Does garlic keep flies off cattle?

[Cowlife]

As above. Does feeding Garlic in whatever form keep flies away from heifers?
Your thoughts please.

Edit. I currently use pour on which does work but prob not the best for dung beetles etc. Plus it's another bill.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Apparently the fly tags are supposed to work well. Haven’t used any yet though.

 

[upnortheast]

Does feeding Garlic in whatever form keep flies away from heifers?

Dunno, but it certainly keeps me off the wife

 

[O'Reilly]

Tried some garlic salt licks from Dallas Keith last year, didn't see much difference, although last year was bad for flies

 

[Cowlife]

Tried some garlic salt licks from Dallas Keith last year, didn't see much difference, although last year was bad for flies

Yep I used a lot of pour on last year

 

[Monty]

We used garlic lick buckets again last year on the heifers and they seem to work. Noticably less flies landing on and bothering them. However we know from the past they are not that keen on licking them compared to normal ones so need to be hungry to take them. These were round yellow ones. Not sure on the brand

 

[Cowlife]

We used garlic lick buckets again last year on the heifers and they seem to work. Noticably less flies landing on and bothering them. However we know from the past they are not that keen on licking them compared to normal ones so need to be hungry to take them. These were round yellow ones. Not sure on the brand

I had the opposite problem here. I tried two Buckets and they ate them in a couple of days.
Currently experimenting with a bag of catering garlic powder which I throw over their meal. I thought they would never eat it but again they love it.
No flies yet in this weather though.

 

[Monty]

Are they french cattle?