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is it just us, or not, flyed the cows 5weeks ago, have had to fly again, by pouring down their backs, but all cattle out side are now clear of flys, with the exception of all heads seem to be covered with flys, any ideas ?
Put a dab of fly treatments on head aswell as body.is it just us, or not, flyed the cows 5weeks ago, have had to fly again, by pouring down their backs, but all cattle out side are now clear of flys, with the exception of all heads seem to be covered with flys, any ideas ?
What am I doing wrong , got 4 red tops up , hardly caught a fly in a week?View attachment 702564 Red top fly catchers reduce the fly loading dramatically, top half is just dead flies, totally disgusting but 5 of those round the place makes a hell of a difference.
Is the water warm-ish? It takes about 10 days to start 'brewing'. Ideally hang in direct sunshine. Presume you have constructed it correctly with a small entry gap between the red top and the funnel. We've progressed from red tops to 'big yellow fly buckets' with bigger capacity.What am I doing wrong , got 4 red tops up , hardly caught a fly in a week?
still plenty drowned in the dumped hot parlour wash water.
where have you placed them ?View attachment 702564 Red top fly catchers reduce the fly loading dramatically, top half is just dead flies, totally disgusting but 5 of those round the place makes a hell of a difference.
Outside the cow sheds and fly areas, in direct sunlight where poss and top up with lukewarm water weeklywhere have you placed them ?
View attachment 702564 Red top fly catchers reduce the fly loading dramatically, top half is just dead flies, totally disgusting but 5 of those round the place makes a hell of a difference.
where do you get them fromBag with a powder that is mixed with 1lt water and hung up lid acts as a one way tube so when they get in they cant get out.
Stinks and that attracts the flies
I get mine from my local independent...Wynnstay don't stock them at present thoughwhere do you get them from
This is off the wall but try WD40. I know of a woman whose dressage horse was losing points due to reaction to flies. Somebody told her to try WD40.Trying to stop flies bothering the dry cows and reduce summer mastitis, they are outside on the highest most exposed ground and spraying them with teat dip through the knap sack sprayer every morning when they have the dry cow rolls, still had a couple of cases of summer mastitis, any ideas what else I could use other than teat dip to keep flys away from them for 24hours? May have to switch to Stockholm tar but it's handy using the knap sack
where have you placed them ?