caeser Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Last time out, I put the shot pigeon in a cloth bag. You wouldn't believe the amount of blowfly eggs on the bag at the end of the day. It looked like it was covered in scrambled eggs. Revolting things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0850 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Yup horrible little ****! We are always checking the lambs at this time of year to make sure they are not morked. Shame you can't use crovect on the woodies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Flies are dirty b******* aren't they?! I had the remains of a Deer carcass in a tub at the end of the garden waiting to go out with the rubbish for a couple of days - by the time it went out there were only bones left! Maggots everywhere, literally a 3 gallon bucket full I recon. Before anyone comments on the hygene, the local bird population loved it, and it reduced the waste having to be binned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 I have a friend who breasts his pigeons and puts the carcasses in his compost heap (he does cover them). He reckons they are gone in a couple of days. Fortunately he has a big garden and no neighbours. Bluebottles are a nuisance in one respect, but they are very efficient at clearing up anything dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted August 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 I normally like to add shot birds to the decoy pattern, but if I do do it in this weather, then basically I've sacrificed the birds to the flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Bluebottles are a nuisance in one respect, but they are very efficient at clearing up anything dead. I usually have a roll of damp builders hessian to keep the birds under. keeps most of them clean Dead birds used as decoys get breasted/crowned in the field after Iv packed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Agree, its a real problem, afraid mine go into the pattern, and I keep a few in the ice box for eating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 There's no getting away from them at this time of the year, every summer shot woodie has the potential to carry fly eggs. We put them in a chiller at 2 degrees at the end of each shooting day and any egg development is stopped, they need 24 hours to turn into a maggot. Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted August 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 There's no getting away from them at this time of the year, every summer shot woodie has the potential to carry fly eggs. We put them in a chiller at 2 degrees at the end of each shooting day and any egg development is stopped, they need 24 hours to turn into a maggot. Mark. One of the great things about this forum, is that between us all there's a huge amount of knowledge. It might not sound like much, but this little snippet of information is very helpful. I didn't know how long it took for the eggs to hatch into maggots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 There's no getting away from them at this time of the year, every summer shot woodie has the potential to carry fly eggs. We put them in a chiller at 2 degrees at the end of each shooting day and any egg development is stopped, they need 24 hours to turn into a maggot. Mark. Are you certain this works? I'm fairly sure one of my old game dealers had to chuck away birds that had come in fresh that day to be chilled, only for maggots to be present and munching the birds two days later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBhoy Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Yup horrible little ****! We are always checking the lambs at this time of year to make sure they are not morked. Shame you can't use crovect on the woodies! tell me about it mate, been dagging twice already this summer, first time in years but our pour on not worked as well as in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 (edited) Anyone got any pictures as to what this looks like as I have never seen it Is it quite obvious when they have been attacked ?? Edited August 8, 2011 by mpk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 tell me about it mate, been dagging twice already this summer, first time in years but our pour on not worked as well as in the past. It drives me insane, I'm obsessed about fly strike, I use dysect and seems to work really well, but had one of my wethers with horrendous fly strike in one of his hoofs, bloody things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyska Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Anyone got any pictures as to what this looks like as I have never seen it Is it quite obvious when they have been attacked ?? You can't mistake it really, big clumps of yellow, very small cous cous type material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 You can't mistake it really, big clumps of yellow, very small cous cous type material. Is this on the feather's or actually inside the skin/breast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caeser Posted August 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Is this on the feather's or actually inside the skin/breast The flies lay their eggs anywhere, but on the feathers is the most common that I've seen. If you've had a bird on the ground for ten minutes or so, and there seems to be a quite a few blowflies about,(bluebottles, or the green version of blue bottles) then its worth just checking the bird over. To me it does resemble very small scrambles egg colour. There might only be a very small amount.(Maybe only about a quarter of the size of your little finger nail) Check under the wings too. It does stand out, so once you've seen it, you'll recognise it every time. The longer its out in the open, the more eggs it'll get. If there's a lot of eggs, you definately won't miss it. Yuck. Warm summer days, you can almost guarantee they'll be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 (edited) Thanks for that I'll keep an eye out. The ones I eat usually get chucked straight in a canvas bag in the shade in front of me sounds disgusting though. Edited August 8, 2011 by mpk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Its a pain but i just try to clean off as much as i can at the end of the day before putting them in to the chiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 (edited) already answered Edited August 8, 2011 by docholiday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 Hung from a branch for a couple of days in a carrier bag make great bait on the hook :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted August 8, 2011 Report Share Posted August 8, 2011 The flies tend to attack any open wounds, but i always check inside the beak or nostrils of the birds first. If i see any eggs i simply pull the heads off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redditch Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Last time I shot pigeons in England, I had a bag of over 250, and thought I´d get my sister to help me breast them, then drop the carcases on a big dump where there´s a fire burning 24/7. I loaded the pigeons in the van, and by the time I got to my sisters about an hour later there were maggots all over the inside of the van. I had to burn all the pigeons complete with breasts, and took me two days to get all the maggots out of the van (Didn´t get them all, as I was plagued with flies in there for a few weeks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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