F**king flies on sheep!!

[hubbahubba]

Fed up with putting tar or mainly gimmers with flies on there wounds. I never even thought too many at all were cut a clipping time but some are getting worse. Thinking about bringing a couple inside to try and get them over it. Got some yellow fly cream of the vet to put round the bad bits but not sure how well it will work. Any other things i could try? We use swish on cattle but not sure how well that works either. Should i also give antibiotics? Cheers for looking.

 

[andybk]

crovect , or dysect if you can find some , flies hate it

 

[hubbahubba]

crovect , or dysect if you can find some , flies hate it

Aw great i have Crovect just never knew it worked as a repellent.

 

[CharcoalWally]

As @andybk says above , Dysect is a great product.

I turn my ewe hoggs on to a tick ridden green hill in May. Do them with Dysect at the time. When I bring them in to shear at the end of June/beginning July their skins are as clean as a whistle - no tick , no flies , no maggots. They were lovely to shear. Without Dysect they would be covered in tick at the very least.

Since you've already got Crovect , get stuck in with that.

 

[andybk]

crovect says for headfly use on the can

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I remember my uncle sticking bits of hessian bag on with copydex. Not sure it worked very well though!
+1 for crovect/ dysect

 

[hubbahubba]

So the bits on there necks which are red, a bit bloody and sore if i put crovect along there back it should keep the flies of them? I did do a few of the worse ones with click to prevent them getting maggots but it done nothing to stop the flies going for them. Bloody going to Canada on Monday so needing them better by then... i hope.

 

[andybk]

I remember my uncle sticking bits of hessian bag on with copydex. Not sure it worked very well though!
+1 for crovect/ dysect

So thats why they all have sacks on them at the shows , all the wool looks stuck down with some sort of glue when they take em off anyway

 

[Baling Hay]

So the bits on there necks which are red, a bit bloody and sore if i put crovect along there back it should keep the flies of them? I did do a few of the worse ones with click to prevent them getting maggots but it done nothing to stop the flies going for them. Bloody going to Canada on Monday so needing them better by then... i hope.

what part of Canada?

 

[hubbahubba]

what part of Canada?

Calgary and driving to Vancouver and Van island then to new york. Only decided to go here after starting a thread about it on here in January and that time has finally arrived just when these fly problems are getting worse.

 

[Baling Hay]

Calgary and driving to Vancouver and Van island then to new york. Only decided to go here after starting a thread about it on here in January and that time has finally arrived just when these fly problems are getting worse.

Take lots of photos for us!

 

[neilo]

crovect says for headfly use on the can

But it's next to useless for them. 2ml of Spot on works better, and for longer.

I'm told that a good 'slosh' of OP dip works wonders to keep flies off cuts while they heal, but it's not on the label.

 

[JD-Kid]

pour on is going to be useless not eneff coverage better jetting with an OP or SP

 

[Henarar]

Mix up some jeyes fluid and soak them with it and the problem will be gone

 

[slaney]

Would click not work as a fly repellent with some cheno unction on to heal the wound???

 

[andybk]

pour on is going to be useless not eneff coverage better jetting with an OP or SP

op doesnt repel , and SP is banned in europe , except in pour on , we used to drizzle sp over the rams heads in a pen with a stirup pump in hot weather and it worked well for a week or so , but we cant get it anymore

 

[llamedos]

Mix up some jeyes fluid and soak them with it and the problem will be gone

mix some jeys fluid and put it on an open wound on your finger

 

[JD-Kid]

op doesnt repel , and SP is banned in europe , except in pour on , we used to drizzle sp over the rams heads in a pen with a stirup pump in hot weather and it worked well for a week or so , but we cant get it anymore

ummmm maggo we use here for flystrike keeps flys away it's an OP based product .. bit of a bugger yer can't get some of the better IGR's may not repel the flys but would stop the damage

 

[andybk]

the damn op,s left here JD are f # useless, probally half the strength they used to be and $$$$ a gallon here used to be about £70 now nearer £300 ,
we used to stirup pump a line down backs and around arse for fly control here on short coated shorn ewes and used to last 8 weeks , last time we did it , had maggot where spray was applied within 3 weeks .

 

[Watty]

Slap bright yellow fly cream on the open wounds - not the stuff from Mole Valley, the stuff from the vets - much better. You want the thick stuff not the sloppy type.