I actually have the same question and did a quick search to see if this topic was breached already. We are trying to take down the tick population out here. This is the first year that I encountered where even during the winter storms we STILL found ticks on our dog.
Fingers crossed that...
I have been a lurker on this site since about two years when we first were considering chickens. We've raised up 18 straight run RIR chicks (rehomed 11 cockerels) and currently have 7 RIR's puttering around our backyard. We are also raising our 17 mail ordered sexed chicks; they are a mixed...