Remedies to Keep Flies Out of Your Chicken Run!

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RSM has some cheap, easy, weird ideas to help you minimize the fly problem in your chicken run. Flies aren't usually a danger to your backyard chickens, but they can certainly be annoying - and RSM has been trying various remedies to see what works! All of the remedies in this video have their perks, and there's next-to-no risk factors involved. So pick one or two and give them a try around your chicken coop and run!
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@mrslcbrock Жыл бұрын

I'm using a small bug zapper hung in the coop. The chickens do not bother it and it kills tons of flies. I can dump the flies on the ground and the chicken can eat the flies if they want, but usually, I just throw them away cause I hate flies.

@lindadapostrophe1714 Жыл бұрын

Irish Spring, cut in 4ths or less and hung in mesh bags(old hosiery or made from scraps of tulle) and tied in blueberry bushes, has kept deer and possibly rabbits from eating the leaves and fruit. It lasts incredibly long even in rainy times (South Carolina) over a year for me. People say it repels mice so I put it in my camper. The mice loved it and gnawed the corners off the soap bars😑 so I don't do that anymore!

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh - good idea on hanging it but that’s so weird about mice! They gnaw on chicken feathers too 🤦🏻‍♀️ what weirdos! ✌🏼❤️🐓

@amyhamner7862 Жыл бұрын

I tried the Irish Spring soap in all three of my coops. Didn’t help at all.

@davidedun2002 Жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama b😅😅

@cocomango3163 Жыл бұрын

@@amyhamner7862 it has to be the Irish Spring original scent, it doesn't work with the others🤷🏽‍♀️

@cherylshibles6065 11 ай бұрын

I tried it and it didn't help me either.

@TheBoytoy09 2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to try the soap 🧼 method! Great tips!! Thank you, for your time in making such good videos love your chickens 🐔 ❤️ they are so adorable 😍

@mbgrocott7115 Жыл бұрын

Another solution is to take a plastic milk jug, puncture some holes with a knife, leaving the tabs created pointing into the jug. Leave a little milk in the jug and it will draw in the flies, especially when the milk spoils. Hang a couple of jugs so prepared in the area of your chickens. Cheap and effective. 😊

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea too! I’ve seen a similar solution with water and moth balls but haven’t tried it. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@gailmarlow4426 15 күн бұрын

Please get on with it you repeatedly it over and over for ever

@divine1642 Жыл бұрын

I have actually used your idea & it really smells good, Who Know🤗❤❤❤❤❤

@CoyoteCrossingSanctuary 2 жыл бұрын

The fly traps brought way more flies to our acreage. They were way worse… Right now I have the vanilla trees up and they seem to be working Lol Let’s talk more about the chicken care journal? What a good idea!

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I use my Chicken Tender Journal to document everything from illness and medications, to egg laying (and if different remedies help with production), when I got each hen, etc. Link in the video descriptions!

@markdecker2724 Жыл бұрын

I have heard of using Irish Spring shavings around your veggie garden to keep deer away.

@MilknHoneyHeritageFarmz Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@winkfinkerstien1957 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I had no idea! Many thanks for this! Howdy from Plano, Texas! 😎👍🏻🐔🐔

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! I’m a Coppell/Lewisville girl born and bred 😎✌🏻❤️🐓

@goodwinsfarmgifts2078 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@braced4life804 2 жыл бұрын

We use the fly bait. It stinks to high heaven, but it really works.

@allenc4959 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I love, love, love your videos. I've gotten so much information from you. I've been doing my homework before I get my flock next spring. I also what to tell you how much I like the statue of St. Francis and the blessed mother. I also have them and will be putting them near my coop. Anyway, thank you for all the good information. I look forward to learning even more from you. Dianne C.

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

You’re so welcome! I can’t wait for you to get your own flock! Always here to help (just like Francis and Mary)✌🏼❤️🐓

@louisehenari4916 Жыл бұрын

The Irish Spring soap definitely helps a lot. We live in the countryside and the flies were really bad on both our front end our back. I bought some tulle bags from Walmart and hung one bar on the back deck, and two bars on the front deck. The flies reduced tremendously. Now there are only a few.

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

That’s great! So you left the bars whole?

@mrmavros873 3 ай бұрын

Please explain. Need help. Did you leave whole?

@realsimplemama 3 ай бұрын

@mrmavros873 hi! I didn’t cut it up. But I did scrape it on the coop walls and doors like a piece of chalk.

