Horse colours and flies.

[Sandstone1]

Do you find that flies seem more more attracted to certain colours than others. My chestnut is plagued by flies.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

yes, black pony way more bothered than the Exmoor, my grey was the least bothered by them.

 

[Pc2003]

My horse is grey and he’s never been massively bothered by the flies or midges etv. My new Youngster is dark bay and they definitely bother him more.
I usually get away with a few squirts of fly spray for my grey on bad days and that’s about it!!

 

[Sandstone1]

Interesting. Ive a grey too whos not bothered but the chestnut is sent mad by them. Hes in a fly rug and mask already

 

[oldie48]

I've just sorted out a fly rug for Rose, she's dark bay (almost black) and covered in flies but so is the pony who is palomino. The late Bisto (tobiano) was plagued by them too. The little black thunder flies bite my scalp. Do I just have really aggressive flies?

 

[HorseyTee]

My chestnut seems to attract them much more than my mostly white piebald, and my skewbald doesn't seem too bothered although he has tons of mane and forelock which keeps them off his face.

 

[vmac66]

My skewbald mare seems to attract flies. She is out in a fly rug day and night and fly mask during the day. Her nose was covered in them this evening.

 

[Sandstone1]

My poor boy was covered in them today so hes in a mask and rug now.

 

[teddypops]

My dark bay horse is plagued with them, I have a black pony, greys, a chestnut and a piebald and they don’t attract nearly so many.

 

[The-Bookworm]

Greys generally don't attract flies. Didn't they do a scientific thing and that's why they developed that zebra stripe range? All fly rugs are pale coloured possibly as flies do not get attracted?

We get flies all year, but without a breeze the midges might be annoying around the muzzle.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Horse flies are apparently attracted to dark colours, something I see when I only ever find them on my boy’s black bits.

His chestnut friend is plagued by flies, I didn’t put it down to his colour until reading this.

 

[Mule]

My old black mare used to be absolutely plagued by them. They do bother the chestnut quite a bit. The two greys don't pay any attention to them.