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Hi, Tis the fly season again and they are coming on like gang-busters! …. We keep all of our horse manure cleaned out of the stalls everyday, and let them air-out, keeping the piles away from the barn and horses..BUT, this year there seem to be a lot more…They are all over the sides of our house, and on the car hoods and decks…Got any natural remedies for fly control?
Justin
Hi, Tis the fly season again and they are coming on like gang-busters! …. We keep all of our horse manure cleaned out of the stalls everyday, and let them air-out, keeping the piles away from the barn and horses..BUT, this year there seem to be a lot more…They are all over the sides of our house, and on the car hoods and decks…Got any natural remedies for fly control?
Justin







If you fill a ziplock baggy with water then hang it above the door on the door way the flies won’t come in. sounds weird I know, but it works. I have so many people that do it and they don’t have any flies in their house.
There is such a thing as a fly gun. Its this thing where you squeeze the trigger, and it releases a plastic disk attached to a string which is attached to trigger so you dont lose the disk. Does that make any sense? I’m pretty bad at explaining things. But any way, i went shopping on Chrissy late night shopping a couple of years ago, and bought one. It was very successful, although I don’t think I had nearly as many flies as it sounds like you do. But it was fun, and I actually went around my house looking for flies to kill. To my surprise, I had actually killed just about all of them. The best part is that it killes them with no mess at all. No fly guts, no fly blood squished everywhere. I really recomend this thing, but you do need time to go around hitting them. If you have a stable, then you probably dont have much time. Well, any way, good luck with operation-fly-be-gone.
I’m not as ambitious as Frank Buck above nor do I support the NRA so I just tie fly swatters to the horse’s tails and let them do the work.
I heard hanging a cd at the entrances will keep flies away… also a water filled baggy.
Arbico Organics makes a baited fly trap – it’s essentially a plastic pail with a yeast/water bait at the bottom. The flies enter and can’t escape. It’s supposed to work well, but it’s a little pricey….I think I’d try the baggie first!
We use a supplement in the feed the makes the baby flies die and it eliminates the problem by 90%