@louisehenari4916 3 ай бұрын

@@realsimplemama yes, I left them whole. So sorry! I wasn't getting notifications! ☹️

@GreenfieldsHomeplace Жыл бұрын

If you can grow mint, (also sage, lemon balm, rosemary, thyme) etc. dry them or use fresh and put in your coop and run. Mint is the easiest and it grows fast. This and other herbs deter flies as well, plus it smells great and the chickens love it.

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Yes! I’m propagating my mint right now. I actually don’t want to plant it in the run because it’s invasive. Thank you for reminding me ✌🏻❤️🐓

@commoncentsamerican Жыл бұрын

Want to get rid of Flys completely? Cheap? Start a SOLDIER FLY FARM and they will eat all of the house flys. It's simple to make, and costs Nothing to feed them, just kitchen scraps. Don't do all this other non sense, just be smart and use the flys natural enemy. The soldier fly does not bite or anything.

@trishcraig723 Жыл бұрын

So just harvest the mint and scatter it around? I have tons of mint growing.

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Sure! Or put some in the nesting boxes, or plant some around the edges of the run…. My chickens actually hate mint and won’t eat it so it’s a great bug deterrent that will last a while! ✌🏻❤️🐓

@lv4tmnt90 Жыл бұрын

I thought I killed the wild mint I replanted in my veggie garden. It came back the next year better than before. It is so nice.

@MamaBear2019 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the info, from a new chicken owner

@angelasgreenarts9124 Жыл бұрын

I’m in zone 8b Texas too! Near Guadalupe River. Yeah lots of flies! Thanks for the tips.

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hey neighbor! 👋🏼Have a great summer! 🌱☀️❤️

@trinadolotina8183 Жыл бұрын

Me too ! In SA

@angelasgreenarts9124 Жыл бұрын

@@trinadolotina8183 🤠💓

@michaelelliott3153 2 жыл бұрын

Hola! I am also here in San Antonio. Very interested in the Irish Spring to see if it works.

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

I like it so far! Smell seems to last about five days.

@karenA.6375 Жыл бұрын

I just found your channel and subscribed! Great information! I’ve been using the vanilla scented car trees for years and they absolutely work!

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! Good to have you here! And thank you for letting me know ✌🏻❤️🐓

@user-tb5mp8pf6k 11 ай бұрын

@@realsimplemamar🎉🎉😂0o

@enemyofthestate9358 Жыл бұрын

I use fly baits and I put them on the south east corner of the property, the wind normally comes out of the north Vary rarely do we smell them!! I put them up close to the house and barn I realized that was a mistake immediately 😂 I have found it doesn't matter where you put them the Flys will go to them!!!

@Liddlegreenbees Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm going to try every single one of them! 🤣. Flies are reaching stupid levels already here in Pensacola and I need to get a handle on them!

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

They’re all cheap and easy so why not? Let me know which ones work! ✌🏻❤️🐓

@truthhurts2094 Жыл бұрын

Hi! Did the Irish soap trick work? I’m in Texas too!

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! I feel like it does work for a while but once you don’t smell the soap anymore, it’s ineffective. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@Jndlove Жыл бұрын

I put pieces of the soap in the mesh garlic bags and hang them all over. It worked initially, but got even more flies after the smell faded just a couple of days later.

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Oh no! We have to be careful when it’s rainy or humid as that’s when the flies are worst. ✌🏼❤️🐓

@bmac5242 14 күн бұрын

"The complaint dept following me around" Lol! I just named one of my girls Olive and another Oyl *sound like they're always tattling on each other* How did the irish spring do? I'll try it. I ordered a small bug zapper as well. I'm trying that wide glue paper on a hanging roll but so far has only caught a hand full. It has to hang too high off ground so as not to capture the hens. I love your dedication to your babies and your channel - thank you!

@realsimplemama 14 күн бұрын

Hi! I did like the Irish Spring a lot. Seems to last for a week or two. My only complaint is that it stained my coop kit as I took the bar and was rubbing it on everything. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@Damselfly54315 Жыл бұрын

I think a combination of the things you mentioned would work, I hang the soap in the coop, the smell stays as long as its not getting wet, plus I make my own sprays for coop and yard, No Flies!!!

