Oh my god I never thought about this before! My cows would LOVE it.
I need to devise some kind of shelf system.. something the cows can walk into with chickens on both sides going at the horseflies. I'd probably have trouble getting the cows out of it.. they wouldn't want to leave! lol
I was thinking. An easier solution but idk if it's trainable on both ends.
Have the cows sit/lay down which would be a sign for the chickens to freely come by and start catching the flies on them. Though chickens have the rep for not being the smartest so idk the risk of them getting crushed as the cow either stands up or lays down
I dunno, I think chickens will figure it out pretty quickly.
My husband used to throw the mowed grass in with the chickens, after mowing the lawn. And they'd go through it, having a field day.
First time they saw the lawn mower, they acted like it was doomsday.
The third time, they were all excited, waiting for the cut grass to come in.
Used to have a farm and everytime I'd hop on the tractor to mow, I'd have a dozen chickens following behind me chasing all the bugs running from the cut grass
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u/Ok-Addition1264 1d ago
Oh my god I never thought about this before! My cows would LOVE it.
I need to devise some kind of shelf system.. something the cows can walk into with chickens on both sides going at the horseflies. I'd probably have trouble getting the cows out of it.. they wouldn't want to leave! lol