Best Fly Trap EVER!

[@letitbee7248]

Wow! That's a lot of flies! So happy you found this. I know y'all and the horses and all your animals will be so happy to have less flies bugging you.

[@kimmarievan-ever6599]

OH MY GOD.. I've never seen sooo many flies..its horrendous but thats going to make it so much better for the horses too..well done..great idea .

[@debbievoss3496]

Yeah! Just put up about 3 more of those in that barn

[@janethompson2305]

This isnt anything new.!! These fly tapes R everywhere & ppl put them up like this aaaaaaaall over the place... but good to share

[@David-fi1fi]

I'm thinking just to start with, there's gonna have to be at least 3 Dozen, of those strips around the place. In order to even start to create a Dent in this level of fly population...!!!

[@nicholem4831]

⁠​⁠@@janethompson2305literally nobody, not a fucking single soul said it was new 🙄🙄🙄🙄. You DO know that people can share and recommend things that aren’t new….right? Ffs. 😳🙄👎🏼🤦🏻‍♀️🖕🏼

[@dreamcatcher3861]

@@nicholem4831 you really are a very unpleasant person. I don't know what's happened in your life to make you like that but it must have been awful. I'm sorry for whatever pain you've suffered that you feel the need to lash out and ridicule others to make yourself feel better. I hope your life gets better and you become more empathic.

[@d.g.n9392]

Okay, I just went on Amazon and bought one of these. I’ll get those pests 🙋‍♂️🐈🐈

[@user-ii4zf5iq3t]

When you are surrounded by pools of stagnant water. My aunt & uncle had a rice farm and the mosquitos were horrendous. You did not go out after dusk and didn't go back out until after sunrise. They had those electric skeeter zappers outside.

[@dianad0523]

​@@user-ii4zf5iq3tI went to a wedding in Minnesota on a Lake which was the same way! I didn't want to leave the cabin when I saw how many mosquitoes were on the outside of the screened porch! Ugh I hated it there because those bloodsuckers love me 😢

[@Iheartpillzz]

@@dianad0523mosquito repellant works

[@Critter_Clips]

WOW 😳😳😳 THAT'S A LOT OF FLIES!

[@BBnSam1215]

Gooooooodness gracious sakes alive! Y’all weren’t kidding about the flies. Sounds like this will end up being a daily routine for you guys.

[@mariagonzalez5119]

What a great solution for those pesky flies!!

[@deniseleplatt1616]

Great job, those flies should be afraid of Emri the mighty fly hunter

[@hummingbird_chirps8520]

Oh WOW! The horses and all of you are surely appreciating those fly traps! They're really doing a great job! Love it! 🦋💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🦋

[@wildriverstable123]

Wow! That looks like it is working great!!! We need to do this in our chicken coop lol!😂

[@pambrown6260]

I thought chickens ate flies?

[@Lonesome__Dove]

Glad this worked for yall. I figured it would. Pretty sure this ended up being exactly how he controlled the flies all summer and it ended up being only a few flies stuck after awhile. Got them all for the most part.

[@dorothykeene5442]

WOW!What a great job you have done! As far as mosquitoes, have you considered Purple Martin houses to attract the birds? They eat lots of the pests every day. Perhaps that would help deal with the bugs at the barn where you had the 2 mares with newborn foals. Your place is so beautiful for you and your horses. We are all hoping and praying the best for you and your horses as you create the dream homestead that you have such a vision for. ❤ Lord bless you all.

[@SILSpring]

purple martins crap on everything. It sucks when the carp all over your boat in the boat house.

[@reeritz1280]

WoW..that's alot of flies...good grief...the poor horses..they be fly dinner!! So happy you invented the Supersonic Flycatcher...it's working!

[@darlenemckay265]

Wow, im gonna try this!

