What are these biting gnats and how do I get rid of them?

[BesideStillWaters]

That will work. Spray everywhere you see them. I carefully sprayed in the air where I saw them flying and the surfaces they land on. I sprayed everywhere but removed the feed and water before spraying. The pest were very annoying. Mix the heaviest which is 0.5%, 6.4 oz to a gallon of water. I use a gallon sprayer with a wand and spray everything the pest will land on. The wand helps to get into places easier. I have poop pits underneath my roosts and sprayed in there too. Good luck...

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6.4 ounces

190ml

0.5%

Thank you! <3 We bought a half-gallon sprayer, but it didn't have a wand.

Yes very annoying pests. I lost two hens a couple of weeks ago very suddenly and I wonder if these things are the reason why.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

Just curious, to help prevent these things from coming back in the future, are these types of gnats attracted to a bug zapper?

 

[cmom]

They come with the season. We have more of a problem in the warmer/hotter months. No prevention just treatments when they show up.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

They come with the season. We have more of a problem in the warmer/hotter months. No prevention just treatments when they show up.

Ah, I see. So a bug zapper won't help me kill them off?

 

[Smileybans]

Aww.

Yeah hopefully I can get solar hooked up soon and then done have to worry too much about the crazy wiring.

 

[BesideStillWaters]

Yeah hopefully I can get solar hooked up soon and then done have to worry too much about the crazy wiring.

The people who run our feed store told me to get vanilla extract and wipe it on their beaks. It looks like some people have success with mixing vanilla in a spray bottle and spraying the chickens. I might try that too...

Good luck with the solar!

 

[salsss]

Make sure you spray the inside windows. They don’t like to be inside and will gather at the windows. We called them black flies in the Adirondacks.

 

[Ais]

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can I spray this in their coop and on the run and woodchips in the run?