Too many flies?

[Caustic Burno]

Feed rabon and break the cycle if not you will never win.
This is like trying to push a rope uphill.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Has anyone ever got their whole herd in the corral and sprayed fly control out of their spray rig? That is an easy fix for me.

If you do this every other week, it works. Otherwise, it doesn't do much good for the duration.

 

[Susie David]

Has anyone tried the "fly killer flies" guess that they are little bugs that kill flys. Sounds like a good idea except I wonder how long do they live and what eats them.

We've been having unseasonaly high temps but the flys are still not bad yet..only about twenty to a cow, but they rotate throughout the herd so it's hard to get an accurate count...and o'l boss cow is always slinging dirt all over herself and anything within a five foot radius of her so she doesn't count. Don't appear to bother the calves yet.
Dmc

 

[LonghornRanch]

Parasitic Wasps

 

[TheBullLady]

About the only thing that seems to work for me is I run the cows into the corrals every 5 or 6 days, feed them, and spray them. I change sprays every other time, so the flies don't get "immune".

Also feed the Rabon. It's hard to tell if it helps.. but everyone is right.. the flies are especially bad this year!

 

[Stocker Steve]

how can you get a good count on flies? everytime i get up to about a hundred or so i get a big swat in the face and all the flies scramble.

I have problems with counting past 10 or so...

 

[LonghornRanch]

Feed rabon and break the cycle if not you will never win.

CB, you using the blocks? Seems to be pretty costly.