Fly Paper and Chickens

[jthornton]

When I had my first group of chickens ( I didn't know they were pullets ), I put out some Victor Super Fly Paper when the flies started being a problem. Back then I didn't have a fenced chicken yard so I would let them out of their tiny run and they would stick pretty close to the run. I'd step out often from the machine shop and do a head count. Once one of the pullets was missing, so I started searching for her... round and round I went with no luck. Then I spotted some fly paper laying on the ground near some weeds. So being the neat nut that I am I picked up the tape but it was stuck to something so I gave it a bit more pull and heard a yelp and it came out with some feathers stuck to it. A few moments later the pullet walked out like nothing happened.

So I remembered that event and was trying to come up with some chicken proof fly paper. I took some scrap hardware cloth and formed a circle just a bit bigger than the board. Put a bottom in it and stapled the Super Fly Paper to both sides of the board ( a sticky job for sure ). Then I can hang it with a S hook where I need the fly paper close to the ground and near food and poop and stuff that attracts flies.



JT

 

[Wise Woman]

Great idea! We use those bags that you put water in. Gross, but they do the job.

 

[KettermanHillCoop]

When I had my first group of chickens ( I didn't know they were pullets ), I put out some Victor Super Fly Paper when the flies started being a problem. Back then I didn't have a fenced chicken yard so I would let them out of their tiny run and they would stick pretty close to the run. I'd step out often from the machine shop and do a head count. Once one of the pullets was missing, so I started searching for her... round and round I went with no luck. Then I spotted some fly paper laying on the ground near some weeds. So being the neat nut that I am I picked up the tape but it was stuck to something so I gave it a bit more pull and heard a yelp and it came out with some feathers stuck to it. A few moments later the pullet walked out like nothing happened.

So I remembered that event and was trying to come up with some chicken proof fly paper. I took some scrap hardware cloth and formed a circle just a bit bigger than the board. Put a bottom in it and stapled the Super Fly Paper to both sides of the board ( a sticky job for sure ). Then I can hang it with a S hook where I need the fly paper close to the ground and near food and poop and stuff that attracts flies.

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JT

That's a great idea, JT!!!! What is the pink and red stuff?

 

[jthornton]

That's a great idea, JT!!!! What is the pink and red stuff?

It's the printing on the Super Fly Paper, supposed to attract the flies... even has little flies printed on it so the other flies think that is a good place to land.

JT

 

[PetesChicks]

I’m going to stick this trick in the back of my brain in case I ever get this problem. So far I haven’t had any that I’ve seen. Once in a while one or 2 dead ones on a window sill but I’ve never seen a live one in the coop.

Maybe the girls eat any that get in?

 

[featherhead007]

When I had my first group of chickens ( I didn't know they were pullets ), I put out some Victor Super Fly Paper when the flies started being a problem. Back then I didn't have a fenced chicken yard so I would let them out of their tiny run and they would stick pretty close to the run. I'd step out often from the machine shop and do a head count. Once one of the pullets was missing, so I started searching for her... round and round I went with no luck. Then I spotted some fly paper laying on the ground near some weeds. So being the neat nut that I am I picked up the tape but it was stuck to something so I gave it a bit more pull and heard a yelp and it came out with some feathers stuck to it. A few moments later the pullet walked out like nothing happened.

So I remembered that event and was trying to come up with some chicken proof fly paper. I took some scrap hardware cloth and formed a circle just a bit bigger than the board. Put a bottom in it and stapled the Super Fly Paper to both sides of the board ( a sticky job for sure ). Then I can hang it with a S hook where I need the fly paper close to the ground and near food and poop and stuff that attracts flies.

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