[@aw072]

Wow! That’s great! I’m sure the horses are grateful for this and all your family does for them! ❤

[@cherylmarquez2645]

😳😳😳WOW! You need to get a truckload of that stuff to last through summer. 😂😂😂

[@stldigitalmemories]

A side by side comparison of a disposable bag style trap and this paper would be appropriate. I position my disposable bags away from my barn (on posts, hangers, etc.) as the attraction away from the horses. At this time of year, I usually pick up thousands of flies within 48 hours. When the bags are full, I simply replace them. I am not sure which method is more economical. During the summer, I probably go through 50 bags.

[@homesteadhorsemanship]

I’m not sure either. I would prefer not to us either but it is what it is at the moment. I just started using fly predators. Hopefully they will take in effect eventually and I won’t have to use any fly traps!

[@jeffdetrick]

@@homesteadhorsemanship We haven't had any luck with those predators so hopefully you find different results. Nothing is helping this year and the money we threw at the Simplifly additive to their feed was also a waste. Sigh. BTW, we wrap 5-Gallon Home Depot buckets with that fly paper so they are super portable and lightweight. Sometimes we also put some stinky stuff inside the bucket to attract the little buggers.

[@CJCopperJet]

Have you considered urging natural fly predators to find a home on your farm? Frogs, spiders, bats, chickens... chickens love fly larvae! How about urging barn swallows, bank swallows, swifts, and purple martins to nest around your farm? Purple Martin condos can be built out in verges of the grazing fields. Swifts like hollow trees. Bank swallows nest along the banks of creeks and rivers. Flies are so hard on the livestock!

[@paulalandrum8233]

She found her solution :)

[@karenpetroski766]

Wow, that is amazing fly paper.👍👍👍👍

[@allthumbs3792]

What a great idea!! Hopefully this will make a noticeable difference in the fly population this year and maybe next.

[@rustbucket9318]

Got to get those larvae eater bugs. The flys reproduce so fast you never actually make a difference when catching adults. It does feel good though.

[@Standardbredwoman04]

That is why you use a feed through the larvae cannot grow

[@rustbucket9318]

@@Standardbredwoman04 ???

[@gomezaddams6470]

​@@Standardbredwoman04There must be some sort of language or understanding barrier going on?

[@delphinium7713]

Maybe a large screen/mesh curtain to keep out bugs would be helpful near the entrance of the stables

[@homesteadhorsemanship]

We actually have one for our big barn door. We haven’t gotten it up this year, yet.

[@christinecainjohnson7836]

Yes, I was thinking about the same thing. I'm looking forward to hearing about how this works. I just got a little one to try on my kitchen door....

[@sherrithrift6153]

Science experiment 🪰

[@PennyLane66]

Omg that’s a lot of flies! the fly paper’s certainly helping to keep the numbers down though, good idea.

[@cynthiawalters6269]

That is AWESOME❤ Ive been using that fly paper.. But.. Had not come up.. With the Covered Box.. Im. Trying the covered Box Idea..👏👏👏👏👏

[@shedbloodofjesuschrist5385]

Another idea is to take big pickle jars, put a 1/4 inch hole in the lid on top, then add some raw chicken. The chicken will begin to decompose and the flies will enter the jar and fly around until they run out of energy and drop to the bottom. I have about four of these jars around my house and they are getting full of flies.

[@barbclements9006]

What about the odor?

[@shedbloodofjesuschrist5385]

@@barbclements9006 Yep, it stinks; however, you have to be really close to the jar to even catch a wiff of the smell. Just do not open the lid or else you might puke, cause the smell is just horrible. LOL! Wow, do they work well, as these jars get loaded with fly's! Don't even thinks of cleaning them out, just toss them and start with a new jar or you can let them go on and on working. Have a great day! Smile!

[@David-fi1fi]

Seems like you could use something other than chicken. That's gonna be Extremely stinking up the jar To the point, that you don't even want to clean out, And reuse the jar.

