avoiding flies

We need any advice we can get, so we have 6 ducks that are essentially free range, they have their enclosure for night time but spend majority of the day out and about in the yard. This has caused there to be so much poop everywhere and it’s attracted lots of flies. I don’t mind rinsing poop off...

Hi all! As things are warming up and my girls are finally outside in their enclosure, I wanted to get some opinions on different forms of insect control (specifically mosquitos and flies). For Mosquitos~ My ducks (3) just upgraded from a kiddie pool to a large 4' x 12" (~80 Gallons) pool...

I don’t know if this is the right section to post this but I hope it is.. I’m not sure how much of a threat flies or maggots pose to guinea fowl or chickens but ever since I placed my guineas outside in their pen flies have swarmed and swarmed. A few weeks ago I noticed maggots in the mud/dirt...

First year crazy chicken lady here. Though I have learned a lot from working at a feed and farm store and growing up around farms. I still have a lot to learn. For instance: Somehow, my black Australorp got under one of my other girls while they were having a rather watter-y movement and is now...