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[shelleyd2008]

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Oh my god!! For real! I have taken at least 10 ticks off me so far this year, and most of them were a few weeks ago! And these aren't the normal ones, oh no, that would be too easy! These are the teeny tiny ones that you have to check yourself for everyday or they get UNDER your skin. Then you never find them till they are huge

I have over 60 free ranging chickens and 5 guineas, and still we have tons of ticks! I need to lock the birds up and get the sprayer out again I guess....if it ever stops raining

 

[Appaloosa Hill Farm]

I can't even begin to count the ticks we've pulled off ourselves so far!!! DS (he's 5) came in from playing and about an hour later I noticed dirt behind his ears.....yeah, not dirt. Tiny TICKS. He had 63 ticks covering him. His lymphnodes became infected from all the bites and he had to have antibiotics!! Eeesh. Those little vampire bugs are EVERYwhere this year!

 

[monarc23]

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Oh my god!! For real! I have taken at least 10 ticks off me so far this year, and most of them were a few weeks ago! And these aren't the normal ones, oh no, that would be too easy! These are the teeny tiny ones that you have to check yourself for everyday or they get UNDER your skin. Then you never find them till they are huge

I have over 60 free ranging chickens and 5 guineas, and still we have tons of ticks! I need to lock the birds up and get the sprayer out again I guess....if it ever stops raining

yuck those sound like deerticks which are the main carriers of limes disease

be careful and make sure you and your kiddo dont got any rings from them lymes disease is horrible. I got it from a deertick as a kid but they caught it early enough and on meds i got all better my moms friend wasnt so lucky. It's the same symptoms as lupus in many cases (which my mom has). No fun get more guineas! LOL!