Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Folly's place]

It's one of the first methods tried, and can easily be made at home. Permethrin dust, cotton balls, and paper towel tubes. And a N95 face mask! The mice live, and their ticks die. There will still be plenty of ticks out there, though. Wearing the long pants, etc helps a lot, and that daily 'tick search', and good products on your dogs and cats. Then there are those noisy guinea fowl. Mary

 

[snowflake]

I'm calling today an "omelet" day. Girls gifted me with 6 eggs. Yesterday saw 4 including 1 green egg. I guess this has been a quiche week.

Rose, I have an appointment next week with the liver specialist that canceled the last 3 surgery dates. It's anyone's guess what will happen to me. My organs are mere pawns in the battle of the specialists.

do take care and get second opinions, let us know how you are doing, will keep you in our prayers

Has anyone used "tick tubes" to control tick populations around their house? I found more dog ticks (no deer ticks yet thankfully) than i cared to last summer and the "tube" method seems like it might work really well for us to help cut back on numbers. I REALLY don't want to spray the yard but finding ticks crawling on me is kind of a deal-breaker and that happened multiple times last year.

can you get guineas? I think ticks are their favorite food. can clean an area of ticks in no time.

Had to google it, never heard of them.

Don't think they'd work to control them out in the yard:
"Damminix Tick Tubes

are biodegradable, cardboard tubes filled with permethrin treated cotton balls.
Mice collect the cotton to build their nests.
Deer ticks that feed on mice in the Spring and the Fall are exposed to permethrin and killed."

does the permethrin do any thing to the mice? would like to get rid of them




Farmerboy 27 is not old.....We have a grandson older then that

.... you are no longer a boy though, so maybe FarmerD

 

[chyna]

I had a mouse problem in the fall. Trapped 30 Mice in 1 week. Food water and bedding in the coops and mice are happy. That is until I trap and drown them. Any way to control them?

 

[aart]

I just keep traps set all the time in sheds and garage......
........even a couple in kitchen(over garage) where they get in 2-3 times in past 17 years.
Sometimes I step up trap numbers and tours and set up bucket traps if there's a surge of them..usually in fall.

 

[Stacykins]

I had a mouse problem in the fall. Trapped 30 Mice in 1 week. Food water and bedding in the coops and mice are happy. That is until I trap and drown them. Any way to control them?

I haven't seen a mouse since I installed a barn cat last summer. She is amazing.

 

[chyna]

That would be a solution for sure. I have 2 smaller coops so the cat wouldn't work for me. Believe me I thought of it.

 

[chyna]

How does the bucket trap work.

 

[wannahomestead]

Check with your local authorities(city/village, township, county)....mine would be different than yours.
Lots of variables...... and loopholes.
I doubt exempt for livestock, matter of fact permitting may be worse.... may be taxes are different if you're setup for it.

Thx @aart, this FAQ is part of why I'm asking. Farm Bureau Ins seems to indicate some level of exemption, but I'm not sure if I can leverage that or not. I'm zoned Ag here.

https://www.michfb.com/MI/Farm_Busi...es_and_Environment/Building_Permit_Exemption/

 

[wannahomestead]

How does the bucket trap work.

In terms of actual function, or success rate?

 

[chyna]

Both function and success rate, please.