Pennsylvania!! Unite!! - Page 150

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Originally Posted by rodriguezpoultry 

 

Chiggers are little pieces of Hades that are usually in tall grass. They burrow into your skin and itch so bad you want to rip your legs apart (or if you're very unlucky and it's very tall grass, other parts of your body). You can't see them while they're on you...only once the bites/burrows show up in about a day or two. They sell chigger-rid which supposedly gets rid of the itch...it doesn't. One good way to kill them is to use Vinegar and Ammonia. Or you can use nail polish...

 

Just be glad. They're awful. Stink bugs were ALL over my corn last year! I will never grow corn again! They got all over my tomatoes!!!

Yeah I'm originally from NJ and I got chiggers in the pine barrens.  SO happy we don't have them here in PA!  But...I have been camping all up and down the east cost and NEVER had an allergic reaction to poison ivy until we moved to this area, around Gettysburg.  That's just my luck, only in my back yard!

  Anyway, I am super excited to get some new chickens, but I am worried about disease.  If all my chickens have been vaccinated for Marek's, is it dangerous to add a new one that has not been?  Someone who lives close to me said that none of hers are, and she doesn't have any problems.  Has anyone in PA had Marek's in their flock?

Lebanon Valley Livestock Market is having there exotic auction April 21 starts at 9:00 am any one been there. The adress is 237 Freeport Road Lebanon Pa

I hate to tell you this ~ but we do have Chiggers in PA, although maybe not as common as in other states.    I haven't gotten bitten for a while, but we often got chigger bites as children when we were playing in the woods and fields.  Itchy little buggers!

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Originally Posted by rodriguezpoultry 

Hello all! I'm not certain if I've ever posted in this thread, but we moved up to the State College area about a year ago at the end of May.

 

I breed Langshans and am having a devil of a time getting rid of some pullets! I've used Pennwoods (amazing thing) and got some very rude responses regarding the pricing of my pullets.

 

They are 11 weeks old and $5 each. Is there anyone on here that would be interested in them? Here is a photo of the breeders:

to bad you didn't know about the buy, swap and trade at the fairgrounds in fayette country, uniontown  it was yesterday, always third sunday of the month from march til nov., if you had come down, you would have sold all the hens you wanted to sell at your price, altho the people would have trade to talk you down, but for hens, maybe not, yesterday, the only hen i took was snapped up in a heart beat, everyone was looking for hens and there weren't many there and also hatching eggs, lots of chickens there being as it was nice for a change lol

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Originally Posted by sgtmom52 

 

 

 

I hate to tell you this ~ but we do have Chiggers in PA, although maybe not as common as in other states.    I haven't gotten bitten for a while, but we often got chigger bites as children when we were playing in the woods and fields.  Itchy little buggers!

 

 

Yikes!  I just hope they don't decide to move back in to my area.  We've been here six years and haven't had any problems.  
 

I get chiggers, the bites are horrible!  I also have a ton of ticks!!!!

So no one with stink bugs??  Well, don't worry, they're coming your way.  I think they're planning tot take over the world.

Heatherscooby: Lebanon Valley Livestock Auction?   Exotic... sounds good.  I'll probably go and buy something (else) I don't need.  I wonder if I could try to sell my Bantam Cochins there.  I've got 4 roos and only 2 pullets.  Need to change that up.

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Originally Posted by Blarneyeggs 

So no one with stink bugs??  Well, don't worry, they're coming your way.  I think they're planning tot take over the world.

 

Heatherscooby: Lebanon Valley Livestock Auction?   Exotic... sounds good.  I'll probably go and buy something (else) I don't need.  I wonder if I could try to sell my Bantam Cochins there.  I've got 4 roos and only 2 pullets.  Need to change that up.

i have them, in my home, of course they tell you not to kill them, it draws more to the smell but if you're a insect or a spider, and want to live, stay outside where you belong

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Originally Posted by sharron 

i have them, in my home, of course they tell you not to kill them, it draws more to the smell but if you're a insect or a spider, and want to live, stay outside where you belong

 

 

I have them too on occasion. I always flush them rather than trying to squash them. 

We had so many stink bugs two seasons ago it was awful.  I kept plastic ziplock baggies around the house, and whenever I found one I would just stick it in the bag and zip it up, then throw it in the trash when it got kinda full.  

   Usually if you open up the bag underneath of them they will drop off of whatever they are hanging on right into the bag, and you never have to touch them.

  Has anyone else tried vacuuming them up?  I did - ONCE - never again!  Super stench in the whole house!