[@shedbloodofjesuschrist5385]

@@David-fi1fi Yep, it stinks! I have not cleaned out any of the jars over the last four years. I tried to clean one and the smell was so horrible that I decided just let them sit. It is crazy to see the chicken being devoured by maggots, then they all die off and you have this pink slime soup per say and the fly's still enter the jars still. I will say those jars really do a good job in keeping the fly's away from the house and once they enter and start flying around in the jar, then they are doomed. Thanks for you comment.

[@terebrown2892]

This is what I was looking for. I read all the replies to your reply so I think you'll probably see this. Thank you so much for chiming in and hanging around. I'm going to try to figure a way to avoid the pink slime and possibly empty the jar regularly to feed the flies to the neighbors' chickens. Maybe hang in a net bag- onion bag from the top as you screw the lid on? Water in the bottom to drown them... No, wait, that wouldn't work, couldn't feed the chickens. Well I still think you're idea is great, I'm doin' it tomorrow! I hope the op of this post sees this, it could save her a fortune in fly paper. Thanks, and God Bless you and yours.

[@robertshrewsbury5067]

There are times there are great satisfaction in projects. Love your success with the fly paper.

[@SeekerKC]

I'm so glad that it seems to be working for you!

[@genieking6191]

Wow. I will try this at my chicken coop and my house. I dont have that many but a few.

[@terebrown2892]

I'll bet you had more than thought you would!

[@anniejones2640]

That is crazy 😮😮😮

[@sara_._paula]

Poet Ogden Nash wrote: "God came and made the fly" "Then left before he told us why"

[@CarolineRichardson-n9b]

Also you could get bat boxes and may be swallow nests etc

[@sherrykeeney7376]

Wow! GOOD JOB! Looks like it's working real good l😊❤👍👍

[@taurusrae7630]

Ive seen videos before where some barns put up misters around the doorways. The insects won't fly through and it works for flies and skeeters. Only takes a few gallons a day.

[@lindadipasquale-lk2sl]

great job Emory!!!but it looks like you're going to go through an awful lot of fly paper!!!🐴❣️☺️

[@Ineden774]

That is absolutely crazy!

[@samanthadillard2853]

This is going to sound really cheap and easy but it really works take a 2 liter bottle and cut off the top fliptop inside then add a little bit of orange juice or fruit juice apple juice something to the bottom of it and just sit them around here and there the next thing you know your flies are going to be less than bottles are going to be full and they're easy to replace

[@David-fi1fi]

Are you just using empty 2 l bottles from soda or something? Or are you actually buying empty 2 l bottles from somewhere?

[@samanthadillard2853]

@@David-fi1fi using empty soda yes

[@huskiegaming4957]

i’d set up a few of those since they work so well

[@angelahenry1714]

There are fly bags you can buy where you just add water and there will be hundreds if not thousands of flys in it in no time, they are definitely for outdoor use only, stinky, but they work beautifully, worth trying too.

[@homesteadhorsemanship]

We have them every where already

[@David-fi1fi]

Instead of me spending at least days, looking for the best price. Could you list a link for the best price you've Found?

[@David-fi1fi]

I just thought of an idea where I get large industrial type thick bags trash bags and create a kind of tiny opening for them to go inside the. With maybe a little fruit juice on the bottom of the bag. And put that bag inside of another bag that is wrapped around that a little bit larger. Though it makes it very hard if not impossible for them to find their way back out, at least once they get into the inner bag.

[@Lonesome__Dove]

This is basically how Morgan did it on his farm at Goldshaw farm and this worked so well for him

[@notthereyethomestead8413]

That is working sooo well!! Awesome job!!!

[@EagleSoul]

This is amazing!!! So glad for you and the horses🎉🎉🎉

[@rockfishfarm3185]

We just did this too on a blue barrel! It works so good. We also did a video with something we feed our horses and haven’t seen a single fly on them!

