Flies, flies, flies!

[fishermans wife]

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Just be sure to get Food Grade DE - the pool stuff is poisonous! I found it on Ebay for a decent price. Flies have been HORRIBLE here too and I faithfully clean up the poo in the coop every morning! I bought one of those "fly in, die in the container of special juice" things - put it out of the reach of the chickens - and boy does that thing catch them....BUT it smells HORRIBLE

! I keep thinking there is a dead squirrel somewhere or something - it is disgusting!

 

[The Sheriff]

I have been using Fly Predators for three months and hubby thinks it is helping. Our weather has been unseasonably cool so I think the jury is still out. We'll see what happens in July. They are an insect that eats fly larvae. They ship a bag of them to you monthly during fly season. You keep the bag about a week until you see the bugs have hatched in the bag. Then you spread them in the areas where the flies are a problem. The price is determined by the type and number of animals and the area you are trying to cover. Here's the web info: http://www.spalding-labs.com/

 

[gogoalie]

Maggot can, maggot can, maggot can!

do a search on the BYC to find out how...

 

[magsrags]

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Eggsactly what I do.

 

[trilyn]

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Yep, but they're a heck of alot more effective when you double the amount you need. I've got four horses and forty chickens, I doubled my order to accomodate that. It seems to work a lot better that way. They do work, amazingly enough! But if you've never had them before, doubling seems to help them "kick" in and get things under control. JMO.

 

[mmwinget]

Sorry, I'm new. What is DE?

 

[fishermans wife]

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diatomaceous earth - google it - you will find a lot of info - but if you buy it , be sure to only buy food grade DE (it will say so on the bag) as the other stuff will poison your animals!

 

[gogoalie]

Ditamaceaous Earth...a revolutionary product to ensure that your birds #1) get all the nutrients of the Earth, that they wouldn't get from regular feed #2) A delousing agent #3) a gritting agent #4) No longer needing antibiotics...this stuff is the bird castor oil! #5) Certified Organic!

Ummm, kidding, I really don't know what it is either...

Am sure a search would do you wonders...

 

[BoerneChickens]

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I started getting fly predators last month and the second batch just came and there is already quite a reduction in flies. I also added sand and DE to the run in the last three weeks and I think that has helped too.

Anywhere I see flies accumulating in the yard I sprinkle DE around and I think that is helping.

 

[Lofty Dreams]

Things
1. clean up
2.Fly preadators our neighbors get those they seem to work I dont pay attention to it or my chickens eat them