baggies & bugs?????

[krazeepolack]

i JUST SAW THIS IN MY EMAIL.

Some folks are supposedly hanging baggies partially filled w/water & 4-5-6 pennies inside. Hung over an entryway, this is supposed to repel many types of insects, including flies. Could this possibly be true & viable around a chicken coop? Anyone here heard of this yet? Or is someone yanking my chain?

 

[2txmedics]

hmmmm, I can see it now, baggies all over hanging...full of pennies....but dont know if it works...interesting though

 

[TXmom]

I've seen people do that before and they say it works...I haven't tried it myself so I don't know. We haven't had a fly problem here this year...

 

[CloggingChicken]

I have seen it in Arkansas at a Fish Camp. It seemed to work around the picnic tables. I thought that they were pulling my leg when they told me it kept the flies away. Haven't tried it in NC and can't say if it works everywhere, but they swore by it out there.

Bill

 

[Kojack]

I heard this about 4 years ago after Katrina went through. I didn't try it because I didn't have a fly problem. But My grandpa tried it and He swore it worked. Of course you are proving a negative, and that can be pretty easy. ( ie...I have a psychic feeling that my phone will not ring in three minutes.....)

 

[ArizonaNessa]

My grandmother swore by that her entire life and they were farming people. She said it had something to do with fresh water and the shine of the pennies reflecting through it. Does it work? I don't know.

 

[2txmedics]

Ok well tomm. I will try it and let you know if it works

 

[imtc]

I actually have one hanging in my coop now...lol (seriously). No pennies though. And YES...I see it done quite often (like in outdoor/patio areas in restaurants) The water is supposed to refract the light somehow to confuse flies or make them see too many reflections of themselves where they leave. I notice a thinning in their numbers in my coop but doesn't totally eliminate them. (mine might be hung up too high too but I thought it was worth a shot)...lol.
but yeah...it's supposed to work and I see it done alot around here.

 

[fishshocker]

I managed a State Park for several years and many family reunions would hang 1 gallon bags, half full of water on every side of the picnic shelter. I finally asked one family and the grandmother explained the fly would see their own reflection, but the water would magnify the reflection making the fly look larger than it really was, therefore the fly would think it was being attacked by a predator. I've never asked a fly, but I've had hundreds of people tell me the bags of water scare flys away better than anything else.

On another note, if you're picnicing and you have a problem with yellow jackets (bees) a good fix is to sacrifice a piece of fruit (watermellon or cantelope works best).... try to find the direction the bees are comming from and put a piece of fruit between you and that location (often the nearest patch of woods). The bees will go to the fruit first and hopefully leave you alone.

In the same vein....if you have a problem with yellow jackets at you home, take a bag of flour out with you one day. When you see a yellow jacket, throw a small wad of flour on him. He will immediatly fly back to his nest and you can see the little white buggar as he leaves. Follow him to the nest and dispatch the nest if you so desire. But PLEASE DON'T DO THIS TO HONEYBEES!!!! They are having enough problems without homeowners destroying their hives, have a professional bee keeper remove them, they will be able to save the queen/hive and the beekeeper may show you some thanks by offering you some fresh local honey!

 

[bigchickenman]

Tried the baggie half full of water with 5 pennies in it and the flies around my coop and rabbit pens are landing on them all the time,so I personally don't think it works.