Really Ticked!!!!

[rekees4300]

They're eating me alive!!! Probably have snatched 6 or 7 of the little devils off me so far this year.

These socks are very effective to keep ticks off your legs. Ticks hate permithrin. Material is high quality and repellent is effective for 70 washings.

 

[Gem99ultra]

These socks are very effective to keep ticks off your legs. Ticks hate permithrin. Material is high quality and repellent is effective for 70 washings.

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Would spraying my own socks (and pants legs) with Permithrin not have the same results?

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

We spray our house and surrounding yard several times a season with Permethrin. It really helps keep the ticks and mosquitoes away. We don't have chiggers to deal with here. The dogs get flea and tick collars replaced every 3 months. I don't think I've seen a tick since we started using the Permethrin.

 

[rekees4300]

Would spraying my own socks (and pants legs) with Permithrin not have the same results?

How to Use Permethrin on Clothing, Safely - Consumer Reports

 

[ArlyA]

We used the sawyer brand Permethrin which is formulated to be sprayed on clothing and have done this for many years each spring. It really does work, but we assume its largely washed off after a few times in the laundry. That's OK since the tick season is worst in the spring and tapers off after that. We just spray our outdoor work clothing each spring. We spray some pants and shirts and mark them as such. Helps with mosquitoes as well. Love the stuff and here it is on amazony.

 

[Diggin It]

Question for those who might know .... Are Ticks useful for anything at all? We might hate wasps and other bugs and they might hurt us, but they're pollinators or serve some other purpose. Flies and their maggots are annoying and nasty, but they clean up decayed materials.

 

[Jstpssng]

Question for those who might know .... Are Ticks useful for anything at all? We might hate wasps and other bugs and they might hurt us, but they're pollinators or serve some other purpose. Flies and their maggots are annoying and nasty, but they clean up decayed materials.

They do, although it may not be useful to humans.

 

[BRMyers]

Purpose of ticks....to annoy me.

The scientist will tell you they serve as food for other animals.

I still think the true purpose is to annoy me.

 

[RichZ]

Any tips on how to home them? I waited till they were older before letting them out. At first I'd open the door later in the day, but they'd never come out. Then one day they all came out, walked around the yard eating every bug they could fine. But they never went back in their coup and they went up into the trees. Never saw them after that.

I first keep the guinea chicks in the barn until they're at least half grown. I keep feed and water in the barn for them, and they return to the barn for a while, but they eventually do go wild and prefer to roost in the trees during the summer, but during the winter, when there are no bugs they go to the barn for feed and water and usually go back to their original roost.

They are hard to keep, but they lay eggs and hatch them out, but they're TERRIBLE mothers. A mother will have ten or even twenty chicks following her, and every day there are fewer chicks. Some do survive, but I occasionally get more chicks to increase their numbers. It's also tough to keep them out of the road, and some eventually get hit by cars. Chickens are much easier to keep. and they never go in the road. And chickens do eat a fair share of ticks, but nothing eats ticks like guinea fowl, so they're worth the effort.

 

[two_bit_score]

I first keep the guinea chicks in the barn until they're at least half grown. I keep feed and water in the barn for them, and they return to the barn for a while, but they eventually do go wild and prefer to roost in the trees during the summer, but during the winter, when there are no bugs they go to the barn for feed and water and usually go back to their original roost.

They are hard to keep, but they lay eggs and hatch them out, but they're TERRIBLE mothers. A mother will have ten or even twenty chicks following her, and every day there are fewer chicks. Some do survive, but I occasionally get more chicks to increase their numbers. It's also tough to keep them out of the road, and some eventually get hit by cars. Chickens are much easier to keep. and they never go in the road. And chickens do eat a fair share of ticks, but nothing eats ticks like guinea fowl, so they're worth the effort.

I love Guinea’s. Intend to have a few someday.

Chickens will keep scorpions down and it seems like Guinea fowl would be just as good as chickens but I’ve never heard that about Guinea’s.