Get some guinea fowl, they solved my tick problem.I got two. I handy raised them, they are tame. I hold out my hand with little bugs the size of ticks and they don’t pick them off my hand. I wish I knew how to interest them in little bugs. I think about bringing in an experienced hen, believing that since these were raised without mentoring from an experienced guinea, maybe they never learned interest in very small bugs.
Keith
They nest on the ground. Coyotes! Need I say more?When my two spent their first night outside, I found them on the ground and caged them inside for the night. The next night, I lifted each up into a tree. Once on the tree, they climbed to the top. When home by dark, I put food in a cage, they go quickly into the cage, then I carry the cage into basement for the night. If I don’t make it home by nightfall, they climb a certain tree and roost their all night – never on the ground.
Jerry
That's what I was afraid of. We now have coyotes, raccoons, and probably a fisher. Probably be difficult to keep fowl. (Even if it's legal)And we have a neighborhood dog, who took out the two chickens I had two years ago. My two have now survived one year. It appears possible to keep them in a suburban area. It is legal here – barely. I do have to pay the town $50 once a year and an inspector comes and looks. This is expensive but cheaper than antibiotics and doctors for tick bites. The question is can we stand the attention, the birds are very unusual.
Ginda
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