Controlling Flies Around Coop

[QuailMan6666]

Would adding Sweet PDZ to their habitat reduce the smell of their manure which would in turn limit the amount of flies it attracts?

 

[Loving my girls]

I have also used similar traps to those shown in the link above and they work really well. Just an FYI, make sure they are down wind of anyplace you spend time outside, or change them out often. As they fill with dead flies they can stink to high heaven. Any of them you add water to will do that.

Very true, also check when you have strong winds and make sure, if you have disgusting dogs like mine, if they fall off that you find them before the dogs
Oh lord they roll in it not eat it
(No insults intended to any religious people out there)
Hugz

 

[CliftonQuail]

Will quail eat the flies or larvae? Or is that more for chickens?

If you're asking about the black soldier fly, quail will eat the larvae (even freeze dried) with much pleasure. I haven't built a BSFL colony, yet, but plan to do so when I move from the burbs to the country later this year.

 

[Kenya Mwangi]

I like to plant oregano, then make a chicken wire cage around it. Also, investing in your local Black Soldier Fly population is worth a shot. They are worth three times their weight in gold!

Do the Black Soldier Fly population reduce the other types of fly populations ?

 

[Nabiki]

Do the Black Soldier Fly population reduce the other types of fly populations ?

From everything that I've read, they do.

 

[Alexandra Runner]

Do the Black Soldier Fly population reduce the other types of fly populations ?

They do in my coop! I use droppings boards, which I scrape off and put in the larva pit. They eat in, and in doing so, they remove the other flys' habitat!