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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: SuffolkLab on May 21, 2015, 02:18:02 pm

Title: Flies on Pigs
Post by: SuffolkLab on May 21, 2015, 02:18:02 pm

Hi all,

Ive just been down to the local farm supplies place and they said they don't have anything for repelling flies from pigs. I was wandering if there was anything I could put on them that wouldn't cause them any problems as they are being bothered quite a lot by the flies already, and I know that due to the mild winter we are expecting a mass epidemic this coming summer, which will only cause them more bother.

All help is appreciated.

Thanks,

SL

Title: Re: Flies on Pigs
Post by: Marches Farmer on May 21, 2015, 02:41:03 pm

Not had this problem with my pigs but have used citronella oil on calves before now.  Not sure what pigs, having such a super sense of smell, would make of it.  Do they have shade or a breezy spot to lie in?

Title: Re: Flies on Pigs
Post by: oaklandspigs on May 21, 2015, 04:57:38 pm

a good wallow gives them the mud protection that normally keeps the flies away

Title: Re: Flies on Pigs
Post by: Basil on May 21, 2015, 07:25:03 pm

Mud. They will sort it out themselves. Always worked for us. A wallow cant be two wet as the whole point is they cover themselves in mud and it's not washed off. The flies stay well away.
Hope it helps