@WonbyGrace2 Жыл бұрын

What kind of spray. Recipe please. I have hens and sheep. Ty

@Damselfly54315 Жыл бұрын

@@WonbyGrace2 PM me

@judiahjudiah7 2 ай бұрын

Can I please know ur recipe too, and see u told the other one to Pm u, how can I pm u? Thnk u so very much and Blessings

@realsimplemama 2 ай бұрын

Hi! My spray is a bottle that’s full of half clean water and half white vinegar. That’s the base and you can use it with any combo: I like peppermint, lavender, and lemon. For a half gallon bottle I do about 10-20 drops of each. That’s great for killing bacteria and also deterring pests like flies and mice! ✌🏻❤️🐓☀️

@realsimplemama 2 ай бұрын

@SharonM-ge4di Ай бұрын

Use Irish Spring shavings in your grass and hung in in mesh around your garden and on fruit trees

@linhaton4957 Жыл бұрын

Irish Spring really smells strong.

@doodles3075 Жыл бұрын

Just a thought. I wonder if some sort of lemon plant or citronella plant( not sure if it exsists) planted around might help? Mosquitoes hate citronella and we used to put it in our made up fly repellent for our horses. Along with vinigar and tea. Some of these flys really bite.

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hey! I bet you’re right. I did a video recently about plants who repel flies BUT I haven’t cross-checked to see which ones would also benefit chickens. I’d never want to put a toxic plant near them. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@MsRed1407 Жыл бұрын

What fan is that in your coop window? Do you have a link? ( if you like it 😅)

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hey! I do have a video here and an article on RealSimpleMama.com about what I use and how I set it up! In concept the fans are GREAT but I didn’t use a big enough battery. I’ll also say that I’m getting a new solar fan build in the next week and I’ll be installing it to try it out. Then I’ll have a new review too! ✌🏻❤️🐓

@vickyannpaintingwithoils Жыл бұрын

I put those vanilla scented trees in my coops and I hated the smell and my chickens eggs dropped by two thirds in just a couple of days. We threw them in the trash today. (Edit: After dumping those trees in the trash just yesterday, this morning about 1100 I collected eggs and they are already double what was there yesterday. We should have a normal egg yield by this afternoon.)

@sgashner397 Жыл бұрын

Muscovy ducks are great for fly control and the drakes will protect the chickens from predators.

@Tristan555 Жыл бұрын

Roosters usually don't like drakes or ducks in general and will run them off they will potentially even severely hurt ducks cause ducks can't fight back as good as chickens and roosters

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

I actually also was taught not to mix chickens and ducks because of the way ducks mate - the drakes are shaped differently than the roosters and it can really hurt a chicken when they’re mating. I’m not sure how often a drake would try to mount a hen but that was something I didn’t forget! ✌🏻❤️🐓🦆

@Tristan555 Жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama yea I had a rooster try to mate with my male ducks I used to have I had females too ig the rooster couldn't tell the difference between m and f ducks or he just didn't care and he would mate with them and make their butts raw and bloody and like I was saying the male ducks couldn't defend themselves from the rooster they would just let it happen, also turkeys are not good with chickens either they will fight and really hurt chickens cause their 2-3 times bigger the best bird to raise with chickens are guinea fowl just make sure you don't have too many males I like a 4-6 females to 1 male

@GypsyBrokenwings Жыл бұрын

I have chickens and ducks together, no problem. One rooster to 8 hens. One drake to 4 females. If anyone gets out of line they go to the stew pot. Period!

@mariehanna7862 Жыл бұрын

@@GypsyBrokenwings too funny! I also have chickens, ducks, and guinea fowl. I have one aggressive rooster who spends a lot of time in time out. I'm always telling him he's going into the stewpot...😘

@victorbunch7725 10 ай бұрын

Have u ever tried freezer bags w/water w/4 or 5 new /shinny penny's?

@realsimplemama 10 ай бұрын

No I haven’t! What’s the theory? ✌🏻❤️🐓

@SakuraSeed8 Жыл бұрын

i have backyard chickens and during the warmer months the whole yard is FILLED with flies. ive had a chicken pass away from fly strike before and we've had problems with broken eggs and maggots. nothing ever seems to work but ill give this method a try!

