Pasture application of pour-on fly control/ wormers

Texas Papaw · #1 03/29/11, 11:58 AM

Want to share an easy technique for applying pour-ons in the pasture. Just finished applying Cylence fly control on 75 yearlings out on pasture. Used a hose-fed automatic ($25) syringe w/o needle as a squirt gun. After putting out a line of feed under a hot wire, made a second pass in the feed truck squirting the pour-on on them out the window as they ate. Took less than 10 minutes to put out the feed and squirt the pour-on. Sure beats having to gather and run thru the chute or spray in corral.

Had quite a few flies before the pour-on and within a few minutes most were gone.

For fewer animals could use a regular syringe. This technique also works with pour-on wormers.

spinandslide · #2 03/30/11, 11:57 AM

I do the same thing with my small herd..although I do it on foot...just did it when worming them afew months ago.

bourbonred · #3 03/30/11, 01:08 PM

Glad to see this posted. With all the new calves it's difficult to run them through the chutes without a baby getting trampled. I've heard of extended handles used with a laundry cup taped on the end. That may be our best alternative. Pink-eye and flies have been bad the last year. We have chemicals on the diesel rope that hangs over the entrance to the mineral block.

BTW--calving season is fun isn't it. More work, but somehow it's not so bad in the spring!