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| I’m curious as to who turns out at night and who turns out during the day in the southeast, and why? Heat, humidity, bugs, dew.....there are so many things to consider!!!!
I can’t keep my horses out 24/7 (not enough land and I try to keep decent grass).
Currently they’re out during the day in fly sheets and spray, but they’re already starting to sweat under them and it’s still cool out.
Last summer I kept them inside during the day with fans, but by July I swear my horse would get heat stroke at shows - I think he wasn’t used to the sun and heat and still air. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Mine get turned out during the day and come back in late evening, I dont use fly sheets to darn hot during the summer for them they have enought pasture to move around in and trees to get under if they feel they need the shade, the flys are not to bad out in pasture, when they come in I might spray a little fly spray on them if I feel like they need it, but wont do fly sheets never have and never will I live in south/central texas and we get hot hot hot and humid..
Edit to add: A lot of times my horses like to roll in the grass or dirt when they get hot to help them cool off. And they have fly catchers that follow them around alot of times {Cattle Egrets} LOL..
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| Southtxponygirl - 2018-05-10 9:19 AM
Mine get turned out during the day and come back in late evening, I dont use fly sheets to darn hot during the summer for them they have enought pasture to move around in and trees to get under if they feel they need the shade, the flys are not to bad out in pasture, when they come in I might spray a little fly spray on them if I feel like they need it, but wont do fly sheets never have and never will I live in south/central texas and we get hot hot hot and humid..
Edit to add: A lot of times my horses like to roll in the grass or dirt when they get hot to help them cool off. And they have fly catchers that follow them around alot of times {Cattle Egrets} LOL..
I live a little further south of STPG and fairly close to the coast. I do the same as STPG. They will sweat in the high heat and humidity, but I just put out free choice salt and last year when my excessive sweater was really sweating I fed a supplement from BioStar and he had much more normal sweating. I have also used Zesstra (?) on days when the humidity was high and the temp was above 100 with no wind and they did fine. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | GLP - 2018-05-10 9:42 AM Southtxponygirl - 2018-05-10 9:19 AM Mine get turned out during the day and come back in late evening, I dont use fly sheets to darn hot during the summer for them they have enought pasture to move around in and trees to get under if they feel they need the shade, the flys are not to bad out in pasture, when they come in I might spray a little fly spray on them if I feel like they need it, but wont do fly sheets never have and never will I live in south/central texas and we get hot hot hot and humid..
Edit to add: A lot of times my horses like to roll in the grass or dirt when they get hot to help them cool off. And they have fly catchers that follow them around alot of times {Cattle Egrets} LOL.. I live a little further south of STPG and fairly close to the coast. I do the same as STPG. They will sweat in the high heat and humidity, but I just put out free choice salt and last year when my excessive sweater was really sweating I fed a supplement from BioStar and he had much more normal sweating. I have also used Zesstra (? ) on days when the humidity was high and the temp was above 100 with no wind and they did fine.
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Location: South Georgia | Here in South Georgia, those who actually use stalls most often keep horses stalled and under fans during the day and turned out at night, starting in about June. If not, their coats will fade and burn (rough feel to the touch) and they sweat too much.
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Location: Texas | I live in South East Texas. Hot and humid. my stay stalled at night and out during the day. they do just fine. they have shade and ponds to cool off. every so often I set up a sprinkler over the water and they will come get a drink and play in the sprinkler. but mine are goof balls like that. I will keep stuff on the hoof to make sure they don't dry out in the summer dryness but like I said we do sprinklers and they have a pond to play in
also to add every night when I'm done riding I spray the sweat off them and that helps with keeping the coat from drying out as bad during the day
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| Southtxponygirl - 2018-05-10 9:55 AM
GLP - 2018-05-10 9:42 AM Southtxponygirl - 2018-05-10 9:19 AM Mine get turned out during the day and come back in late evening, I dont use fly sheets to darn hot during the summer for them they have enought pasture to move around in and trees to get under if they feel they need the shade, the flys are not to bad out in pasture, when they come in I might spray a little fly spray on them if I feel like they need it, but wont do fly sheets never have and never will I live in south/central texas and we get hot hot hot and humid..
Edit to add: A lot of times my horses like to roll in the grass or dirt when they get hot to help them cool off. And they have fly catchers that follow them around alot of times {Cattle Egrets} LOL.. I live a little further south of STPG and fairly close to the coast. I do the same as STPG. They will sweat in the high heat and humidity, but I just put out free choice salt and last year when my excessive sweater was really sweating I fed a supplement from BioStar and he had much more normal sweating. I have also used Zesstra (? ) on days when the humidity was high and the temp was above 100 with no wind and they did fine.
