Best thing for biting flies?

[melissastraka]

I am having a tough time with those tiny little flys in my coop. I cant even see them until i have been bitten! What is the best thing to do to keep them away from the coops and runs? I dont have electricity out at the coop and i really dont want to run a bunch of extention cords to the coops. Any thing great,? homemade,? safe for chickens,???????? I have put up fly paper high enough for it to be out of the reach of my chickens but that thing is full within an hour!

Help????????

 

[Uppity Peon]

I would say a bug zapper, but without electricity, I would try a big yellow thing with a coating of vegetable oil on it.

Or if you can, make a cage for sticky paper to keep the birds off it.