[@charlene-zw]

great tip !!! fly paper ! I’m going to get some 👍 🐴

[@llsa8835]

Oh my gosh! Wow that works great. I would have them everywhere. Even try to make something hanging down from the inside of the roofs.

[@Medard1947]

Brilliant!

[@aurorahdale1306]

Wish we had that back when I was riding. Great find God bless you

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Indeed some of that. Thanks for the demonstration.

[@rentechpad]

Plants can also really make a difference in repelling flies, but you have to prepare ahead and either start seedings indoors in late winter and transplant them as soon as their is no more risk of freezing so they are mature enough to do the job come fly season, or if you have fields that come tight up to the barn/stable area sowing seeds of these plants as edging plants along the fenceline and around the edges of the stable can make a big difference. People often do not realize that their are plants that also attract flies flies and give them a good place to bred and hide in until mature so that a great many more survive to maturity making fly populations greater. Sadly, many of what ends up planted near barns and stable are grass crops later cut for hay - that flies just love to mature in. Planting Catnip, Lavender, Sage, Basil and Lemon Balm are great for deterring and limiting fly population - catnip is especially good at repelling horse flies and house flies it serves a dual purpose as a great attractor to pollinators such as butterflies and lacewings. All of these plants produce oils that flies don't do well with, and again Catnip is really well known and the main component of catnip oil is a terpenoid called nepetalactone, which deterrent effects rival or surmount those of DEET. I use catnip oil in a spray bottle on my horses and other livestock instead of commercial fly sprays, to spray on the animal - its not going to hurt the animal, is probably a good part of what's in an 'organic fly spray you buy commercially, but is much cheaper then buying a commercial spray that may be a mixture of other, less effective oils and your major cost is the fact that they bottled it for you. The only downside is that when the catnip is in full bloom and shedding its seeds any barn cats may tend to be attracted to any patches growing near doors and windows meaning they might be underfoot a bit more. Plants can really reduce fly populations to the point of really good control plus adding your extra large fly traps should catch all those not repelled by your plants. The one downside to a fly trap is that you have to depose of it once its well covered, as dead files starting to decay on the fly paper will deter those still alive and air borne from coming close as they are smart enough to realize that if they detect a bunch of dead flies they should stay away. During the height of fly season we cover various stable/barn walls with fly paper as you did the boxes making sure its not where animals will brush up against it (ie dont forget the dogs and keep the bottom edge high enough off the grown so your dog and goats are not rubbing the fly paper). I do like the wrapped box and barrel idea as it makes it more portable, so as flies migrate from one are to the next so too can your trap.

[@mollyshort2390]

😊awesome job getting rid of the bugs

[@catherineferguson7388]

Awesome fly traps, it’s certainly doing its job. Xxx

[@Kim-lc3fv]

Wow! So, so many flies!!

[@s.patrciabrady]

😮😮😮 WOW!! Loads of those buggers!! I will pray for you all and your horses 🐴🐴🐴 and animals there.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

The guy at Gold Shaw Farm tried several different types of anti-fly measures last year and posted a KZbin video on the results. Flies were tormenting his cows in the pasture. He found that putting fly paper on barrels or boxes as you did worked the best. He found that he had best success by keeping ahead of the fly proliferation, putting out the flypaper even before things got really bad and replacing it as needed. The flypaper made a huge difference on his farm. I hope it does for you too.

[@jamiemooney7440]

Holy smokes! Thanks 4 doin that for em, pretty awesome 😊 Flies! Horses nemesis

[@schammond8993]

Good grief! I thought we had flies here in NW Georgia. They are bad for sure but ticks are really bad this year as well. Great job.

[@terebrown2892]

A tip I got from Mother Earth News about 30 years ago... Take a vitamin B1 every day. If I get a tick on me (while I'm actively remembering to take the B1) I'll know it immediately because I can feel them running around looking for somewhere to jump off! Easy to grab and squash the little suckers. I've Never had to pluck one off or dig one out since I started this. Remember this, you're welcome, in advance. Is that a "ywia"?