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | AshleyJ2911 - 2018-05-10 10:01 AM I live in South East Texas. Hot and humid. my stay stalled at night and out during the day. they do just fine. they have shade and ponds to cool off. every so often I set up a sprinkler over the water and they will come get a drink and play in the sprinkler. but mine are goof balls like that. I will keep stuff on the hoof to make sure they don't dry out in the summer dryness but like I said we do sprinklers and they have a pond to play in also to add every night when I'm done riding I spray the sweat off them and that helps with keeping the coat from drying out as bad during the day
Yep, I rinse mine off every time after I'm done riding or even if they are sweating when its time to come in from pasture I'll give them a good rinse off and I pay special care to really give them a good rinsing off between their back legs and under their tail. They enjoy this.. |
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Location: my piece of paradise | South Georgia for me. I have no shade so mine stay up during the day under fans and out at night. Have done this for years with no problems. My barn is insulated so it does stay cooler in the summer thank goodness. I do put fly mask but no flysheets....too hot. I usually ride about 6pm and do chores then turn out by 8 or 9 and then they are brought in about 630 am before I go to work. Most of our shows down here switch to night shows in May through August so we don't have to worry about running in the hot mid day heat. I have one who does not drink well in a stall but I notice if I put electrolytes in his food in the morning he drinks well in the stall then. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | GLP - 2018-05-10 10:11 AM Southtxponygirl - 2018-05-10 9:55 AM GLP - 2018-05-10 9:42 AM Southtxponygirl - 2018-05-10 9:19 AM Mine get turned out during the day and come back in late evening, I dont use fly sheets to darn hot during the summer for them they have enought pasture to move around in and trees to get under if they feel they need the shade, the flys are not to bad out in pasture, when they come in I might spray a little fly spray on them if I feel like they need it, but wont do fly sheets never have and never will I live in south/central texas and we get hot hot hot and humid..
Edit to add: A lot of times my horses like to roll in the grass or dirt when they get hot to help them cool off. And they have fly catchers that follow them around alot of times {Cattle Egrets} LOL.. I live a little further south of STPG and fairly close to the coast. I do the same as STPG. They will sweat in the high heat and humidity, but I just put out free choice salt and last year when my excessive sweater was really sweating I fed a supplement from BioStar and he had much more normal sweating. I have also used Zesstra (? ) on days when the humidity was high and the temp was above 100 with no wind and they did fine. yep, the older I get the more I dread July, August and September, sometimes even October and June.
I'm right there with you, I dread that time of the year the older I get the harder the heat and humidity gets, lol.. |
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Location: MN | When I lived in GA, ours would stay in durning the day with fans and out at night. If we didnt get there early enough in the morning, they were up waiting and yelling at us lol. We did ride every evening though in the heat, so we never had problems when we traveled. Always a good cool down and a bath afterwards. |
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Location: Alabama | I am in Alabama. I leave mine out 24/7 all summer long. When I go to a barrel race they are accustomed to the heat rather than being under a fan in a stall. I think it is best for them that way.  |
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Location: WYOMING | Mine can got out or come in, their choice. I have one who stands at her fan and one who stands in the sun. |
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Location: Arizona | Wow, I thought AZ was the only state that was miserable in the summer time, lol! My horses our stalled during the day with fans and misters. I let them out after I feed them around 5:30pm or so. They stay out for a few hours then they are brought back in. On the weekends, they are let out in the early mornings then brought in at Noon then let out again at dark. I don't ride too much in the summer time as it's just not worth it. it's way too hot (120 degrees)....they don't feel like doing much either. |
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Location: Middle TN | Here in southern TN. Out 24/7 but they are limited to the smaller pasture during the day and they can go in the a run-in shed when they want - which is what they do most of the day in the summer. No fly sheets - they do get fly masks and sprayed as needed. Per vet, the grass has less sugar content at night as well - so that's my main reason for limiting what pastures they are on and for rotation purposes or they would eat every blade of grass. |
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Location: MS | Mine started staying up during the day a few weeks ago because the gnats have been so bad.
They'll go out at night only until it cools off. Probably Sept. |
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Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | Mine are in during the day with their fans, free choice hay, and out at night -- to avoid flies and sunburned coat AND to avoid getting too fat since we have incredible pastures. They seem to like this routine. Of course, this flips for winter -- out during the day and in at night. |
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| I'm in central NC. In the summer, I spray them off if they are visibly wet from sweating whether that be after a workout or just standing in the pasture. I L.O.A.T.H.E the summer. I don't ride, and I don't run in the summer. In fact, I'm beginning to wonder what the heck I've gotten myself into with this sport. Though around here, a lot of the associations will move shows to night time to help with the heat.
As far as pasture/stalling goes - I have one on stall rest that will have a fan as needed with fly spray. The ones that are turned out, have fans in their run in sheds, and I'll continue to spray them off as needed depending on how wet they are. I have never used fly sheets as I just cant fathom how they don't make them hotter. I'll spray them with spray and they stay comfortable. And mine tend to stay inside often so in front of the fans, the breeze from those keep the flies away pretty well. |
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| I’ve had fly sheets on mine all spring - they have started sweating under them. So today they went out without the sheets and all 3 of them had welts all over their bodies I can only assume are from bugs. |
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