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! That’s insane. I’m so sorry. Yes let’s be in touch and I’ll help however I can. Maybe look into barn lime and well. ✌🏼❤️🐓

@kathysahagian7478 Жыл бұрын

If you can't clean up right away just throw some diatomacous earth on the bird poop and that keeps thefliesat bay. Wear a mask as it can hurt your lungs if you breath it . A little goes a long way

@rebeccalankford8573 2 жыл бұрын

Mint

@johnmills6453 Жыл бұрын

Use old fashion fly tape works well for me

@kathysahagian7478 Жыл бұрын

I hung that once and a gecko got stuck on it. I felt so bad. I got it off and washed the gecko and it finally came around and took off buta piece of skin was missing on that poor guy.

@TLFlack Ай бұрын

Question... I just watched you video and in it you said that you raked it out and added material... What kind of material are you talking about? (The wife is new to keeping chickens...)

@realsimplemama Ай бұрын

Hi! I have other videos if you’d like more details but I like to add bagged leaves and/or mulch, and peat moss is my favorite! Don’t feel that you absolutely have to add anything at all, dirt is just fine. And especially if you get materials from the city or from your neighbors, please make sure that they have no fertilizers and no pesticides in them as of course, those could be very dangerous. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@joyadams507 Жыл бұрын

I know this is a great video about flys , but I have a question? My three girls are plucking each other’s feathers and eating them .. they are in a 14x35 foot run , clean water daily, 16%layer pellets, plenty of things to keep them entertained.. has your chickens ever done this?? I use peat moss and pine bark mulch in their run and sand in their 7x7x6 foot chicken coop

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hey! I’m so sorry, I know that’s infuriating. And it can happen for a few reasons but it seems like maybe a nutrient deficiency if they’re actually eating them. Do you offer calcium separately (like in a little bowl or tray)? Email me and let’s talk. ✌🏻❤️🐓 theMama@realsimplemama.com

@middleway1885 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the essential oils would cause harm later on with the soil and microbiological stuff... but considering you aren't drowning your ground with it, lol... thanks for the tips...

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! I use it only in the coop honestly, when the chickens aren’t in there. But that’s a good point too. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@candymcallister4578 Жыл бұрын

Fly traps work

@bobbirunge Жыл бұрын

I would like to know where you got that pool. I have been having issues with pasty butt on my older chickens...not sure if it is there diet or what. I thought if I could get them to soak, it would loosen that up. The only way I can do that is to catch them...anyway you know what I mean. Can you help?

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! The pool is really old and I know it’s expensive now. Walmart and similar stores have them for as little as $10! Or check out my “bathe” video and see the bug bin setup I made. That might be better for soaking. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@bobbirunge Жыл бұрын

I am going to try to watch that if I can figure out how to get there...I really appreciate your help!!Thank you!!

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! It’s a recent video so it should be close to the top. Or look for the magnifying glass 🔍 icon and type in “bathe”. You’ll find it!

@kristenstrauss2829 Жыл бұрын

I have some questions for you!!! I wasn’t sure where to ask so I’m just gonna do it here in the comments maybe other people are wondering the same thing. I love how your chicken coop looks like a little garden! We fenced in a little area of our yard where the grass wasn’t so great and made a chicken coop in it however it looks terrible and I would love to do some things to make it look nice like put some plants in it like you have, And it seems like you don’t have any chicken poop lol. So I’m wondering what did you lay on the ground is that bark? And what type of trees do you have in there I see some of them I’ve been sent stuff with chicken wire but the ones that aren’t thin stuff what are they? And by chance did you plant any of the lemon balm you were talking about in this video? I would love to know. And did you put that cute yard chair in there too? Or is that on the other side of your fence. If it’s in the coop how do you keep the chickens from pooping on it!? I would love to know details on all of that you have just done a darling job and I would love for my chicken coop to be a lot more pleasant to look at

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hey! Yes I can help you with everything! I’ll do some quick answers here but you can also always email me theMama@realsimplemama.com ✌🏻❤️🐓 I do have videos here about easy ways to keep the run from getting too poopy and which materials I use - it’s mulch and a bit of peat moss. The blue chairs are in with the girls! The newer folding one they don’t use but I’ve donated the solid blue hard plastic one to them and I spray it down 🤪 I have a vitex lilac, little gem magnolia, and redbud tree. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@kristenstrauss2829 Жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama Oh my gosh thank you so much! And your chicken coop is so cute I’ll send you pictures of the space I have. I was listening to another KZfaqr talk about lemon balm keeping the flies away I thought I might plant some lemon balm on the outside possibly🤷🏼‍♀️. I absolutely love how you have a clean Coop! I will email you thank you

@bobbirunge Жыл бұрын

I agree, your chicken run is awesome...I am jealous!!

