*~*Runner Duck Club*~*

[WalkerNom]

Hey guys, quick question, my grandma uses this stuff in her horse stalls to keep flies down.

Is it safe for ducks?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Hey guys, quick question, my grandma uses this stuff in her horse stalls to keep flies down.



Is it safe for ducks?

I use it I mix it real good into the shaving and only after they are all outside for the day.

 

[WalkerNom]

@Miss Lydia - Thanks! Tomorrow I will probably sprinkle some out there then. I bought a fly trap today though.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Miss Lydia - Thanks! Tomorrow I will probably sprinkle some out there then. I bought a fly trap today though.

I have those too but mine say not to use them inside because boy can they smell before dumping in 30 days. It's the kind that has the packet and you fill up the container with water suppose to be natural put phew whee . I don't have a problem with flies inside my coops because I clean out poop every day. I actually use the shur tread lime mostly in winter to help with moisture in the bedding.

 

[WalkerNom]

@Miss Lydia - The one I got is basically a sticky tube. I was looking for fly tape or even those bags but that was all the store had. Probably not worth it but I thought I'd try it anyway. I clean their house everyday too but still have quite a bit of flies.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Miss Lydia - The one I got is basically a sticky tube. I was looking for fly tape or even those bags but that was all the store had. Probably not worth it but I thought I'd try it anyway. I clean their house everyday too but still have quite a bit of flies.

Speaking of fly tape I hung one inside my chicken coop years ago and came in one evening to count heads and make sure everyone was accounted for and there was one of my lil bantams hanging off the fly tape how she flew up there that high is beyond me unless someone was picking on her but I had to peel her off never used them again lol that stuff is very sticky.

your flies maybe coming around to because of the horses doesn't take much to get them around but having poop really brings them out. And when you have animals you got poop. lol

 

[WalkerNom]

@Miss Lydia - Oh wow how scary! I will have to look for those bags or maybe even make my own traps.

That's a good point. Lol I'm gonna go tell Awesome he's attracting flies and needs to think about where he poops! XD

 

[Miss Lydia]

@Miss Lydia - Oh wow how scary! I will have to look for those bags or maybe even make my own traps.

That's a good point. Lol I'm gonna go tell Awesome he's attracting flies and needs to think about where he poops! XD

I have been using these

inside my houses for about 4 yrs I ordered them from Jeffers live stock they really work great.

Tell Awesome he needs to head to the other side of his pasture before going potty.

 

[flossyfelix]

Will y'all explain something to me....

Ok, if Felix & Sassyfras mate (when she is of age) 1. Can I hatch their eggs? & 2. What kind of duck would the ducklings be considered? Pekin? Runner?

For those who don't know.. Felix is a jumbo Pekin & Sassyfras is a White & Fawn Runner.

 

[GooseFanatic]

Just a note...a single picture can catch any duck upright for a moment. Gus is a runner if he spends most of his time upright unless foraging. Another breed might be upright for a moment but will spend most of their time horizontal even when not foraging. For example, my TSC ducklings (first two pictures below) are very upright in the pictures, but they do stay horizontal 95% of the time and are NOT runner ducks. On the other hand, the ducks in the last pictures are purebred runners who are not standing tall because they are foraging in the grass. . [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR]

Gus stands like that all the time unless eating and swimming. My pekins stand like that when they are grooming but that's it so I know he is a runner