Comments on: The Scoop On Horse Poop http://www.soulfulequine.com/the-scoop-on-horse-poop/ Natural Horse Care Strategies to Help Your Horse Thrive Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: STEPHANIE http://www.soulfulequine.com/the-scoop-on-horse-poop/#comment-85 STEPHANIE Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:03:19 +0000 http://www.soulfulequine.com/?p=1678#comment-85 Hi Marie. Thanks for your questions. I understand your concern about reducing flies close to the house. The setup of my house relative to the barn is similar to yours. My barn is between 70-100 feet from the house. The large poop pile I have set up is about a 100 feet or less from the barn... not very far. It's far enough away but not too far where it would be inconvenient. In future articles I plan to touch on composting which is something to consider. This year I have little or no fly issues because my neighbor sold most of his cows and they are no longer so close to my house. This makes a huge difference in my situation. So, even though the poop pile is only about 200 feet or so from my house, I still have little or no fly issues. It depends on your situation and how you go about controlling flies, as my article stated. I could have no poop pile, and have cows in the pasture 100-200 feet away and have a really bad fly problem if I did not use the combination of predators and fly traps. I currently have almost no flies and have not had to do much as far as controlling the flies this year other than fly traps & feeding my horses Garlic. These other two articles of mine may help as well: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.soulfulequine.com/garlic-for-horses-a-natural-fly-repellent/" rel="nofollow">Garlic For Horses – A Natural Repellent?</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.soulfulequine.com/fly-control-for-horses-organic-program/" rel="nofollow">Fly Control For Horses, A Non-Toxic Program</a></li> </ul> I hope that helps. :-) Hi Marie. Thanks for your questions. I understand your concern about reducing flies close to the house. The setup of my house relative to the barn is similar to yours. My barn is between 70-100 feet from the house. The large poop pile I have set up is about a 100 feet or less from the barn… not very far. It’s far enough away but not too far where it would be inconvenient. In future articles I plan to touch on composting which is something to consider.

This year I have little or no fly issues because my neighbor sold most of his cows and they are no longer so close to my house. This makes a huge difference in my situation. So, even though the poop pile is only about 200 feet or so from my house, I still have little or no fly issues.

It depends on your situation and how you go about controlling flies, as my article stated. I could have no poop pile, and have cows in the pasture 100-200 feet away and have a really bad fly problem if I did not use the combination of predators and fly traps. I currently have almost no flies and have not had to do much as far as controlling the flies this year other than fly traps & feeding my horses Garlic.

These other two articles of mine may help as well:

I hope that helps. :-)

]]> By: Marie Stirman http://www.soulfulequine.com/the-scoop-on-horse-poop/#comment-84 Marie Stirman Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:57:55 +0000 http://www.soulfulequine.com/?p=1678#comment-84 Hi, I am establishing a new barn and was wondering where I should put my poop pile from the stalls? How far should it be from the barn to reduce flies close to my house. My 5 stalls are about 70 ft from the house. I am concerned about the fly population. I will use the fly predators but that takes time to get established. Do you have any suggestions? Marie Hi,
I am establishing a new barn and was wondering where I should put my poop pile from the stalls? How far should it be from the barn to reduce flies close to my house. My 5 stalls are about 70 ft from the house. I am concerned about the fly population. I will use the fly predators but that takes time to get established. Do you have any suggestions?

Marie

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