@Tristan555 Жыл бұрын

Is chili powder good for chickens ik cayenne pepper is

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Yep! Same thing - chickens can’t really taste nor smell the spicy capsaicin but it will kill internal parasites who can’t take the heat. 😎✌🏻❤️🐓

@rebeccakrause7057 2 жыл бұрын

It's not just annoying, it can be dangerous to your flock. I just delt with flystrike in one of my hens and luckily I caught it in time. I don't know why no one talks about this.

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no. I’m so sorry. I don’t know enough about that to do a video, but I’ll look more into it and learn.

@rebeccakrause7057 2 жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama if you want I can tell you what I did to save my girl. But yes ,it's an important topic for chicken keepers to know. If you could do a future video on it that would be awesome. Thanks.

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

Sure you’re welcome to email me theMama@realsimplemama.com

@Asoulsjourneyphotography Жыл бұрын

@@rebeccakrause7057 I had a sweet Barred Rock hen come into my yard from who knows where with fly strike. It was so far gone and horrendous. I am new to my own hens and tried my hardest to save her. I couldn’t and took her to a poultry vet to be euthanized. Nothing should have to die that way. Definitely info and awareness is needed! I will forever be traumatized by that poor hen. I would love to know what you did to save your girl please!

@rebeccakrause7057 Жыл бұрын

@mountainsidespooky98 when I noticed her becoming sick I isolated her from the rest of the flock and when I looked her over I noticed the wound with maggots coming out. I hosed out the maggots and soaked her in Epsom salts for 20 minutes and then threw diatomaceous earth on her butt.i did this twice a day for about three days and she started to become more alert and got better!

@petiteexupery 2 жыл бұрын

Did the Irish spring method work?

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

It seemed to work great! But we just got a crazy random thunderstorm so now I have to reapply. ✌🏼❤️🐓

@mimigraves3041 Жыл бұрын

I use the Irish Spring. Cut it in quarters, put each chunk in a stocking, and hung them around the run up high, so the chickens can’t get to them. Works wonders!

@lexia5375 Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! What breed of chicken is the girl in the beginning of the video?? I have been looking everywhere to find a chicken that looks like my girl Betsy and yours looks like her twin! Would appreciate any info. Thank you. And thank you in advance for this vid. Had to stop to ask this first. Lol

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! I currently have a dark brown Easter egger, a barred rock, a silver laced Wyandotte, and three Java hens. ✌🏼❤️🐓

@auntlouise Жыл бұрын

I use FlyBayte spray on the outside walls of my coop, the flies eat the spray and then they die so no flies will be reproducing. I've never seen a chicken eat a fly,so I don't worry that they will be poisoned. The residual effect of the Flybayte has been pretty good. I have a horse, so fleas are inevitable. I'm going to try the vanilla air fresheners and the Irish Spring in both my coop and my horse barn

@theresaowen2708 Жыл бұрын

I use Spalding Lab fly predators. They are tiny wasps that eat fly larva. I have a compost pile outside the coop area to 'plant' them, and drop them on dog poop. A month later, huge drop in fly population.

@eventermama7925 Жыл бұрын

I have been wondering about fly predators. I know they work well with horses and we had 2 here on my property, but they have been moved off the property so I never got to try them. I know that I was told that you sprinkle them directly on the manure. So how do you do that with chickens? Their poo is so small!

@theresaowen2708 Жыл бұрын

@@eventermama7925 I put them in compost piles on either side of the chicken run, but outside the run because I think chickens would eat the larva. And I drop them directly on dog piles, and a bit in my trash can outside. Spalding is shooting for regular shipments, but I found one or 2 a year was enough. This year I might need more as I have more animals, added rabbits to the homestead.

@eventermama7925 Жыл бұрын

@@theresaowen2708 I may Try that!

@jillblair3973 Ай бұрын

Can I use oregano oil for the spray???

@realsimplemama Ай бұрын

Hi! I would think so. I’ve never used it in a spray but it has lots of benefits as a general rule. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@lorae7 2 жыл бұрын

So do the flies not like the tree air freshener ? Does it deter them from flying around?

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

Right! It keeps them away. It’s worked well so far as long as the tree still has its scent.

@lorae7 2 жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama Thank you - These are some great tips without having to smell death outside your back door with those other contraptions.

