Re: dumb question?

Dan Hook (guldann@ix.netcom.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 06:37:40 -0400

I would say it's normal. We have livestock there are always flys. A
humerous site is cow birds sitting on their heads(cattle's) eatting the
flys. Beth
-----Original Message-----
From: The Schraders <bschrade@micron.net>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
Date: Friday, June 25, 1999 12:41 PM
Subject: dumb question?

>Hi...
>We have three Holstein steers who are rotating through 5 paddocks in our
>4 1/2 acre irrigated pasture. This is our first time having any
>livestock (which you will be able to tell by the next question). For the
>past few months they have looked nice and healthy, but I noticed today
>that they are attracting a lot of little bugs that seem to light on them
>and kind of just hang there, mostly. These look, in size, about halfway
>between a housefly and a gnat. Is this common and/or no problem, or is
>it a sign of some gross negligence on our part? :) Help please.
>Diane
>outside Nampa, Idaho
>
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