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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
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 Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 06:42:04 AM
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My chicken coop is already getting flies. What can I use to keep the flies under control that will not harm my chickens? Should I sprinkle some seven dust around the out side of cage? Thats what someone told me to do. I do not want to make my chickens sick.
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
1108 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 10:22:12 AM
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We use fly traps near the horse stalls to keep flies down. The traps are a bag filled with fly "bait" inside, and you add water to make the trap smell like something decaying-- then they crawl inside the bag and drown in the water since they can't crawl back out. You tie a string to the traps to hang them up, and we buy them at Lowes, seems like it would be pretty safe in the coop to me!
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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Dorinda
True Blue Farmgirl
1023 Posts
Dorinda
St. Cloud
Florida
USA
1023 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 7:34:25 PM
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Thank You so much Jennifer I did not even think about fly traps. I will be going tomorrow to get some!
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Dusky Beauty
True Blue Farmgirl
1108 Posts
Jen
Tonopah
AZ
USA
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Posted - Apr 25 2011 : 9:43:18 PM
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Glad to help! I only discovered them myself a couple summers ago.
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
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oldbittyhen
True Blue Farmgirl
1511 Posts
tina
quartz hill
ca
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2011 : 09:13:22 AM
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| You should be able to get "fly Predators" at any feed type stores, they are an insect that kill and eat flys in all stages of life, nothing to ever buy again, they will multiply on their own and pretty much keep you fly free no matter where you live, or how much livestock you have... |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2011 : 4:02:59 PM
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i love the fly predators. they work well for us. i also use de. happy days sherye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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batznthebelfry
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Athol
Ma
USA
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Posted - Apr 26 2011 : 5:15:56 PM
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I use those also & like them plus I use the tape one in the upper corners of the coop also...we too get tons of flies & between those 2 things I do pretty well at keeping the fly population down in there....I also make sure the chickens get more DE earth mixed in with their feed so if they do eat some of the flies they aren't getting nasty bugs inside them or in their eggs.....Michele'
Chickens rule!
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