Kat’s Journey into Chicken Keeping

[Grammy60]

Ick! Also I like snakes a whole lot more than spiders

Snakes are okay for the most part and I eat snake , so there is that

It's parasites I don't like. Ticks, leeches, fleas, lice & mites. Nothing redeemable about any of them.

Ticks are yucky I never had one on me until we moved to Tennessee!!

 

[HuffleClaw]

My guineas seem to keep all the ticks away. Thank goodness.

 

[Grammy60]

My guineas seem to keep all the ticks away. Thank goodness.

We talked about getting some in the beginning, but just haven't yet

 

[Ribh]

My guineas seem to keep all the ticks away. Thank goodness.

I keep threatening to get guineas for this reason.

 

[HuffleClaw]

We talked about getting some in the beginning, but just haven't yet

Do it

 

[HuffleClaw]

I keep threatening to get guineas for this reason.

Go for it. That is unless your neighbors will complain about noise.

 

[Ribh]

Go for it. That is unless your neighbors will complain about noise.

That & space. There's things I really should do before getting guineas.

 

[cavemanrich]

My guineas seem to keep all the ticks away. Thank goodness.

Just to clarify for the readers that are not aware of this. (all the posters here, I'm sure do know)
Guineas eat the tick to control them. Another creature doing same is the opossum. I know they are somewhat seen as predator to chicken, but are easily controlled/kept away from chickens. I have no shortage of opossums on my grounds, but have never had a chicken loss due to them.
They eat all the ticks that land on them. They are also resistant to LYME disease, as well as Rabies.
Some may have seen my picture I posted in another thread.

Spoiler: My favorites

 

[BY Bob]

It's parasites I don't like. Ticks, leeches, fleas, lice & mites. Nothing redeemable about any of them.

I agree.

 

[BY Bob]

I agree.... now I'm hungry..
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Ribh
Do you encounter many of these friends by your grounds??
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I may be too afraid to come back here now. That should have been a spoiler.