Anyone use flytraps in the coop?

[nuttyredhead]

I use the DE (thinking i was using to little) and the flies are nasty. Of course the extreme heat isnt helping im sure! So i was just wondering if anyone else uses flytraps in their coops?

 

[LarryPQ]

I did for about 2 weeks. The flytraps smell like a dead body and at first I thought the chickens were sick...if you get up close and sniff the traps, they dont stink. They just make the whole area stink.

Then my DH knocked it down and *SPLLLOOOOORT* there was dead fly goo everywhere. He had to throw himself down on it to prevent the chickens from eating the dead flies & nastiness. Like he was throwing himself on a grenade.

I got a shovel and lllaaaaauuuugggghhed.

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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That man is a chicken hero!

 

[LarryPQ]

Yes, he seems to think so.

 

[nuttyredhead]

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Too funny! I will try them, it can't hurt! I will just make sure the chickens cant get to them!

Thanks for your response!

 

[joletabey]

I put the fly traps with the wet stuff just outside the coop, where none of the chickens can bump it.
I tried putting a sticky trap way up in the top of the coop, but my Delaware rooster decided it didn't match the decor or something and he wrestled it into oblivion- it took several of his tail feathers and butt feathers as it went down, but he got it!

 

[Ironsights]

I put the fly traps with the wet stuff just outside the coop, where none of the chickens can bump it.

I tried putting a sticky trap way up in the top of the coop, but my Delaware rooster decided it didn't match the decor or something and he wrestled it into oblivion- it took several of his tail feathers and butt feathers as it went down, but he got it! /img/smilies/big_smile.png

The rooster is a chicken hero too!

 

[SusanD]

I was interested to hear that flytraps can be quite smelley, as that seems to be what's happening with the ones my dad put up in cur run. I would be curious to hear what other use for fly control, in case there's an option that might work better.

 

[Cacique500]

We use the big bag fly traps but have them AWAY from the run (about 50 feet). Those things attract flies from a pretty good area and you want to draw them AWAY from the chickens, not into the run. I now this thread is old, but kudos to the guy that jumped on the dropped fly bag - that took some big ones!