Chicken "Survivor"

[J35]

Guinea's would be best, find some older birds that know the ropes, they fly like quail have eyes better than a wild turkey and not many ground predators can catch them, Hawks and owls will take their toll and weed out the unfit for you. I kept them for years and the only loss to ground predators was when the hens stole their nest's out in the brush.

They need cover like tree's and brush to survive other wise they are sitting ducks for hawks.

They do eat ticks but they won't solve your tick problem.

I gave mine away for free because of the constant racket they make, after around 8 years I finally had enough.

----J

 

[99johndeere99]

You no here in west Texas i have noticed I don't see tick much any more. I think it because of the fire ant they get every we're
I have seen them kill the June bugs that come out of the ground. They get in hens laying boxes. I haven't had to buy tick control for the dogs in a long time. They good for parasites bad for everything else. You can't kill them they just move some were else.

 

[Jstpssng]

[n]

Effective tick control will follow world peace. The bad ones (deer ticks that carry the Lyme and now anaplasmosis and yet a new one coming from the west) start with the mice and then move to bigger hosts. With all the rabbits and squirrels and deer around here, I gave up trying to eliminate them. Close inspection is a rule around here. I've heard that hot showers drive them out of their hiding spots. Seems to me that a big Pharma Company should develop an over the counter home test kit.

There was a vaccination developed for Lymes, that was supposed tl be good for a lifetime.
It was discontinued because nobody was using it.