I used the IR camera to try and pick up the flies swarming all over Chloe this afternoon in the pasture, I thought (correctly) they would show up against the lighter background. Flies are part of a horses existence, we put a mask on Chloe and also are giving her a natural hormone that passes through her body and into the manure and kills the fly larvae. The number of flies is already down a bit. It think it’s harder for me to to watch than for her to deal with, she keeps right on grazing.

Next year, we will begin the hormones earlier, around May and that should help.