go in anything. There are goats, cats and dogs, horses, and those are the outside pets. So when I moved my horses here, I was talking causally to the wife and had mentioned that I was going to use fly predators for the flies. She asked if she could piggy back my order. We were new to the neighborhood and I wanted to give them a chance despite what other people told me. I ordered triple the amount of fly predators, and gave them to these people. I did this for an entire season, she never paid me. I let it go because it was in my best interest to at least lessen the flies. I can't afford to do that this year. The situation is worse this year, and animal control has become involved. And the flies are awful.
I need to do something for my horses. Does anyone have ideas for a fly sheet that won't cause them to over heat? That is something that I am concerned about as well. The humidity has been very high and it only promises to go higher.
I know this was long, and partly a rant, thanks for any ideas or help
Rachel
