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Originally Posted by Phyxius  I've used fly predators for a couple years and I have a neighbor with property boardering mine that has two horses and about 100 yards away another neighbor with two horses and two ponies and then more neighbors with horses approx. .25-.5 miles away. To my knowledge none of my neighbors use fly predators. Biting flies can travel approx. a quarter of a mile a day. I have noticed a decrease in biting flies since I started using the fly predators, even with my nearby neighbors not using them. However, I do not live next to a barn with 15-30 horses, just weekend warriors with a couple head.
I get my fly predators from Spalding labs in packages of 5,000 with 10,000 coming in July and August. The flies come in little larvae and are susceptible to being eaten by chickens/birds and ants so you'll want to read the directions for release to make sure you're not just feeding the wildlife. The predators work by eating the biting flies BEFORE they hatch, so if you wait until later in the year and already have an established fly population it will take a while to notice a significant change in population. The predators are very small and do not bother people or horses.
Also, I thought you were boarding at Flat Iron, are you looking into getting them there? There are reccommended amounts for different amounts of animals. |
Hey Phyx, we are going to try them this year at the new place... We've got 25,000 coming each month and 50,000 coming for July and Aug. I added the cows to the total...
Those poor cows were covered last year... I wanted to go out and spray them.