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Re: [RC] [RC] flies - Gabi (Ra'anana Farm) - Barbara McCraryI was given a "subscription" to the Fly Predators, and while I was originally skeptical, I truly believe they reduced the flies around our house and paddock, which is about 50 feet or less from our house. The nearest other horses are 1/2 mile away, and they had lots of face flies hanging around. We had very few, and we did not have the usual attack of house flies, either. Maybe it's just the different weather this summer.....very dry, little fog, and warmer than usual.....but the neighbors had more flies than we. I would like to think it was a result of the Fly Predators, and I plan to subscribe to the system next year. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "LaBrake, Denise A" <denise.labrake-kit@xxxxxxxxx> To: "'Ridecamp (E-mail)" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:20 AM Subject: [RC] [RC] flies - Gabi (Ra'anana Farm) Hi Gabi, I'm may have a solution for you but you have to be dedicated to it and you so do your neighbors that have livestock. For us it worked wonders and we only have one horse with no horses/cows for a mile. For you it may be pricey, however, compared to other methods you are probably trying it is way cheaper, about $2 to $3 a month per horse. For me it is dirt cheap. We invest annually in Fly Predators. I do over kill on my predators because there are horses and cows a miles from us. So I put down enough for 5 horses. It's about $150 for my annual cost. I use 5000 fly predators. They are safe organic natural way of killing off your fly crops. Check them out at this link. www.spaldinglaboratories.com You pay annually, one payment a year and they ship you a monthly shipment. Depending on your geographical area you will only need at the most 6 months supply for a 4 season climate. You won't see immediate results however, over time they lessen and eventually you will have little flies. Just remember our climate effects the fly breeding as well. For example we've used them for 5 years now. 1st year with one horse there were a few hundred flies pestering her. By the end of the season it dramatically decreased to less than 10 flies. The following year...NONE! And year after with the exception of extremely wet season like our winter and spring this year. She has about 6 to 10 flies bugging her but they have been gone about a week or two because it's so dry here and getting colder. You will LOVE IT! And so do my neighbors!!! All the racetracks use this method and have for years. Also, I will answer the question most people ask. No, they are not pests to humans. Matter a fact you only see them out on the manure. They never approach people or the animals. Also if you know people that have fleas...they sell flea predators as well. I never tried them, don't have that problem, and they are more pricy because you don't need as much. But I hear they work! Good luck! ***************************** I have a serious fly problem at my 25 horse barn. -all bins have lids -no standing water -stables cleaned once a day, every day. -once a week, professional company sprays fly-poisen on the barn walls, doors etc. -muck-heap is covered by plastic, and removed once a week. -30 fly catchers barrels attrack and catch flies by the hundreds. -horses get 1 cup of Diatomacious earth on their food each day. AND STILL I HAVE A LOT OF FLIES. No wonder the neighbours are complaining and municipality is going to close me down if I do not control the problem. I don't know what else to do anymore...until just yesterday I discovered under the first layer of seemingly clean sand of the stables, another deeper layer of rotten, smelly, humid sand, gues what; full of little white worms. My stablefloor is a fly factory! Now i am going to get a few workers together to dig it all out. Is there anynthing I can pour on it that will safe the hard labor? Is there anything i can pour on the new fresh clean layer to prevent this from happening again? fly crazy gabi Denise KY =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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