Horse~have you tried :

[Beekissed]

 

[ducks4you]

What Ducks said.
And I'm also going to start ordering fly predators..

You will LOVE the Fly Predators! They have great recommendations and videos and help you use all other traditional methods of fly control. Many people say they have NONE during fly season. I don't do my fly stuff perfect, so I have some, but there is a SIGNIFICANT drop in the flies with the fly predators.
https://www.spalding-labs.com/orders/place/completed.aspx#!313_Video

 

[valley ranch]

Are they wasps?

 

[thistlebloom]

Are they wasps?

https://www.spalding-labs.com/produ...trol_for_horses/p/what_are_fly_predators.aspx

 

[ninnymary]

Before fly spray people would wipe their horses with vinegar and feed tobacco leaves to deworm. This has reminded me to order my Fly Predators, which my horses do NOT ingest are NOT applied topically and DO rid the property of many flies. Also, bathing after a really sweaty day riding takes away the odor that draws flies, plus keeping up with manure pickup.
Don't know what else to say!

Which fly predators do you use? I have a few flies in my yard and they drive my husband crazy.

Mary

 

[ducks4you]

Spalding Fly Predators. Since you have chickens there are special instructions bc chickens like to eat 'em.

 

[ducks4you]

Funny, I was cleaning out my grain room and found an old container of garlic fly stuff, so I guess I have used them to no harm.
I think that if you have any doubts, don't do it.

 

[baymule]

My neighbor mixed up some homemade fly spray with essential oils+vinegar+water and said her horse was fly free on a trail ride while the other horses were flipping their tails and shaking their heads. I don't have her recipe.

What are you waiting for? Get the recipe!

 

[valley ranch]

I like the idea of garlic, the girls will have none of it.

 

[ducks4you]

My personal favorite fly spray is Repel-X. Really if you keep the vegetation (where the horses are, NOT the garden!) low so that flies don't have a place to land, and keep their areas cleaned up you have 1/2 the battle won.