Current run set-up *PIC HEAVY*

[ducks4you]

Why don't you keep the under the deck run for winter quarters!
..or a sick bird/new bird quarantine?

Just a thought.

Have you looked into "Fly Predators" ?

http://www.spalding-labs.com/

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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Interesting, but wouldn't the chickens eat those?

 

[DiVon80]

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Or for the new ones next spring!

 

[ducks4you]

I have HEARD that they might. You could contact Spalding Labs and ask.

I have horses, so I HAD to order them.

 

[Tala]

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Whats a rescue fly trap? I tried searching for it on here but got nothing.

Rescue is a brand, they make good stuff. I'm on the fence about their wasp/yellowjacket trap, but I'm sold on the fly traps - despite the smell.

You can get a disposable fly trap made by them on the pesticide aisle at Lowes or in the garden center at Wal-Mart. I think the Rescue brand ones work better than the ones I got at TSC, but maybe it's just made for household flies instead of barnyard flies? I dunno, all the traps stink

so hang them far away from your house. It's just a smelly attractant, no pesticides.

Black Flag makes the Fly Motel, which is sold on the chemical/laundry detergent aisle at Wal-Mart (year round, the Rescue one is seasonal only carried in the spring/summer) and it's "reusable" but I'm not really all that excited about messing with that sinky stuff long enough to dump it & refill it. I usually just take them out to the dumpster on the morning of trash day.

 

[vckums]

Thank you! I will be looking for those. How bads the smell?? The lot we have is 90ft x 50ft, so the backyards small.

 

[tdgill]

i was thinking about getting a couple of anoles (some people call them cameleons - but they're not) to keep in a cage in my shed. They love to eat flys. But still want to get some DE as well.

 

[Robin'sBrood]

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How do I describe the smell.... kind of like old rotten meat, maybe?

 

[saddina]

Exactly like rotting meat, it's to attract flies like a carcass for eggs would (never marry a science teacher, trust me).

 

[chickens3]

I like the way your chicken looks.