@kwiknkleen Жыл бұрын

I would grate the soap and hang it in bags around. Kinda like Irish Spring sachets.

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Ooh that’s a good idea too! ✌🏼❤️🐓

@bethalvarez6956 Жыл бұрын

I have a ranch and horses and cows and chickens, and all that you’re supposed to put the fly bait away from the chicken run to draw the flies to a completely different area not in the chicken run

@helenpatterson3858 Жыл бұрын

Hey Beth. My mom used that blue sugar fly bait because the neighbors had a compost pile, and we couldn't even open the door without them swarming in. She put it out in the morning, and that night the cement slab was covered with flies. It was late, so we left it, and the next morning, there was a blanket of roaches that had preferred it to the compost and met their demise. I don't recommend letting chickens anywhere near it, it's obviously very deadly.

@Southisack.Ceramics 2 ай бұрын

Quick question, what kinds of plants do you have in the coop? Our chickens seem to eat anything we put into there.

@realsimplemama 2 ай бұрын

Hi! I have a whole playlist here called Chickens in Your Garden - but I do lots of perennials who do well in my USDA zone, and give them time to get a strong root system before I let the chickens get access. ✌🏻❤️🐓🌱☀️

@Southisack.Ceramics 2 ай бұрын

Awesome, I’ll go check that out. Thank you for the information.

@theglockwithasock3009 2 жыл бұрын

Um hi my chicken was atttacked by a dog lucky she is ok but she is limping and I am worried on what it could be can you pls help me

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no I’m sorry. Yes email me and let’s talk - theMama@realsimplemama.com

@angiem5182 2 жыл бұрын

4:25ish What is on the ground?

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

Lol! Winner winner! It’s sort of a running joke with my family (and our KZfaq family), we have a set of plastic cobras that randomly get hidden around the chicken run. The joke is that I bought them a few years ago in the hopes that it would scare the chickens away from my plants, but of course they don’t care and it didn’t work at all. So now we just move them around occasionally. 🐍✌🏼❤️🐓

@aliciaspears7847 11 ай бұрын

Couple months ago I watched this video cuz the flies were getting to outrageous numbers here in Texas. They were getting in my house. Every. Single. Day. So, I tried the Irish spring in a mesh bag hung by my front door. It drastically reduced the numbers of flies entering my home, but did not eliminate them completely. Good, but could be better. Next, I tried rubbing the bar of soap all over the trim around my front door. Worked like a charm. Didn't have a single fly for weeks. Until it rained. Soon as I saw one fly, I reapplied the soap. No flies since. Almost done building my chicken coop, so I'll be giving this a try there soon. Now, if anybody knows what to do about red wasps, I'm all ears lol

@123pickles 11 ай бұрын

Last year there seemed to be more red wasps here. Haven't had any wasp nests near the doors after we hung zip lock bags filled with water and some pennies. Got shiny new ones from the bank. This year, here in Arkansas, we are having a problem with black wasps. They tap you gently with their bodies when you are in their territory and if you don't leave quick, the next tap is a sting. I like your method of rubbing the Irish Spring soap around the doorways.

@aliciaspears7847 11 ай бұрын

Aw, bless your heart. Thanks for the tip ! I've never even heard of black wasps before. That sounds intimidating... Yeah, give the soap rub a try. If you don't like it, wash it off. No harm done. 🙂

@lisareaume3857 Жыл бұрын

I RUBBED IRISH SPRING ON MY CABIN CORNERS BC THE SQUIRRELS WERE CHEWING ON IT ! I do it every springtime and it works great. It also smells nice. It does keep wasps away too when you slice it into pieces and put it in a mesh bag. I use the Mandarin CUTIES BAGS (oranges) Just use bread ties and you have a makeshift mesh bag. Plus they don't go into landfills and kill birds.

@debscamera2572 Жыл бұрын

Black Soldier Fly Larvae - if you have these beneficial insects, they chase away the flies.

@halfacrehomemaker Жыл бұрын

I didn’t know that chickens have a low sense of smell and taste. I switched out all of our pine shavings for a mix of sand and used coffee grounds two days ago and ever since, the chickens refuse to go in the coop at night. If it’s not the smell, then what might they be protesting?

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

It could be smell as they can sense it a little bit. It could also be… and I’m serious… they’re afraid of it! I’m sure it definitely looks different to them. Can you grab a few, one at a time, and put them up there manually?

