We had frost two nights this week and it's supposed to be 86 degrees this
afternoon. The horses are growing winter coats. As much as I hate winter,
I'll be glad when the warm weather ends. Hunter had a few bot eggs on his
legs the other day. I haven't even seen bot eggs for years. I thought
th
We've been fly free for about two weeks now (maybe more)...we've already
had a couple of hard frosts and the flies are gone. I only found one bot
egg on Dagur tonight and it might have been one I missed when the farrier
was here...
My goodness, frost already? We're still i
On 25/09/2007, Ann Cassidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We are pretty lucky here, the short fly season is beginning and should
> stop after the first freeze which could come anytime from now to Nov
> sometime.
We've been fly free for about two weeks now (maybe more)...we've
already had a couple of
I know people that put apple cider vinegar in the horse troughs and
say it really works. I am not sure whether it discourages the
mosquitos etc from breeding and growing in the water or it does
something to the horses.
We are pretty lucky here, the short fly season is beginning and should
stop aft
Plus there are some schools of
> thought that plants from the allium family (includes leeks, onions and
> garlic) are actually poisonous to horses (it's certainly a proven fact
> that they are in large qualtities).
That's interesting, Mic, because I know onions are a definite no-no for dogs
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L
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:59:40 -0500, you wrote:
>I will have to try garlic granules. I tried garlic cloves raw and
>they acted like I had tried to poison them.
I have tried garlic (granules, powder etc) added to feed in the past
and have never found it made the slightest bit of difference to the
I will have to try garlic granules. I tried garlic cloves raw and
they acted like I had tried to poison them.
Janice--
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