Fly tags

[piedmontese]

Do they really work or do we just use them because it makes us feel better?

 

[branguscowgirl]

I have a friend that swears by them. She is convinced that they work well. I think that it also depends on the brand. Some better than others.

 

[torogmc81]

We put some in last year for the first time. I think they lasted a good 2.5 months at least, which I was very surprised. This year we won't put them on quite so early. Probably do them in a few weeks when we do some preg checks and calf vacs

 

[bird dog]

I put them on early this year ( late March) and they didn't seem to work as well as last year when I put them on in July. Maybe different conditions or just hotter dryer weather.

 

[greybeard]

Do they help with the horse flies and other big biting flies?
My rubs and the rabon blocks seem to be helping a lot with horn flies etc, but the big biters are everywhere this year, especially right at dusk. Driving the cattle nuts.

 

[dun]

Do they help with the horse flies and other big biting flies?
My rubs and the rabon blocks seem to be helping a lot with horn flies etc, but the big biters are everywhere this year, especially right at dusk. Driving the cattle nuts.

A shotgun might work with horseflys. Best you can do is sanitation and preventing areas from getting soggy that are places the HFs breed.

 

[greybeard]

That's not encouraging Dun. The whole national forest all around me is now a bog--it was a very wet April and May--June has started the same way.