TICKS!!!!!!

[JDGREEN4ME]

Its a plot I tell ya, ticks (and poison ivy) are taking over the world
Ticks on a plane delay flight for six hours - CNN.com

"Ticks on a plane" Wasn't that a movie???

 

[dooleysm]

I just happened to see guinea keats for sale in the classifieds last night for $2. I called and reserved 10, picking them up Saturday morning. Looking forward to being bug free at our house. The chickens are NOT keeping up with the ticks. I'm hoping the guineas will eat my crop of potato bugs too.

 

[vansimplement]

I just happened to see guinea keats for sale in the classifieds last night for $2. I called and reserved 10, picking them up Saturday morning. Looking forward to being bug free at our house. The chickens are NOT keeping up with the ticks. I'm hoping the guineas will eat my crop of potato bugs too.

From what I recall there are a few precautions or preparations a person needs to take when you first get keats, but it isn't anything horrible. The people you're getting them from will probably tell you everything you need to know, otherwise googling comes up with it pretty quickly.

 

[davitk]

From what I recall there are a few precautions or preparations a person needs to take when you first get keats, but it isn't anything horrible. The people you're getting them from will probably tell you everything you need to know, otherwise googling comes up with it pretty quickly.

One thing I have heard is to pen them up, initially, otherwise they just may march right back "home". I know this pertains to adult guineas, hopefully not keats.

 

[dooleysm]

We're picking them up about an hour away, I certainly hope the babies don't try to walk back home! I raised ducks and chicks this spring with no losses, so I'm pretty optimistic about raising these guineas. I'm excited to see them start eating bugs too, because we have a pretty big supply.

 

[Redbug]

You don't need a watch dog if you have guineas...

Lotsa neat varieties, also...
McMurray Hatchery - Guineas

 

[dooleysm]

I hope my beagles don't get jealous, that's been their job since we moved out here.

 

[ragkar]

Regarding the Lyme disease vaccine, there was a gotcha. It seems that some people with a rare genetic makeup, you know DNA, would come down with terrible disabling problems. One fellow wrote that he was rather healthy before he took the vaccine as a precaution, then he was crippled and unable to walk and stand. There's class action lawsuits against the maker.

I remember because I was trying to get vaccinated before the problems arose. Then I did get the disease, but got no debilitating symptoms whatsoever. I know that I got it because of the unique trademark bullseye rash that I got on my left waist and because my doctor confirmed it. I had known what that symptom looked like, but like an idiot I had convinced myself that it was because I was bumping into a table when I went sleepily to the bathroom in the middle of the night. After confirming it, my doctor elected to give me no treatment or medication and it eventually the rash went away.

But I'm not immune now. You can get Lyme disease a second time.

 

[mjfox6]

Folks, there is a simple solution to your tick problem.

Fire ants.... solves your chigger problem, too...

For those unaware of this particular critter, it is a rather amazing ant... eats just about anything in its path... Boll weevils, ticks, chiggers, grass hoppers, box turtles, other ants, horned frogs, lots of stuff.

read all about them right here

I've got guinea (and chickens) and fire ants AND still have tons of chiggers and ticks (box turtles, frogs and toads, too). Got Lyme Disease when I was vacationing in NC.

 

[dmccarty]

Fire ants finally made it to our property. If the are around the house I Andro them. Elsewhere I just leave them alone and hope the eat the chiggers and ticks.

Later,
Dan