Fly control for cattle?

I used to treat my cattle on flies is by using sprays and this is Vaponaa product name of dichovas

it works well for my cattle

I use rubs put in places cattle have to walk, i treat them every sunday, I also have rubs in front of every salt feeder and they also get treated every sunday, Once or twice during the week i use that white cattle dust , just throw it on the cows and calves.

Using Warrior fly tags and Cylence pour-on. This is my first year to use Cylence. Have very, very few flys at this time. Will probably use one of the newer type of fly tags next year. This yearly alternating has worked well. If some resistant flies evolve late in the season, the different type of insecticide seems to work well the next year.

In my area we have flies 5-6 months a year.

Hope this is helpful.

I have back rubbers and this year I made a cattle oiler out of a 15 gallon plastic barrel that I hang on trees. I made wicks out of old clothing that wicks a pyrethin mix with diesel onto the wicks out of the barrel and the cattle walk underneath it and the insecticide gets wicked on them. I wanted something with more of a kick then the back rubbers.

Originally Posted by hayray

I have back rubbers and this year I made a cattle oiler out of a 15 gallon plastic barrel that I hang on trees. I made wicks out of old clothing that wicks a pyrethin mix with diesel onto the wicks out of the barrel and the cattle walk underneath it and the insecticide gets wicked on them. I wanted something with more of a kick then the back rubbers.

Do you have any pictures by any chance.

No, but one of these days while I am out tending to them I will take my digital camera. I modeled them after a Kent oil wick that is made out of PVC that I have hanging in my feeder pasture on a mineral feeder. I have the small plastic drums, like a miniture 55 gallon drum. I put a I-bolt in each end - or top and bottom - I am hanging them horizontal to the ground so the to and bottom become ends. I cut a strip a few inches wide out of the longside the full length of the barrel and this is where I put the wicks in, old clothing, coveralls, etc. The I make a roof from another plastic barrel wider then the hole I cut and place that over the strip I cut and on top of the wicks and screw it in using self drilling metal screws so it acts as a clamp to hold the wicks into the barrel. Use light 5/16 chain with snaps so you can adjust height and hang to a tree. The chain connects to the eye bolts on each end of the barrel. Fill with diesel mix in the barrel filler caps at the end. I put around 5 or 6 gallons in each barrle. It wicks real good and heavy, when they walk under it they get pretty good coverage. It only takes me about 5 minutes using my cordless tools to make one. The barrels cost me around $5 at one of those tool supply/flea market type places.

Finally got around to taking picture of the home made cattle oiler. Just doped it up the other day, seems this is about the time of year that we start getting lice.

Thanks for the picture hayray. I have to work on something this year for the flys here. Here is picture of some of my little herd. Start calving about late March, early April.

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Looks like you have some red Angus and what is that in the back ground? A little dairy influence?

I have a bit of everything right now...like to get a more uniform herd in the future...the big red had some limmie and angus in her, then there are some red angus, black angus and one simmie/angus. The one does have a little dairy influence. The plan is too finally replace so I have Angus cows breed with a simmie bull and maybe some simmie cows bred with an angus bull...Been using an angus bulls for this bunch for awhile. The latest bull was injured, bad ankle and I have to replace him. Throwing the AI thought around. But it is has fun getting a herd going.