Gazillion flies!

[Southern Gardener]

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Are they the ones that smell like a rotting corpse? I tried one of those and I couldn't stand it - I about died from the smell!

 

[Whispering Winds]

We have flies also, Alpacas have to be sprayed (and we don't have the barn done, so we try to corral them in the pasture . . .believe me, its like something out of a three stooges movie .. .and I also hung one of those gallon jugs with the stinky stuff in it, but it doesn't seem to do the trick . . .my husband thinks I have it too far away, and that could be true. They seem to be really bad biting ones this year . . .mosquitoes are terrible too, and that is scary as there was a batch tested about 40 miles from where I live that tested positive for the West Nile. Wonderful, something else to watch out for!!!

 

[SilverStar]

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Thanks! It's not really wet here - we had a shower the other night but they were here before the rain came. Ugh! I hope they don't stay all summer!

They may stay. Once they find an area that they like, they tend to hang around a while.

Flies are such a neusence!! LOL. Some years we get barely any and some years we get a bunch.Grrr

 

[toletiquesbysam]

Have you sprinkled the run with the DE? I use Stall Dry since I don't have a DE dealer near me and I hardly have any flies. Now I just need to figure out how to keep them off my horses!!

 

[LynneP]

These are excellent- contain dichlorovos. Along with dry bedding, food-grade DE and Stable Boy powder, I use these in barn/coop, and have for 22 years.

Avoid hanging over food/water and keep away from birds, you can encase in hardware cloth if necessary.


Ergo, no flies or gnats

 

[Southern Gardener]

Thanks LynneP - going to call my feed store and see if they carry that.

 

[ZooMummzy]

I am having the same problem.

Clean, brand new coop, DE, Stall-Dry, fly strips...nothing is working this year.

 

[davony's chicks]

I am glad I noticed this posting because I thought it was just me and not keeping my coop clean enough!

It has been so wet here I have hung several fly traps. What is DE?

Thanks

 

[poultryhaven]

yeah what does DE stand for? cuz my parents wanna get rid of my chickens cause all the flies and i've been looking or a way to get rid of most of them

 

[Cherrypie]

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They do work great but I think they attracted some neighborhood flies because the day after I hung it up I had twice as many as the day before. Fortunately, they all seem to be heading toward the bag, so with some luck maybe I can capture all the neighborhood flies!

My problem now is I have some inside the house and I can't seem to get rid of them. I'd rather not use the bags because they stink! Any ideas?