[justin hender]

help me is there anyting i can do about the large number of flies around the chicken coop i make sure the area is always clean and free of poo???

[Aunt Sally]

I don't get any trouble with flies.  

How often do you clean the coop/house and run :?:

It might also be because I add garlic powder (horsey stuff) to the feed to deodorize any poos.

[richyrich7]

Redtop fly trap the best   www.ashmoat.com

oh forgot it stinks, keep away from the house but it will catch every fly for about 1/2 a mile    bit scary when you see how many you catch 1000's and 1000's

[Jellyhead]

:shock:  :shock:  :shock: sounds good to me

[chicken soup]

It might also be because I add garlic powder (horsey stuff) to the feed to deodorize any poos.

Would ordinary garlic do the same Aunt Sally, if I chopped it up and added it to the food.  They already get some in their drinking water once a week.

[smiler43]

richyrich7 posted

Redtop fly trap the best  www.ashmoat.com

oh forgot it stinks, keep away from the house but it will catch every fly for about 1/2 a mile  bit scary when you see how many you catch 1000's and 1000's[/color][/color]

Hi there, I was thinking of getting one of these, is the smell really bad?  Where can you place it, anywhere?
Is it ok outside near the run/coop?
Does it just attract flies, was wondering about the poor bees?

[Aunt Sally]

It might also be because I add garlic powder (horsey stuff) to the feed to deodorize any poos.

Would ordinary garlic do the same Aunt Sally, if I chopped it up and added it to the food.  They already get some in their drinking water once a week.

Yes it would do the same, but I think they'd just eat it immediatly.  The horsey garlic powder is much cheaper and lasts ages.

[TheChilliMan]

Maybe you should try one of these

[Aunt Sally]

I think the chooks might eat it    

[poultrygeist]

or vice versa by the size of it  :shock:

[Aunt Sally]

   

I grow quite a few carniverous plants, and I'd not let my little JCBs near them  :shock:

[Bodger]

It reminds me of the joke about how to keep the flies out of the kitchen. You keep a bucket of poop in the living room. :oops:

[richyrich7]

richyrich7 posted

Redtop fly trap the best  www.ashmoat.com

oh forgot it stinks, keep away from the house but it will catch every fly for about 1/2 a mile  bit scary when you see how many you catch 1000's and 1000's[/color][/color]

Hi there, I was thinking of getting one of these, is the smell really bad?  Where can you place it, anywhere?
Is it ok outside near the run/coop?
Does it just attract flies, was wondering about the poor bees?

Smell is bearable in my opinion keep it as far from the house as possible and in a sunny spot, I think it needs to be at least a couple of metres away from the hens coop.
It only attracts flies.

[Lost in France]

Diatom says it will keep flies away from the compost heap. I had a problem last Summer with a cluster of flies that seemed to like the felt on top of one of the henhouses, Diatom saw them off and nothing since. Certianly worth a try!

Good luck!

Judi

[Chappers]

Redtop fly trap the best   www.ashmoat.com

oh forgot it stinks, keep away from the house but it will catch every fly for about 1/2 a mile    bit scary when you see how many you catch 1000's and 1000's

Are they a throw away product or can you get some sort of refill, do they last a year/summer

cheers