[@romystumpy1197]

Brilliant successful exercise,great job,relief for the horses

[@cking8776]

Holly Molly!!! Glad this works!!!💯🐎💯

[@ccasey1904]

Wow! That’s a heck of alot of flies! And I think their gestation period is like 24 hours new ones are hatched! ( I must google it).

[@michaelcavazos4143]

Tractor supply has those big rows of sticky tape. We use a big 50 gallon barrel and put it in the middle of the pasture and it works

[@meghanmckenzie5273]

Holy cow! Thats a lot of flies.

[@dianalynntritch1970]

THAT IS FANTASTIC! WHAT A GREAT WAY TO STOP SO MANY OF THEM!

[@kailuawahine2729]

Holy hell, Batman. That’s a lot of flies!!

[@kathybrant571]

I have tried a few different disposable fly traps and hands down the Bugbane is the BEST!!

[@catladynj]

Great idea. How about the electric zappers.

[@DoubleDogDare54]

Never had a lot of luck with them for mosquitoes or flies. One of the first ones I had didn't have much of a screen around it and was hanging outside on a tree not far from the back of the house. We got real lucky and nuked a BAT on it one night. 2am there was this sudden explosion, sizzling noises that went on and on and the smell of burning flesh. Had to go out and unplug the thing, it was that bad. The next day I just threw the zapper in the garbage as I didn't feel like picking a cooked bat off it.

[@daphne10120]

Do they lay eggs in horse poop or something. That’s a crazy amount of flies. I’d watch a fly killing series where you test different fly traps 😂😂😂

[@bernadettecartin]

Yes. They lay eggs in poop, and old hay/vegetation that has been peed on or otherwise made/kept moist. Free range chickens can help by turning the poop and exposing it so it dries out, plus eating the maggots. The fly predators sold by Spalding Labs target the pupae, the stage between maggot and adult fly.

[@GodisTruth914]

Holy flies!!!!!!😮😮😮

[@janicerosenthal8798]

Wow this is absolutely amazing 😮

[@jenniferkehoe309]

This in my cart. Going to buy NOW!!!

[@homesteadhorsemanship]

It works really well.

[@thomasmleahy6218]

Holy cow that's a lot of flies

[@joycealgood8418]

WOW 😮 That works 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥰

[@boessheila50]

Excellent... yes put up a few but putur tower in a more open area Then a few more nearer horses@!! U can buy FLY STICKER ROLLS U HANG UP. FROM A DOLLARRAMA STORE IN CDA@@ LIKE IN USA ALSO. OR A FEED STORE. OR HARDWARE STORE

[@judybachmeyer8275]

Excellent, you need more boxes with fly paper but great idea. I know the horses are greatfull. Keep it up and with the spray to spray the animals ,it’s magic. I also wondered about the electric fly and mosquito zapper…probably too expensive. The fly paper on the box is probably the most cost effective. Good job for kids to make up the boxes for you . They earn extra money !

[@mfc4591]

my goodness what a fly cemetery

[@robertapotts41]

Great Idea😊👍🏻

[@KathySwampQueen]

Get a Fogger!!! I had same problem PLUS mosquitoes! Fogged early every morning....helped a lot 😊🐴🐎

[@laurelflint1866]

What's a fogger? 🐎

[@KathySwampQueen]

@Laurel Flint it's a hand held butane powered machine that you put insect repellent in ....it burns turning into a fog....lasts for hours if the wind is not blowing.... I'm in the Everglades....tried every trick in the book....that's the best!!!🦟🪰

[@terebrown2892]

@@KathySwampQueen doesn't that kill of all the polenators as well?

[@KathySwampQueen]

@@terebrown2892 not if you do it early in the morning.....bees only come out once it's warm/sunny enough 😊

[@terebrown2892]

@@KathySwampQueen thanks for setting me straight and congrats on your solution!

