How do you control flies

[brooster]

How in the heck do i control flies? as soon as i put up a fly strip it is covered with flies. I really need help.

 

[joanna]

I use the milk jug traps, mine is almost full and I've had to add water twice. It is gross to see the maggots crawling around eating their own, but it is wonderful to see all the DEAD flies!

 

[chickonaroost]

Most farm stores sell great products for fly control. Some are insecticide free and are just like giant sticky traps. Others attract and kill the flies, much like the Jap beetle traps you see everywhere.

 

[TreyClark281]

this one works great but stinks but i think all of them do.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=46767-000002226-NFT-D

 

[tink]

I had the same questions and I was told to get DE. I am attaching a post by someone else with info on it. Good luck tink
The Diatomaceous Earth we use with chickens is only food grade DE. It must say "Food Chemical Codex Grade" or it is unsuitable to use. Sometimes it's almost impossible to find and people will try to sell you the stuff that's sold at Lowe's and places like that, but they dont have it. It looks like fine pure white flour, not gray, or it is not food grade. I put it in feed to keep bugs out, sprinkle it around the coop, especially under the roost to kill fly eggs and other bugs. I dust the chickens with it and put it in the run to dry up poop and help keep smells down. A place called Custom Milling has dealers around the United States, mostly in the East, I think. Here's their site and the dealer locator:
http://www.custommilling.com/index.php? … ;Itemid=27

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Quote:
What's a milk jug trap??!!

 

[joanna]

Here's the first link I could find when I googled it, but I buy mine at my local feed store. One of the good things is that the tops are re-usable, so I buy a couple every couple of years and buy more attractant and just cap the milk jugs when it's full.

http://www.kyhorse.com/store/pest/milkjugtrap.htm

 

[Royal Oaks Ranch]

Muscovies eat flies

If you have enough you wont hardly find any flies

Lets just say I have enough muscovies LOL... My horses love it.. I havent had to use fly traps out in the barn in so long its unreal

AND they eat skeeters too, which is great to help prevent west nile virus

 

[WoodlandWoman]

We use these. Works great. I think a lot of these are similar and work well.

http://www.farmandfleet.com/catalog/product.aspx?i=185930&h=090205001

 

[biretta]

I had posted a similar question recently and someone suggested Sweet PDZ. I did some research and it sounds promising. It's a mineral that absorbs and neuturalizes odors, not unlike lime but supposedly a lot safer and can be used liberally. It is marketed for use in horse stalls mostly. I'm getting a 50# bag at the local feed store for only $15.00. Worth a try.