Jkuhn12790
Chirping
- Jul 14, 2022
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Please Help! I've done so much research about keeping flies, mosquitoes, and other annoying buggy pests out of our yard. My husband used to always treat our yard (before chickens) to the point where we would step outside and not a single mosquito or fly or other bugs would even be around. While it was nice not being attacked at swatting away pests, I always hated it because we have a kiddo and a dog. And although the spray he used said it was okay after so long for kids and pets, I do NOT trust it for my free ranging chickens. I've asked around to different social media groups, and most people mention either lime, or permethrin, or pyrethrin sprays. The issue I have with those last two is that it is not safe around cats, and we have a little guy that hangs around full time, and then also there is a stray cat issue in my area and my yard tends to be the go-to for them even though we do our best to shoo them away. While they do get annoying, I do not want to hurt them. Does anyone have any advice on how to get rid of these most annoying flies as well as treating for mosquitoes? He isn't wanting to do anything that we have to put on individual chickens but rather a more "convenient" yard spray he can just go out and spray and be done. I know it isn't this simple but even if I can do a natural spray remedy that I can spray around the run and our patio area (where the flies are mostly hanging out) and then I can spray around the yard to tame down the mosquito issue, I think I can convince him not to spray.
If anyone has used permethrin/pyrethrin sprays and has cats, did you just keep the cats away for a certain amount of time before letting them back around?? I am desperate!
If anyone has used permethrin/pyrethrin sprays and has cats, did you just keep the cats away for a certain amount of time before letting them back around?? I am desperate!