[@jenniferphillips4765]

WOW THATS CRAZY!!! ID DO THAT EVERY DAY. IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE!! AWESOME FOR THE HORSES AND PUPS! AND YOU GUYS AS WELL!! WOOHOO GET OUT OF HERE FLYS!! 🐎🐴

[@debragorni2532]

Looks as if it works fantastically!

[@randomconsumer4494]

I've seen people toss that paper to the chickens at the end of the day.

[@homesteadhorsemanship]

Oh man, I wouldn’t want to do that. Could end barley.

[@margueritemitchell1829]

I had one that had a blue light to attract the flies with wire to electrocute them...with that many flies or would probably smell bad.❤😂🎉.

[@CarnivoreStork]

Wow! You took them out of their breeding Gene pool!!!! 🎉BAM🎉

[@candicerunyon2762]

Wow, Holy crap! That was a great idea!! With fresh horse and other farm animal manure around, it would be very difficult to control, but for the areas where you need it, bingo!

[@joyg8904]

Oh my goodness, lot's of 🪰

[@rcar9115]

I'd buy that in bulk! WOW!!

[@karenbrown4524]

That is satisfying to see!

[@bonjourtoi3894]

C'est horrible ! Merci pour tout ce que vous faites pour vos anges d'amours. Merci !!!!! La vie d'une mouche est de 28 jours. Courage !

[@Kyaniteacres]

Good lord! that is amazing!

[@karenpetroski4365]

Wow, that paper works well

[@renatastec5212]

Insects are a sign of clean air, here where I live is so polluted, you hardly ever see a bird...

[@ARUchannel1]

flies are disease for animals... terrible creatures

[@loisarrowood9733]

Wow. That works great.

[@patriciacorwin571]

Necessity is the mother of invention 😅 good job.

[@Standardbredwoman04]

there is a feed through fly replant and add fans. I had a Vet that said my barn is the first barn that it is fly free

[@dorothykeene5442]

Hi. I'm sorry , but could you explain this a little differently, please? It sounds interesting! Thanks.

[@Standardbredwoman04]

@Dorothy Keene just type in equine feed fly control also for every 8 loads via wheel barrel or bags of shavings add a bag of cedar shavings. Fans point them from the rafters down words onto the area where the horses are stalled. Cedar is a natural insect replent. 8 to 1, making sure the cedar is on top of the pine shavings. As the horses get into the area, the cedar is down when the roll the cedar oil will come in touch with the hair, and the inscets don't like it so much. Also, as they move through the shavings, the natral replent raises.

[@jacksonbiggs4291]

Those hanging bottles with net holding bags look like they work good too you just hang and dump occasionally .

[@CherylAnderson-qs4iq]

Ugh! How awful! Glad that works so well. To have fewer flies, shovel up their poo & compost it with their used bedding & lawn clippings + any organic matter including coffee grounds, tea bags, egg shells, veggie peelings, stale bread, leftover pasta,paper, cardboard etc. Turn the pile with a garden fork or equipment like a skid steer or whatever to turn the pile. Then too, if you have chickens, let them eat the maggots. That won't likely eliminate the population but should reduce it.

[@maryannebellor7081]

I WAS WONDERING DO YOU HAVE A HORSE SCRATCHING POST WITH THOSE NICE BRISTLES TO HELP WITH THOSE BUG BITES LOL

[@dottiehildebrand3123]

Great idea.. Make a few more..God bless 🇺🇸🌹❤️

[@jenifereddings6190]

Man o man. That works!!!!

[@judybachmeyer8275]

Yes, brilliant !

[@FrankieCallahan-nv3sy]

Holy flies Batman 😳

[@Jinnyfir]

If you have the means and space, i highly recomend getting a few "pet" chickens that are allowed to free roam (at least in areas they won't spook the horses). They will go after the maggots these flies lay on the horse manure!

[@Aqua_Metztli_Janus]

Good grief! That’s a bunch! 😳