USING DIATOMACEOUS EARTH FOR FLIES IN DUCK COOP

Have you tried using bedding material with zeolites added, or just dusting the bedding with Sweet PDZ? I use it in my duck houses and sheep barn and have no fly problems. It cuts odors, too.
 
Flies need to be attacked in multiple ways or they breed so quickly you can never ge ahead of them. If you have the coop near a stream or pond, you are fighting an uphill battle because they breed in moist soil. I boarded my horses one year with a lady that had a stream 10 ft from her barn, OMG flies were a nightmare! Spraying on a regular basis with something Like Tempo SC Ultra ( https://www.domyown.com/tempo-sc-ultra-p-215.html?msclkid=cca79635db701e094a0af4916a7b9822 ) knocks down the adults in the coop. We use Rescue Fly Traps ( https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail...0001&msclkid=a7581d6b303a1b5815337fcf80d5b990 )AWAY from the barn/coop, on the far periphery of the property. They catch an amazing amount of flies but you need to hang them LOW, about 2 ft off the ground. Most people hang them too high, and they are not as effective then. And in between sprays, we don't slack off killing them. We use Quick Strike Fly Abatement Strips ( https://www.jefferspet.com/quik-str...0304&msclkid=cb1429b4e36f191e4c804b1053d8eba1 ) in a disposable paint roller tray (to catch the dead flies exposed to the strip. See:
). We put it into the coop while ducks are outside and remove it at night when they come back in. It easily kills 98% of the flies in the coop each day! Of coarse, keeping the coop/pen clean and dry is imperative. If you choose at least 3 ways to attack them, and keep up with constantly fighting them, and a regular spraying program, you can keep flies down to a few. It's really important because flies carry terrible diseases and cause a lot of stress on the animals. I know just 2 hours a day mucking stalls and being bitten on bare legs dries me insane! I can't imagine being an animal and enduring it constantly :( At least we can spray the horses, put fly masks on them, and use a spot on fly repellent.
 
Flies need to be attacked in multiple ways or they breed so quickly you can never ge ahead of them. If you have the coop near a stream or pond, you are fighting an uphill battle because they breed in moist soil. I boarded my horses one year with a lady that had a stream 10 ft from her barn, OMG flies were a nightmare! Spraying on a regular basis with something Like Tempo SC Ultra ( https://www.domyown.com/tempo-sc-ultra-p-215.html?msclkid=cca79635db701e094a0af4916a7b9822 ) knocks down the adults in the coop. We use Rescue Fly Traps ( https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail...0001&msclkid=a7581d6b303a1b5815337fcf80d5b990 )AWAY from the barn/coop, on the far periphery of the property. They catch an amazing amount of flies but you need to hang them LOW, about 2 ft off the ground. Most people hang them too high, and they are not as effective then. And in between sprays, we don't slack off killing them. We use Quick Strike Fly Abatement Strips ( https://www.jefferspet.com/quik-str...0304&msclkid=cb1429b4e36f191e4c804b1053d8eba1 ) in a disposable paint roller tray (to catch the dead flies exposed to the strip. See:
). We put it into the coop while ducks are outside and remove it at night when they come back in. It easily kills 98% of the flies in the coop each day! Of coarse, keeping the coop/pen clean and dry is imperative. If you choose at least 3 ways to attack them, and keep up with constantly fighting them, and a regular spraying program, you can keep flies down to a few. It's really important because flies carry terrible diseases and cause a lot of stress on the animals. I know just 2 hours a day mucking stalls and being bitten on bare legs dries me insane! I can't imagine being an animal and enduring it constantly :( At least we can spray the horses, put fly masks on them, and use a spot on fly repellent.
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If flies are breeding in the coop bedding, I think that cleaning more often may be higher on the list of necessary things.

BSFs could definitely make a home for maggots in the coop though. I initially always think of face flies as I live on a cattle farm and that's what I deal with.
So how do you battle the face flies? We are surrounded by cattle farms, and our land in the spring and on warm days literally hums with all the flies!
 
So how do you battle the face flies? We are surrounded by cattle farms, and our land in the spring and on warm days literally hums with all the flies!
Oddly I don't have any issues with them in my pen or coop. I know that hum though! In the mornings they cover the fences until they warm up.
 

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