@halfacrehomemaker Жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama the past two nights, I’ve had to catch them all and I look like a fool doing it. I put them up on their roosting bars so they can’t run out the door, but maybe I bypassed the opportunity to let them touch it. Maybe it’s the dark color?

@jbthedrummer 10 ай бұрын

Hey guys I bought one of those fly traps that you guys were promoting and they stiffed me for it, and charged my account . I tried disputing it but for some reason they still charged me and never sent it to me . please be aware and let them know I never got it ! thank you

@realsimplemama 10 ай бұрын

Oh no! That’s terrible I’m so sorry. I am not affiliated with them at all so I have no contact info but keep trying to contact them and write negative reviews. 😔

@ravenbrown74 Жыл бұрын

I heard it will keep mice away that soap

@janazelenak6879 Жыл бұрын

Menthol plants chicken don’t like them and mosquitos absolutely despise them so I grow all around they like it

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Oooh I hadn’t thought of that! I have a citronella plant going crazy by my back door and a huge lemon balm I’ve never split…. Hmmm… ✌🏻❤️🐓

@theposturespecialist3LM Жыл бұрын

Is that a Wayfair coop??

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! My red coop is made by Rugged Ranch and the gray is by Aivituvin. I’ve never bought anything on Wayfair actually. 😉✌🏻❤️🐓

@theposturespecialist3LM Жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama thank you! I will check them out🐔

@Bigislandguy Жыл бұрын

What breed of chickens are those? Not the rock, the other Black n white

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Hi! Lacie is a silver laced Wyandotte. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@AnneLieb2011 Жыл бұрын

My chickens absolutely LOVE flies!!! Flies provide them with lots of protein. Chickens love bugs. Chickens are carnivores, and prefer bugs over every other type of food.

@MichaelGreen-ip7qq Жыл бұрын

They are omnivores

@AnneLieb2011 Жыл бұрын

If you hold out a fly and a carrot, my chickens will go for the fly first. But you are correct, they eat anything available

@Funny-bf8xf Жыл бұрын

bug zapper?

@koeltefontein Жыл бұрын

Flies are food to the chickens. Stinking flytraps is used then flies are dried and fed to the chickens.

@thecatniplife Жыл бұрын

I’ve used fly predators that eat the fly larvae. It keeps the population down but you have to plan in advance. Purchased from company called Natures Good Guys. I also use the fly bait bags but can’t tell if they really help since they work by bringing flies to them and in Texas in the summer there’s no shortage of flies even if you don’t have chickens. Plus those bags stink to high heaven. They’re pretty disgusting.

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Yes I agree - the bags fix a problem but then create another problem instead! If love to learn more about the predators. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@thecatniplife Жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama there is another fly trap I used once before that isn’t the wet trap. It’s a dry one that is lured in with a less smelly bait. I need to try those again this summer. They worked but weren’t as easy to use as the bag type.

@TinyLiving Жыл бұрын

The bag traps work but it will turn into a bag of live maggots so keep an eye on it

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Ooh good point too! Thanks ✌🏻❤️🐓

@dennisking4589 Жыл бұрын

Soap will bleed into the ground....buuuut that's coming from a guy in West TN that has a maggot bucket in the middle of his chicken run.....run is 50x30 ft but nonetheless

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Oh that’s a good point too. Damn. I’m hoping by using so little that it would be a negligent difference! And I’d love to learn about the maggots (no seriously I mean it!🤪)… I’ve wanted to start growing my own mealworms for a while. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@dennisking4589 Жыл бұрын

@@realsimplemama I grow mealworms and use a bucket....mealworms take a little time but are easy to keep in a three tier plastic drawer system, very clean. Bucket: drive a four foot garden post into the center of the feeding area with 1/2 inch holes drilled along sides and bottom of a bucket. to allow flies to enter and maggot to exit. put a piece of meat in bottom of bucket and lid. nature does the rest, no smell if you dont over fill...a steak sized piece will do.

@TheLionKing-1970 2 жыл бұрын

Fly bait draws more flies, plus they are nasty!!

@thegildedstork8167 2 ай бұрын

flies can be deadly causing fly strike to kill your flock friends.

@atlas4225 8 ай бұрын

Reading this title i can't help but wonder if flies in a chicken coop are like snacks in my pantry. Nature will take its course. Why manage something that is not a problem? Haven't you seen chickens chase insects? Its entertaining and healthy exercise, plus a snack if they win.

