Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: wolverine on July 19, 2010, 17:01
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It's been up 9 days today and this is the first day it's worked and it stinks!!!! my garden is small so I might have to think of another plan for fly control
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I tried them a couple of years ago and didn't rate them much. Like you I thought they stank and attracted flies that wouldn't have come if it wasn't for their pong and they look horrible when full of wiggling and dead flies :ohmy:
The flies here this year are driving me bonkers :mad:
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I've tried it for the first time and has been up for a week ....agree it looks absolutely disgusting and the smell...yuk ...especially when I topped up the water ! It is right at the end of our garden though so enough space to not be near it Am waiting now for some more really hot weather to see if it actaully does cut down the amount of flies in the run. Am not looking forward to disgarding either.
How long do they usually last or does it depend on how may flies get trapped?
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I had mine up for 3 weeks and it quickly did it's job from day two, during this time I had no flies in the house and rarely saw one near my chooks but as I have a small garden with houses very close I decided to take it down at the weekend as the smell was so bad and I thought the neighbours would think it was my chooks, plus it was making me feel sick. It was three quarters full when I disposed of it, which also makes me think I was attracting far more flies than I would have otherwise had. If you have a big garden and can keep it away from the house and neighbours I think they are great.
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I dont rate them atall, i had one in my garden last yr and it attracted more flies than i reckon it would have if i hadnt of put it up, there absoutley stink aswell, i think as long as you regualry poo pick it will keep the flies down. nickyx
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Have you tried poo picking for 200 chickens Nicky? :lol: :lol: I think I'll stick to my Red Top. I don't care where the flies come from as long as they don't go into my house :D
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I had some sent over from the UK via Ebay, and our first one has been up for about 4 days now, I noticed there were some flies in it yesterday, but it hadnt started smelling yet, so it cant be properly cooked. Tell me though what does it smell like? Bad eggs? Fish? Worse????? :ohmy: :ohmy:
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. Tell me though what does it smell like?
A dead body thats lain unfound for 3 weeks :wacko: and dont ask how I know :D
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I think with large numbers of chickens or if you keep ducks so can't poo pick they are great. Mine is full now and I've noticed the past few days lots of flies by the house so I'm putting another up. I know it attracts more flies from the stream and field but it doesn't bother me as is at the end of the garden so I can only smell it when I go into the run and it keeps them away from the house and patio :)
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I`ve just emptied the fly trap for the second time since april , the trap filled in 3 weeks.
How many greenbottles are there in a pint.?
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Would it still work if I covered it in duct tape so I didn't have to see inside it?
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Last year I emptied it and puked ::) :blink: :ohmy: So this year I just bought a couple so I could replace after a month or two once full! Not sure about duct tape to not see in, the smell attracts them and heat helps the smell so not sure what effect the duct tape would have - I bet Auntie would know - AUNTIE????? ;) :D
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Would it still work if I covered it in duct tape so I didn't have to see inside it?
Then to see if it was full you`d have to open it ! :tongue2:
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Just get some pigs and cover them with sticky honey. Problem solved and afterwards great on the BBQ too!
HF
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I was wondering about these as I'd heard they were good. I use fly paper (which happens to be quite good) & poo pick.
As for it smelling like a corpse - 20 odd yrs in nursing has numbed my nasal passages quite well. :lol:
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No, trust me on this- I have a 40 year nursing experience and the smell turned my stomach. As for the appearance, I draped a piece of cloth around it so I couldn't see the death throes and then the maggots. I had to empty it at night as I didn't want to see the contents, nevertheless it was very effective but don't think I want another one in my small garden.
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No, trust me on this- I have a 40 year nursing experience and the smell turned my stomach. As for the appearance, I draped a piece of cloth around it so I couldn't see the death throes and then the maggots. I had to empty it at night as I didn't want to see the contents, nevertheless it was very effective but don't think I want another one in my small garden.
hmm, i think ill it a miss then. :lol: I hate maggotts, even though i buy them for the girls to eat. I'll wait untill I get a bigger place I think to use one.
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Our red top has been up over a week now and I keep expecting to get the stench but I can still walk past it and smell nothing. It has loads of flies in it, but we still seem to be inundated in the house, so much so, Ive bought an electric zapper one off ebay today! Im really hoping it will start doing something over the next day or so.
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Last year I had 2 electic zappers and they did very little - the flies would land on the outside of them and just walk around as if they were enjoying the warmth that it gave off :mad:
Give your red top a few more weeks - it can take several for it to get full strength, they really do need time to mature. My one closest to the house now seems to be losing its power so I have started another one off today.
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had mine up about 2 weeks quarter full.i think they have to be up for a while to break the cycle as
they mainly attract female fly as for emptying it might just bin it when its done.
shame they dont do a black plastic one so dont have to see the carnage
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Ours has been up now for 3- 4 weeks and can assue you it will smell - untill it did I didn't know what all the fuss was about !!! :wub: but itdoes now it'so awful , so much so don't think I will get another - not looking forward to getting rid either !
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mime is starting to get very very nasty what's the best way to get rid with out spilling the liquid death fly soup ? I don't want that stuff in my dustbin
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I used a garden knife to make a slit near the top of the bag and emptied it down the sewer drain (at night so I couldn't see the contents, with gloves and nose covered with scarf) double wrapped empty bag before putting it in dustbin.
JAne
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I used a garden knife to make a slit near the top of the bag and emptied it down the sewer drain (at night so I couldn't see the contents, with gloves and nose covered with scarf) double wrapped empty bag before putting it in dustbin.
JAne
So it's SOEP now! What happens when this gets to the tip?
HF
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I spray essential oils (peppermint/citronella) around the coop when i poo pick which keeps the flys down. That smells pleasant. I usually hang 3 fly paper strips up in the coop & some outside which catches quite alot.
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I spray essential oils (peppermint/citronella) around the coop when i poo pick which keeps the flys down. That smells pleasant. I usually hang 3 fly paper strips up in the coop & some outside which catches quite alot.
Beware of fly papers near birds, they mean death to small birds trying to pick the the flies off and make a right mess of chicken feathers or cat fur as someone on the forum found out recently.
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I spray essential oils (peppermint/citronella) around the coop when i poo pick which keeps the flys down. That smells pleasant. I usually hang 3 fly paper strips up in the coop & some outside which catches quite alot.
Beware of fly papers near birds, they mean death to small birds trying to pick the the flies off and make a right mess of chicken feathers or cat fur as someone on the forum found out recently.
I too have had nasty experiences with hanging fly papers in the choo house. Ive lost many a clump of hair. I dont bother now!