Response to flys

Hi Patty, we have pretty much eliminated our fly problems. We go to the source, the animals! We fill a mans-tube sock with Golden Marlin, it comes in a can and is very poisionous. We hang these tubes in the air up in the barn. I squirt them down with a catsup bottle full of water, every evening (your aim will get very good). In the evening the flys will land on these tubes and are then sterilized. We have 3 tubes in our 30x40 Dairy barn. I don't hang them in with kids, the poison will drip intially every night after you squirt them and kids would be stupid enough to lick these drips. My older stock is fine. I have never had a problem with my hens or any other animals. I also have them high enough that even my biggest does can not reach them standing on their hind legs. We also clean, clean and clean the barn. No bedding during the summer, just a rake, a scoop shovel, a wheelbarrow and a compost pile. Talk to you soon, Vicki McGaugh

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