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Thinking about using repellent ear tags for fly control? I would appreciate everyone's PROS & CONS. Thanks.
go with the rabon fly blocks.those taggs are only good for 60 to 90 days.an they really dont work that good.you can get the rabon blocks for $10 to $12 a peice.an no intensive labor involved with them.just put them out an go.AF Ranch":2565jw6m said:Thinking about using repellent ear tags for fly control? I would appreciate everyone's PROS & CONS. Thanks.
Dusty Britches":2vefb7wm said:I use the same holes year after year. One tag goes in the front of the ear and a second tag goes on the back of the other ear, so the numbered tag won't interfer with it.
I rotate tags between pyrethroids and organophates.
I also de-worm the cows.
we unroll hay and drag the pastures in the winter to prevent fly breeding areas.
It is a year round management practice and like Dun said, a multiphase treatment.
We have had a lot of success with the program.
Hillsdown - try putting the fly tags in the back of the ear, facing rearward to the cow.
hillsdown":2hh49mol said:Thanx reversing the tags would make sense and not interfere with the other tags.Now what are pyrethroids and organophates?