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I was amased that the fly spray was keeping the flies at bay with all the rain we have had - - - well now that we are having about 0.2" every day the flies are here with a vengence!
I know the spray says it will last 9 to 14 days but by the third day they are covered! I'm spraying every third day - - - easy to do when you only have 21 cows.
I take about 1/4th of a bale of alfalfa hay and even though they are in knee high grass I can spread out about 4 or 5 flakes and while they are indulging I can walk thru and cover them pretty well. One thing about doing it this often even the calves are just standing as long as I don't spray head on in the face.
I know I shoud not be complaining with all the problems other areas are having.
I guess a good side to this is the mean cow has decided I'm not that bad - - - she is still on shaky ground but she might get a reprieve as she has gone from wanting to kill anything on two legs to coming up and pulling hay out of my hand. And she always has raised a great calf - - it is a wonder to me that none of her claves have had a behavior issue, although I have never kept one back so I can only go by how they behave thru weaning.