@realsimplemama 8 ай бұрын

Yes but there are also diseases like fly strike which will kill chickens. So I help where I can to limit risk. But I understand what you mean too. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@victorbunch7725 10 ай бұрын

JSUK there is nuttin dirtier/nastier than a chicken! lol

@evelynrogers7145 2 жыл бұрын

That was my mistake. Didn’t have any flies. Got that and got lots of flies. !

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

Yep exactly 😫 that’s why I mention it, a lot of people don’t realize it - it’s ok! ✌🏼❤️🐓

@janiepruneda1645 Жыл бұрын

Irish spring doesn't work... I've got several bars. Flies land on soap😅

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

What?! No!!!

@brianlawliss1080 11 ай бұрын

I TRIED THE FLY BAIT, AND THEY DON'T WORK!

@followachilles Жыл бұрын

Is it me or is there a snake in the right hand corner at 30s??? :o

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

Lol! Yes! Winner winner! This is a long time running joke on my KZfaq channel, there’s actually a video explaining it if you search for the word “snake”. 😆✌🏻❤️🐓🐍🐍🐍

@victorbunch7725 10 ай бұрын

Well what were you talking bout? It keeps fly's away! lol

@malloriexi 2 ай бұрын

Is that a snake at 4:25?

@realsimplemama 2 ай бұрын

lol! It is! But a fake one 😉 I have a whole video about the fake snakes and why I got them! ✌🏻❤️🐓🐍

@malloriexi 2 ай бұрын

@@realsimplemama I'll trust you but I ain't doing that. I'd forget about them and have a heart attack each time I went out.

@contagiouslyfit1021 Жыл бұрын

Fly bait bags definitely BRINGS in flies. They will fill it in a day 😢

@susananderson9619 Жыл бұрын

But, chickens eat bugs including flies I assume

@realsimplemama Жыл бұрын

True! They just aren’t super great at catching them and the chickens can’t fly. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@esmeesme5268 Жыл бұрын

You're wasting the air freshener trees. Theyll only last a week that way. Keep em in the baggy they come in and gradually move it down as time passes, that way the trees last for months instead of a puny week

@Cathy_MidwestHome_Hens 2 жыл бұрын

chickens can’t smell or taste??? then why do they like some foods, bugs etc but not others?

@realsimplemama 2 жыл бұрын

From what I can tell it’s instinct and visual - like they know the sizes and shapes of leaves to avoid, etc.

@thefashiongoddesschannel8099 Жыл бұрын

They eat and thrive on bugs. And they love eating scorpions, roaches, beetles, worms and grubs. That's what makes their meat tastier. They eat mice too, and eggs, and cooked eggs, and meat. They're omnivores like dogs, rats and other birds. You can't leave electric cords around them, they'll chew right through them like a rat will. They are VERY sensitive to chemicals and smells. They love and need grass. And of you can dig a hole for them, shoveling and turning over dirt, they love fresh interesting buggy dirt. Most animals do. With the soap, they'll chew it and get sick, maybe kill them. Don't put it in places they can gnaw it. Cheyenne are chewers and gnawers. Actually, they like branches and leaves and wood like kindling twigs. They're hunting for termites and ants to eat.

@ThatAnimalChannel 11 ай бұрын

I wouldnt recommend exposing anything to an air freshner 24/7 unless its all natural. Chickens can actually smell too. AND flies can cause fly strike, which if not caught, can lead to death very quickly. So they can be far more than just annoying.

@realsimplemama 11 ай бұрын

Good point! Thank you for sharing. I’ll do a video soon where I discuss flystrike. I appreciate you. ✌🏻❤️🐓

@jessicaj8148 Күн бұрын

I felt like the fly bait attracted everyone’s flies in the neighborhood 🙄 and it was super gross 🤢

@realsimplemama Күн бұрын

Eww! Yes that’s the conflict, it works but sometimes TOO well. The first time I used it, I hung it too close to the door. Big mistake. 😎💩✌🏻❤️🐓

@bevlower6793 2 жыл бұрын

Those bags that attract flies smell like a dead rotting animal. Unless you hate your neighbors, don't get one because your neighbors WILL hate you if you put one up!!!

@Neverenuftime Жыл бұрын

Yes. Use only if there is plenty of property between you and neighbors.