Found a tick on my chicken....grrrr

[NicInNC]

I thought chickens ATE ticks. We have pine trees surrounding the coop/ run and I know ticks love pine trees. Yesterday as I picked up one of my chickens, I noticed something by her ear. A darn tick. UGH! Not already!

So, do they eat ticks?

 

[loverOFchickens]

Yea I think so but probably only certain species.

Anyone else know?

 

[Jenski]

I would think one of her buddies would have snatched that off and eaten it. Hmmmm. Maybe it had just landed??

 

[noriko]

I thought chickens ATE ticks too..... I'd like to know about it too because I found ticks on myself & my kids....I'm pretty sure on my dog too. (She has too much hair....hard to find them on her.) Yeah, not already!!! HATE tick!

Noriko.

 

[LynneP]

For now, do you have any bag balm or vasaline that you can use to coat the tick? Maybe use a Q-tip? And check the other birds to be sure they do not have any. Check yourself! This will not harm your chicken and may suffocate the tick so your can remove it, or it may fall away...

Some other threads on tick removal-

https://www.backyardchickens.com/se...:10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=remove+tick&sa=Search#739