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WS this a wives tale?

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notjustair

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I was talking with mom and lamenting how bad the flies are. The batch of hogs set to farrow in the next couple of weeks are just raw on their ears. I spray them with fly spray, but it itches to they rub on everything and just rub it off. Mom reminded me that we used to use axle grease on fly wounds. Did that do any good? I'm tempted to bring out the wheel bearing grease and give them each a smear with a paint stirring stick. It should have better holding power in a mud hole. Years ago I used scarlet oil but Orcheln stopping stocking it.
 
We used axle grease sometimes. I think Bag Balm would also stick on the ears well and provide some healing medication. WalMart usually carries Bag Balm in the pharmacy section.
 
(quoted from post at 04:07:53 07/26/15) I was talking with mom and lamenting how bad the flies are. The batch of hogs set to farrow in the next couple of weeks are just raw on their ears. I spray them with fly spray, but it itches to they rub on everything and just rub it off. Mom reminded me that we used to use axle grease on fly wounds. Did that do any good? I'm tempted to bring out the wheel bearing grease and give them each a smear with a paint stirring stick. It should have better holding power in a mud hole. Years ago I used scarlet oil but Orcheln stopping stocking it.
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What kind of flies are you talking about? I farrowed sows for a number of years and never had any of them react to any flies. Are you sure they don't have mange mites biting them, or some other type of mite? If they are mange mites you need to put the insecticide on their backs to kill the mites.
 
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