FLY CONTROL FOR CATTLE?

[bluebell]

do you use any fly control products, and if so what ? ive tried a few over the years and settled on spoton, used some this morning on some young cattle put through race so to get it on without wasting at same time put some pouron wormer on, if they are tame like another group you can walk amongst them putting a little on ?

 

[traineefarmer]

We use Flypor on housed cattle through the summer. Easy to use, good results. Not much else to say.

 

[czechmate]

I tried a garlic lick one year with one heard. We had no end of eye trouble with just that one heard! Coincidence? Haven’t used another garlic lick.
The wife uses versatrin in the field. We can get high fly numbers here

 

[bluebell]

has anyone made their own fly treatment?

 

[Danllan]

We've been using Spot On, so far so good.

@czechmate With reference to garlic, we have a couple of small fields that I've brought back into use after being long left rough by my predecessors; the steepest parts, that I have left 'wooded', are carpeted with ramsons from the start of Spring, the leaves finally going about now. Both the sheep and cattle covet them and the smell pervades the herd / flock for some time after moving on, maybe up to a week, and they are noticeably more free of fly bother than others who haven't had the ramsons. I'm minded to keep these two to put calving cows on - although I wouldn't be too keen the milk myself though.

 

[czechmate]

We've been using Spot On, so far so good.

@czechmate With reference to garlic, we have a couple of small fields that I've brought back into use after being long left rough by my predecessors; the steepest parts, that I have left 'wooded', are carpeted with ramsons from the start of Spring, the leaves finally going about now. Both the sheep and cattle covet them and the smell pervades the herd / flock for some time after moving on, maybe up to a week, and they are noticeably more free of fly bother than others who haven't had the ramsons. I'm minded to keep these two to put calving cows on - although I wouldn't be too keen the milk myself though.

Does it have a quite distinct smell?
The previous owner was organic and some of the grass has a strong smell with these strange plants in it.

 

[Danllan]

Does it have a quite distinct smell?
The previous owner was organic and some of the grass has a strong smell with these strange plants in it.

Yep, ramsons are 'wild' garlic, they stink of it!

 

[Doddsy]

We use Flypor on housed cattle through the summer. Easy to use, good results. Not much else to say.

Hi there, got some flypor to try but not the specific 'flypor' gun? Do you apply from a straight nozzle or a T Bar type, similar to Swish?? Cheers

 

[traineefarmer]

Hi there, got some flypor to try but not the specific 'flypor' gun? Do you apply from a straight nozzle or a T Bar type, similar to Swish?? Cheers

I use the gun supplied in the flypor 4-packs. it's nothing special, just a dosing gun with a straight nozzle.

 

[Doddsy]

I use the gun supplied in the flypor 4-packs. it's nothing special, just a dosing gun with a straight nozzle.

Ideal, thanks.

 

[Hilly]

Just done a lot with down land spot on .