>>>> 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 number of flies round the horses. 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). Horses will almost never eat garlic voluntarily unless it's powdered in their feed - "stealth garlic".
Wild onions are absolutely rampant in our area, and always have been. The horses often come up in the summer with "garlic breath." I know plenty of horses in this area who have no doubt consumed tons of onions over their lifetimes, and who still live into their 30's...with flies too. I tend to doubt that garlic is very effective in deterring flies...but I'm also pretty sure it takes a LOT to be harmful. Karen Karen Thomas Wingate, NC No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1029 - Release Date: 9/24/2007 7:09 PM IceHorses Community for Photos and Videos: http://kickapps.com/icehorses "The greatest enemy of the truth very often is not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic." "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer [] Lee Ziegler http://leeziegler.com [] Liz Graves http://lizgraves.com [] Lee's Book Easy Gaited Horses http://tinyurl.com/7vyjo [] IceHorses Map http://www.frappr.com/IceHorses Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IceHorses/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
