Mix one cup of Ivory liquid dish detergent with one gallon of water. Put the solution into a spray bottle. When you see the horse flies during the day, spray them with the solution. The soap mixture suffocates the flies, and it's organic, so it is not harmful to animals and vegetation.
Or just to improve this answer a little, you could go and buy some fly spray? Its quite cheap and you can get it at all local tack shops near you :) if your horse has a problem with flys in his/hers ears i'd recommend you get the fly gel as you can rub that in there ears or you can just spray a small amout on your hand and rub AROUND the ear, not in. Hope this helped :)
The best way to keep flies off a horse is to use a strong fly spray like, Repel-X, Bronco, or Absorbine-Duraguard. If fly spraydoesn't work then you can buy fly sheets and/or masks and still spray their legs and other uncovered areas. At our ranch we also buy these insects called Fly-Predators. You spread the Fly-Predators around in pastures, arenas, stalls and other places where flies lie eggs. The predators then eat the flys' eggs so there aren't near as many flies only a few. (Because a fly's life span is only about 1-2 weeks)
The best way to keep horse flies at bay is to prevent them. Horse flies need bodies of water like ponds and lakes to survive. Eliminating the breeding ground or killing them is preferable. That being said, fly spray - if it's potent enough - will usually help to keep horse flies from biting. Citronella will sometimes work also. A fly sheet is also very effective in keeping them from biting.
You do it naturally, not by covering everything around you with petroleum products. And the first issue is to ask exactly why the population has to be reduced. If they are inconvenient to you but are otherwise doing no harm, you might consider that they should be left alone.
Horseflies contribute to the spread of infectious equine diseases amongst many other things. The best way to reduce the population is to eliminate standing water and rotting vegetation from the property. Compost and remove manure as these things provide breeding grounds. Next you can provide a feed through product to the horses and use fly predators to help reduce the population. After that you can apply a Premitherin based fly spray to the horse. Once that is done, you can put fly wear such as sheets and masks on your horse to provide a barrier.
People say that citronella or lavender works but I'm not sure you can't really stop them biting you really try fly repellant
Bees will not normally bother a horse and a horses tail is what a horse uses to swat horse flies.
kill em :)
Rick roll'd
swat them
Insect nets to prevent transmission by biting flies.
No. It is used for control of the horse while riding.
it depends on what age.
At Your Local Pharmacy They Will Have A Clear Polish That You Put On Your Nails To Prevent's you from Biting them.
i think it is colic
By kicking and biting their enemies
small flies or biting midges
Example: Flies biting a cow
C. prevent it from biting
The skin of a young horse is sensitive, so a soft brush is usually best to begin grooming a young horse. When the weather becomes hot and flies are biting, a coarser brush will be more welcomed.
Mainly by biting and kicking.
Biting flies can be present at Plum Island in Newburyport, MA, especially during the warmer months. It is recommended to wear protective clothing, use insect repellent, and avoid areas with standing water where these flies breed.